Lauren Gilfillan papers, 1921-1999, bulk 1921-1938.

ArchivalResource

Lauren Gilfillan papers, 1921-1999, bulk 1921-1938.

Correspondence, 1921-1938, largely between Gilfillan and family members about her activities, politics, and personal affairs; also later correspondence of the Gilfillan family about Harriet; documentation of her struggle with mental illness; scrapbook containing reviews of her book; assorted manuscripts; and material collected by University of Michigan professor Alan Wald about Gilfillan.

0.5 linear feet and 1 oversize volume.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7133787

Bentley Historical Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Gilfillan, Lauren, 1909-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6283skg (person)

Harriet Woodbridge Gilfillan was a proletarian writer from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who as Lauren Gilfillan wrote "I went to pit college," a novel based on her experiences living in Pennsylvania mining town. From the description of Lauren Gilfillan papers, 1921-1999, bulk 1921-1938. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 244825848 Lauren Gilfillan was the pseudonym of Harriet Woodbridge Gilfillan. She was born in 1909 in Washington DC, but eventually came to live in Kalam...

Wald, Alan M., 1946-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp0npz (person)