Norma Bicknell and Robert Stuart Mansfield papers, 1929-1970.

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Norma Bicknell and Robert Stuart Mansfield papers, 1929-1970.

Collection comprises literary manuscripts, correspondence, and publications by Norma Bicknell Mansfield and Robert Stuart Mansfield, American authors of short stories and novels for young people and adults. The literary manuscripts by Norma Mansfield include short stories written throughout her career, many of which concern ranching and outdoor life in the West. Literary manuscripts by Robert Stuart Mansfield date primarily form the 1920s and 1930s, but include several short stories published in the 1940s and one co-authored book from 1970. Correspondence includes over 450 letters written by Carl Brandt to both of the Mansfields from 1937 to 1957.

5.5 linear ft. (5 containers)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8098047

University of Oregon Libraries

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Mansfield, Robert Stuart, 1906-

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Norma Bicknell and Robert Mansfield met and married in 1925 while students at the University of Michigan; as undergraduates, both studied creative writing under the direction of Donal Hamilton Haines. Of the two writers, Robert Mansfield was first to have material accepted for publication. 1927 saw the beginning of a long series of publications over a period of ten years in young peoples' magazines such as the Haversack, The Torchbearer, the Class Mate, and the High Road . By 1930, ...

Brandt, Carl G.

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University of Michigan student 1916-1921. Received bachelor and master of laws degrees from the University of Michigan in 1921 and 1922; Student editor of the Michigan Law Review. From the description of Carl Gunard Brandt scrapbook. 1916-1920. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 131123804 Born in New York, Frederick Nebel (1903-1967) dropped out of high school at 15 and worked, variously, as a dock hand, railroad car checker, and farmhand in the Canad...

Mansfield, Norma Bicknell

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Norma Bicknell Mansfield (1906-1965) and Robert Mansfield (1906- ) were American authors of short stories and novels for young people and adults. They met and married while studying creative writing at the University of Michigan. Early in his career Robert Mansfield published numerous stories in several magazines for young people. Later, he devoted himself to teaching at University of Washington School of Journalism and writing adult fiction. In the 1930s Norma Mansfield published four juvenile ...

Mansfield, Robert Stuart.

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