Annie Laurie Williams records, 1922-1971

Creator:

Williams, Annie Laurie, 1894-1977

Extent:

91 linear feet 210 boxes

Language:

English .

Scope and content:

Correspondence files and financial papers. The files include correspondence, contracts, clippings and programs, ledgers and financial accounts, submission books, and calendars and memorandum books. Authors for whom there are extensive files include the following: Truman Capote; Patrick Dennis; John Dos Passos; Lloyd C. Douglas; John Hersey; Alice Tisdale Hobart; Paul Horgan; William Humphrey; Frances Parkinson Keyes; Margaret Mitchell; Alan Paton; Kenneth Roberts; Lillian Smith; John Steinbeck; George R. Stewart; Ben Ames Williams; and Kathleen Winsor

1985 addition: Steinbeck's jeans and Mexican belt worn by Bruce Covert in the 1939 production of OF MICE AND MEN.

Biographical / historical:

New York drama and motion picture agent who founded her firm in 1929.

Acquisition information:

Records: Source of acquisition--Williams, Annie Laurie. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1971. Accession number--M-1971.

Newsletter: Source of acquisition--Steinbeck Society of Japan. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/31/1995. Accession number--M-95-07-31.

Custodial history:

Gift of Annie Laurie Williams, 1971-1974.

Gift of Bruce Covert, 1985.

Processing information:

Records Entered in AMC 12/05/1990.

Newsletter processed HR 10/09/1998.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged alphabetically.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

appm

Alternative form available:

Pearl S. Buck letter is on: microfilm.

John Steinbeck correspondence and his manuscripts of "The New Order" and "The Wizard of Maine" are on: microfilm.

John Steinbeck manuscripts of "Cannery Row" and "Of Mice and Men" are on: microfilm.

Steinbeck, John "The Last Joan", New York, 1948, acting script - Burgess Meredith's copy. From Box 15-Cataloged Manuscripts is on: microfilm. [#2005-1030].

Access and use

Restrictions:

Cataloged correspondence boxes 1-20 and 5A, Steinbeck materials, and books from the collection are located on-site. Boxes 21-210 are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Annie Laurie Williams Records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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