Robert Chester Ruark papers, 1942-1965 (bulk 1942-1945).

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Robert Chester Ruark papers, 1942-1965 (bulk 1942-1945).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26320033

The bulk of the collection consists of typed drafts and copies of novels, short stories, newspaper and magazine articles, and screenplays, 1942-1945. Also included is professional and personal correspondence. Other papers relate to Ruark's service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and to his travels and safaris in different parts of the world, particularly Africa. His correspondents included friends Ernest Hemingway (one letter and one note, 1953-1954), Bernard Baruch (66 letters, 1953-1965), Richard Nixon (6 letters, 1958-1960), and J. Edgar Hoover (4 letters, 1958-1959); associates, especially his secretary, Alan Ritchie, and his literary agent, Harold Matson; and relatives, especially his wife, Virginia (Webb) Ruark. The correspondence covers a wide range of personal and literary topics, including journalism, literary philosophy, and African politics. Also included are research materials, reviews, photographs, financial materials, and writings by others. Volumes are chiefly scrapbooks of columns and related clippings.

ca. 12, 000 items (54.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7160766

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Matson, Harold, 1898-1988

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Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965

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Hoover, J.Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972

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