Marel Brown papers, 1919-1991 (bulk 1931-1968).

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Marel Brown papers, 1919-1991 (bulk 1931-1968).

The collection consists of papers of Marel Brown from 1919-1991. Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of stories, clippings, yearbooks, printed material, biographical information, awards and certificates, and photographs. Materials pertain to Brown's literary works and her involvement with the Atlanta Writer's Club, Georgia Writer's Association, Pen Women, Poetry Society of Georgia, and other organizations. Notable correspondents of Brown include Agnes Cochran Bramblett, Minnie Hite Moody, Margaret Mitchell Marsh, Archibald McLeish, Catherine Marshall, Dorothy Parker, Katherine H. Strong, Byron Herbert Reece, and Celestine Sibley. The collection also contains material relating to Brown's husband Alex Booth Brown and works by other authors.

36 linear ft.

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National League of American Pen Women

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The National League of American Pen Women, Inc. (NLAPW) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization for women. The first meeting of the League of American Pen Women was organized in 1897 by Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue, a writer for newspapers in Washington D.C. and Boston. Together with Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton they established a "progressive press union" for the women writers of Washington." Seventeen women joined them at first, professional credentials...

Bramblett, Agnes Cochran.

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Georgia Writer's Association.

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Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

Strong, Katherine.

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Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967

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Author; interviewee married Alan Campbell. From the description of Reminiscences of Dorothy Rothschild Parker : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158240 Dorothy Parker was born in West End, New Jersey, in an upper-middle-class family of mixed heritage. Estranged from her parents due to her dislike of her strict, devout stepmother, she read voraciously and wrote verse. Seeking a career in literature, she worked for Vogue,...

Brown, Marel, 1899-

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Margaret Elizabeth (Marel) Snow Brown (1899-1991), poet and author, resided in Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of Marel Brown papers, 1919-1991 (bulk 1931-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478306 Marel Brown was the pen name of Margaret Snow Brown (1899-1991), an Atlanta-based author, poet, and housewife. Margaret Elizabeth Snow was born on 17 December 1899 in Carrollton, Georgia, to Mr. and Mrs. Britt Snow. Around 1902, the Snow family moved to Atlanta, where M...

Brown, Alex Booth.

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Atlanta Writers' Club

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Founded in 1914 to encourage Atlanta writers. From the description of Records, 1925-1982 (bulk 1945-1982). (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28417537 ...

Sibley, Celestine.

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Celestine Sibley (1917-), author and columnist, began her career with the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (1941- ) covering news stories. She became a political reporter and then columnist. From the description of Celestine Sibley papers, ca. 1900-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863197 Celestine Sibley, a renowned southern author, journalist, and syndicated columnist, reported for the Atlanta Constitution from 1941 to 1999. Over her long career, she wrote more than 10,000 colum...

Marshall, Catherine, 1914-1983

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Catherine Marshall (1914-1983), inspirational author and speaker, married Peter Marshall in 1936, after his death (1949), married Leonard LeSourd in November, 1959. From the description of Catherine Marshall papers, [ca. 1919-1983]. (Agnes Scott College). WorldCat record id: 38476518 From the description of Catherine Marshall audiotapes, 1973-1983. (Agnes Scott College). WorldCat record id: 38476524 Catherine Marshall (1914-1983), inspirational author and speaker, m...

Moody, Minnie Hite, 1900-1993

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Minnie Hite Moody, journalist and author, was born 23 June 1900, in Granville, Ohio, lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia, and later returned to the family home, Tannery Hill in Granville, Ohio. Moody died 25 October 1993 at her home in Granville, Ohio. She was a columnist with the Atlanta JOURNAL (1938-1943) and was the author of several novels including LONG MEADOWS (1941), and many short stories and poems which were published in the SATURDAY EVENING POST, GEORGIA REVIEW, COSMOPOLITAN, GOOD HO...

Reece, Byron Herbert, 1917-1958

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Byron Herbert Reece (1971-1958), American poet, novelist, farmer, teacher, resided in Blairsville, Georgia. From the description of Byron Herbert Reece papers, 1937-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478163 "Byron Herbert Reece was the author of four books of poetry and two novels. During his short career he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, earned two Guggenheim awards, and served as writer-in-residence at the University of California at Los Angeles, Emory University ...

Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949

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Margaret Mitchell (b. November 8, 1900, Atlanta, Georgia-d. August 16, 1949, Atlanta, Georgia), the daughter of Eugene M. Mitchell, was a prominent attorney. Her mother, Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, was active in the women's suffrage movement. Margaret Mitchell attended Atlanta public schools, graduated from Washington Seminary in Atlanta, and attended Smith College for one year before leaving college upon the death of her mother. She married John Marsh on July 4, 1925. Her only novel, Gone With ...

Poetry Society of Georgia

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