James A. Michener Chesapeake collection, 1975-1978.

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James A. Michener Chesapeake collection, 1975-1978.

Materials relating to the writing and publication of his novel Chesapeake including correspondence, notebooks, carbon copy of rough draft, original ms. with corrections, galley proofs, photo album, audiotapes of Michener interviews, and galley proofs and other materials relating to Michener's The Watermen, a narrative consisting of excerpts from Chesapeake.

18 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8062436

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Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997

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Author; d. 1997. From the description of James A. Michener Chesapeake collection, 1975-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973705 Author. From the description of James A. Michener papers, 1906-1992 (bulk 1945-1992). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063535 James Albert Michener was born in 1907 to unknown parents and raised as an orphan in the care of widow Mabel Michener of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. By the time he graduated from high school in 1925, h...