James Norman Hall papers, 1906-1954.

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James Norman Hall papers, 1906-1954.

Collection includes correspondence, clippings, photographs, notebooks, and manuscripts of his writings (autobiography, novels, short stories, essays, poems, plays), published and unpublished, many co-authored with Charles Nordhoff. Correspondence is with his family; Nordhoff; two Boston friends, George Courtright Greener and Roy Cushman; Grinnell professors Charles Payne and George L. Pierce; and Chester C. Davis.

30 boxes (12 linear ft.)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7401969

Grinnell College. Burling Library

Related Entities

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Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951

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Hall was a noted Iowa author and 1910 graduate of Grinnell College. After serving in World War I Hall moved to Tahiti and began his literary partnership with Nordhoff. From the description of James Norman Hall papers, 1906-1954. (Oglesby Public Library District). WorldCat record id: 38313128 American writer best known for his collaboration with Charles Nordhoff on The Bounty Trilogy. From the description of Letters, 1927-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12260...

Payne, Charles Edward

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Davis, Chester C. (Chester Charles), 1887-

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Agriculturist. From the description of Reminiscences of Chester Charles Davis : oral history, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732303 ...

Nordhoff, Charles, 1887-1947

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Charles Bernard Nordhoff, American writer, grandson of Charles Nordhoff. He collaborated with James Norman Hall to write The Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, Pitcaim's Island, and other novels. From the description of Papers of Charles Nordhoff, 1907-1953 1909-1947. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228770296 Biographical Note Novelist Charles Bernard Nordhoff (18...

Greener, George Courtright

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Cushman, Roy M.

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Roy Cushman (Jan. 8, 1874-April 1970) was a farmer near Middleton (Gratiot County, Mich.) He served as county supervisor, 1900 and 1903, and Register of Deeds, 1902. He had at least five siblings: C.B., Ethel; J.M.; Bertel; and Vinnie Cushman (July 30, 1885-March 1986). Most of the extant correspondence is between Roy and Vinnie. Vinnie graduated from Gratiot County Normal School in 1905. Bertel bought a farm in Middleton on April 11, 1889. (This information is from the collection, the Social Se...

Pierce, George L.

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