Manuscripts, 1956-1959.

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Manuscripts, 1956-1959.

The collection consists of the corrected manuscripts of two novels by Peggy Simson Curry, "So Far From Spring" (1956) and "The Oil Patch" (1959). There is also a corrected publisher's proof of "The Oil Patch."

1.47 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

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Curry, Peggy Simson

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Peggy Simson Curry, a writer and Wyoming's first Poet Laureate was born in 1912 in Scotland, and moved with her parents to the cattle ranching country around the North Park area of Colorado as a small child. She received her English degree from the University of Wyoming in 1936. In 1939 she settled with her husband in Casper, Wyoming, remaining there until her death in 1987. She taught creative writing at Casper College from 1951-1976. Her writings include four novels, a textbook, 2 volumes of p...