General Literary Manuscripts collection
Scope and Content
The manuscripts in the General Literary Manuscripts collection represent a wide variety of American and English writers, as well as a range of written materials. Some items of note include a signed bank check from James Fenimore Cooper to "Daughters," some hand-written receipts with sealing wax of Sir Robert Howard dated 1677, several manuscripts by Christopher Darlington Morley, and an original 1940s radio script by Damon Runyon called, "That Ever-Loving Wife of Hymie's."
Dates
- 1677 - 2016
Creator
- Acosta, Mercedes de, 1893-1968 (Person)
- Allmond, Marcus Blakey (Person)
- Andros, R. S. S. (Richard Salter Storrs) (Person)
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh) (Person)
- Burgess, Gelett (Person)
- Cooper, James Fenimore (Person)
- Davie, Donald (Person)
- Gioia, Dana (Person)
- Gosse, Edmund (Person)
- Herford, Oliver (Person)
- Howard, Robert, Sir (Person)
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 (Person)
- Lindsay, Vachel (Person)
- Lofting, Hugh (Person)
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (Person)
- Mabie, Hamilton Wright (Person)
- Maeterlinck, Maurice (Person)
- Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957 (Person)
- Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 (Person)
- Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 (Person)
- Perkoff, Stuart Z. (Person)
- Porter, Cole (Person)
- Read, Thomas Buchanan (Person)
- Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir (Person)
- Runyon, Damon (Person)
- Ruskin, John (Person)
- Saltus, Edgar (Person)
- Sherman, Frank Dempster (Person)
- Stevenson, Robert Louis (Person)
- Vale, Eugene (Person)
- Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933 (Person)
- Weismiller, Edward Ronald (Person)
- Wells, Carolyn (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice is required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 legal-size document box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The General Literary Manuscripts collection is an artificially created collection comprised chiefly of literary works and manuscript fragments of well-known writers and other public figures. The time covered is late 17th century to the first half of the 20th century.
Arrangement
The one-box collection is arranged alphabetically by author.
- Acosta, Mercedes de, 1893-1968 -- Archives
- Allmond, Marcus Blakey -- Archives
- Andros, R. S. S. (Richard Salter Storrs) -- Archives
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh) -- Archives
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Archival resources
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Autographs (manuscripts)
- Burgess, Gelett -- Archives
- Cooper, James Fenimore -- Archives
- Davie, Donald -- Archives
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 -- Archives
- Essays
- Financial records
- Gioia, Dana -- Archives
- Gosse, Edmund -- Archives
- Herford, Oliver -- Archives
- Howard, Robert, Sir -- Archives
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Archives
- Lindsay, Vachel -- Archives
- Lofting, Hugh -- Archives
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth -- Archives
- Mabie, Hamilton Wright -- Archives
- Maeterlinck, Maurice -- Archives
- Manuscripts
- Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957 -- Archives
- Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 -- Archives
- Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 -- Archives
- Perkoff, Stuart Z. -- Archives
- Poems
- Porter, Cole -- Archives
- Read, Thomas Buchanan -- Archives
- Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir -- Archives
- Runyon, Damon -- Archives
- Ruskin, John -- Correspondence
- Saltus, Edgar -- Archives
- Sherman, Frank Dempster -- Archives
- Short stories
- Stevenson, Robert Louis -- Archives
- Typescripts
- Vale, Eugene -- Archives
- Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933 -- Archives
- Weismiller, Edward Ronald -- Archives
- Wells, Carolyn -- Archives
- Title
- Finding Aid of the General Literary Manuscripts collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jacqueline Morin
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2015 September: Finding aid updated to include additional material.
- 2020 October: Finding aid updated by Bo Doub to include accrual of additional correspondence.
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu