W. A. Swanberg papers, 1927-1992

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence



Box Cataloged Correspondence Anderson, Eleanor G.C. (Mrs Sherwood)


Box Cataloged Correspondence Auchincloss, Louis


Box Cataloged Correspondence Baldwin, Roger Nash


Box Cataloged Correspondence Barzun, Jacques


Box Cataloged Correspondence Benton, William


Box Cataloged Correspondence Cain, James M.


Box Cataloged Correspondence Catton, Bruce


Box Cataloged Correspondence Dowdey, Clifford


Box Cataloged Correspondence Fowler, Gene


Box Cataloged Correspondence Goldberg, Rube


Box Cataloged Correspondence Hearst, Millicent W. (Mrs William R-.}


Box Cataloged Correspondence Hearst, William Randolph


Box Cataloged Correspondence Hersey, John


Box Cataloged Correspondence Hobson, Laura Z.


Box Cataloged Correspondence Hoover, J. Edgar


Box Cataloged Correspondence Hutchins, Robert M.


Box Cataloged Correspondence Leech, Margaret Kernochan (Mrs Ralph Pulitzer)


Box Cataloged Correspondence McCullough, David


Box Cataloged Correspondence Macdonald, Dwight


Box Cataloged Correspondence MacLeish, Archibald


Box Cataloged Correspondence McWilliams, Carey


Box Cataloged Correspondence Miller, Merle


Box Cataloged Correspondence Nevins, Allan


Box Cataloged Correspondence Niebuhr, Reinhold


Box Cataloged Correspondence Nixon, Richard M.


Box Cataloged Correspondence Older, Cora Miranda Baggerly (Mrs Fremont)


Box Cataloged Correspondence Powell, Dick


Box Cataloged Correspondence Randolph, Asa Philip


Box Cataloged Correspondence St Johns, Adela Rogers


Box Cataloged Correspondence Salinger, Pierre


Box Cataloged Correspondence Smith, H. Allen


Box Cataloged Correspondence Strauss, Anna Lord


Box Cataloged Correspondence Stout, Rex


Box Cataloged Correspondence Untermeyer, Louis


Box Cataloged Correspondence White, Theodore Harold


Box Cataloged Correspondence Wilder, Thornton

Series II: Uncataloged Correspondence



Box 1 American Heritage


Box 1 Citizen Hearst



Box 2 The double life of the Rev. Dr. Greenway


Box 2 First blood


Box 2 Jim Fisk


Box 2 Luce and his Empire.



Box 80 Luce and his Empire , 1946-1967

(correspondence with Mary Bancroft)



Box 2 Norman Thomas



Box 3 Norman Thomas


Box 3 Pulitzer



Box 79 Scullin, George, 1931-1992



Box 3 Sickles the incredible



Box 79 Swanberg, Jackson, 1955-1965



Box 3 Tobacco manuscript


Box 3 Whitney father, Whitney heiress



Box 4 Agents


Box 4 Constance Smith Associates, 1954-1962


Box 4 McIntosh and Otis, Inc., 1963-1977


Box 4 Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955-1977


Box 4 General correspondence, A - Z



Box 46 A


Box 46 B


Box 46 Burgum, Ralph


Box 46 C


Box 46 Columbia University


Box 46 Contemporary Authors


Box 46 Cooley, Hal



Box 47 Cooley, Hal


Box 47 Cooley, Don



Box 48 D


Box 48 Dempewolff, Richard F.


Box 48 Dougherty, Jane Holtzlander


Box 48 E


Box 48 Eddy, Bob


Box 48 F


Box 48 G


Box 48 H


Box 48 Hertsgaard, Palmer J.



Box 49 Holtzlander, Scott & family


Box 49 I


Box 49 J


Box 49 K


Box 49 L


Box 49 Layne, Hugh


Box 49 Lee, Allan G.


Box 49 M


Box 49 McIlvaine, William D.



Box 50 Mclntosh and Otis Literary Agents (Patricia Schartle Myrer & Constance Smith)


Box 50 Mahoney, Tom


Box 50 Minnesota, Univ. of and Minn. Historical Society


Box 50 Mitchell, Burroughs & Jean


Box 50 Modern Maturity


Box 50 N


Box 50 O


Box 50 P


Box 50 Pearson, John F.


Box 50 Peel, Roy Victor



Box 51 Peterson, Albert E.


Box 51 Quintard, Elise Katherine


Box 51 R


Box 51 Rascoe, George



Box 52 S


Box 52 Sagendorph, Kent


Box 52 Scribner's


Box 52 Stedman, Alfred D.


Box 52 Swanberg family


Box 52 T


Box 52 U - V


Box 52 U.S. Government


Box 52 U.S. Office of War Information


Box 52 W


Box 52 Y


Box 52 Yoken, Melvin B.


Box 52 Young, Robert, Jr.


Box 52 Unidentified and Miscellaneous

Series III: Manuscripts and Project Files


Subseries III.1: Articles and Short Stories


American Heritage; the magazine of history



Box 5 "1890." The Nineties, circa, 1967

(contains carbon copies of manuscripts and a printed copy of the magazine)


Box 5 "Lord of San Simeon." about William Randolph Hearst, 1961 August


Box 5 "The spies who came in from the sea," about World War II espionage,, 1970 April

(contains manuscripts, notes, proofs, and a copy of the magazine)


Box 5 "Was the Secretary of War a traitor?" about John Buchanan Floyd, 1963 February

(contains manuscripts and copy of the magazine)


Saga Magazine



Box 14 "The most successful sinner." (about Robert Irving Latimer, Jr.), 1950s

(on the verso of notes for Jim Fisk.)


Box 14 "The question of Eileen's pajamas," (about Eileen Gibson & James Camb),, 1950s

(on the verso of notes for Jim Fisk.)


Box 14 "Strangler Jack's night on the town." (about Jack Grace & William Anthony Grace),, 1950s

(on the verso of notes for Jim Fisk.)



Box 79 "Arnold Schuster"s Tragic Reward"


Box 79 Stories for True Magazine


Box 79 Stories for Cavalier Magazine



Box 57 Book reviews (with related correspondence)


Box 57 Can you spare a dime?


Box 57 Cassie Chadwick case


Box 57 Chicago's Kid from Powder River


Box 57 Dark angels, desperate deities


Box 57 Diaries, 1934-35.


Box 57 Diaries, 1944-45.


Box 57 Dictionary of American Biography Marion Davies


Box 57 The Draw-a-Blank Club


Box 57 The enemy is listening



Box 58 Fighting the Nazis with a valet


Box 58 Going home dirty


Box 58 Growing old recklessly


Box 58 John S. Knight biography


Box 58 Just ask Mr. Delacorte


Box 58 Modern Maturity: Love on a shoestring


Box 58 The Pierce-Arrow predicament


Box 58 Poetry


Box 58 Scandal a la mode. [Col. William d'A. Mann]


Box 58 School papers & notes


Box 58 Short stories--early, (17 Folders)


Box 58 Some things that happened


Box 58 True: Koretz, Leo


Box 58 Miscellaneous



Box 79 Articles-- General, 1939-1960


Subseries III.2 Books


Citizen Hearst , 1961



Box 6 Illustrations


Box 6 Manuscripts

(first draft)



Box 7 Manuscripts

(final draft and articles)



Box 8 Notes

(interviews, notebooks, notecards)



Box 9 Printed materials

(copy of book, proofs, clippings, pamphlets, magazines)



Box 60 Card file Box



Box 61 Typescript

(printer's copy)


Box 61 Lists


Box 61 Printed materials

(reviews, articles, advertisements, etc.)


The double life of the Rev. Dr. Greenway , 1958

(unpublished)



Box 10 Manuscripts


Box 10 Notebook


Dreiser , 1965



Box 62 Typescript

(carbon copy of final draft)



Box 63 Typescript

(printer's copy)


Box 63 Miscellaneous



Box 79 Advance Publicity-- Advertising and Reviews, (2 Folders)



Box 63 First Blood: The Story of Fort Sumter , 1957



Box 10 Manuscripts



Box 11 Notes and Illustrations

(notebooks, notecards, photographs, & typescripts)



Box 12 Printed Materials

(copy of book, pamphlets, clippings)



Box 64 Typescript

(carbon copy of final draft)


Box 64 Notes


Box 64 Printed Materials

(Scrapbook of reviews, etc.)


Jim Fisk: The Career of an Improbably Rascal , 1959



Box 13 Manuscripts



Box 14 Notes and Illustrations

(notebooks, notecards, photographs and typescripts)


Box 14 Printed Materials

(galley proofs, copy of English edition)



Box 64 Printed Materials

(Scrapbook of reviews, etc.)


Luce and His Empire , 1972



Box 15 Manuscripts



Box 16 Manuscripts


Box 16 Notes and Memoranda



Box 17 Notes and Memoranda



Box 18 Notes and Memoranda



Box 19 Notes and Memoranda



Box 20 Notebooks


Box 20 Notecards


Box 20 Speeches and Writings, 1920-1939



Box 21 Speeches and Writings, 1940-1956



Box 22 Speeches and Writings, 1957-1969



Box 23 Proofs



Box 24 Printed Materials

(copy of book, magazines, clippings etc.)



Box 65 Typescript (carbon copy of final draft: "3rd copy")


Box 65 Notes


Box 65 Printed Materials



Box 80 Advance Publicity


Box 80 Magazines


Box 80 Reviews


Box 80 Pulitzer Prize


Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist , 1976



Box 25 Manuscript



Box 26 Manuscript


Box 26 Notes and Memoranda



Box 27 Notes and Memoranda


Box 27 Notebooks



Box 28 Notes from the New York Public Library



Box 29 Printed Materials

(clippings, copy of book, pictures, proofs, etc.)



Box 65 Notes



Box 79 Newspaper Reviews


Box 79 National Book Award, 1977


Box 79 Publicity


Pulitzer , 1967



Box 30 Illustrations


Box 30 Manuscript

(first draft)



Box 31 Manuscript

(final draft)


Box 31 Notes



Box 32 Notes


Box 32 Notebooks



Box 33 Notes and Correspondence

(Xerox copies)



Box 34 Notes and Correspondence

(Xerox copies)



Box 35 Printed Materials

(clippings, copy of book, pamphlets)


Box 35 Galley Proofs



Box 66 Typescript

(carbon copies)



Box 67 Printed Material

(Reviews, etc.)


The Rector and the Rogue , 1968



Box 36 Manuscripts


Box 36 Notes


Box 36 Printed Copy of Book



Box 67 Typescript

(carbon copy)


Box 67 Summary



Box 81 Reviews


Sickles the Incredible , 1956



Box 37 Manuscripts



Box 38 Illustrations


Box 38 Notes, Memoranda, copies of letters



Box 39 Notes, Memoranda, copies of letters


Box 39 Notebooks


Box 39 Notecards



Box 40 Printed Materials

(magazine and copy of book)


Box 40 Galley Proofs



Box 67 Printed Materials



Box 68 Printed Materials


Tobacco Manuscript, 1961

(unpublished)



Box 40 Manuscript


Box 40 Notebook


Box 40 Notecards


Box 40 Notes


Box 40 Printed Materials


Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress , 1980



Box 41 Manuscripts



Box 42 Manuscripts



Box 43 Illustrations


Box 43 Notes and Memoranda



Box 44 Notes and Memoranda


Box 44 Notebooks



Box 45 Printed Copy of Book


Box 45 Proofs



Box 68 Galley Proofs

(Xerox copies, marked)


Subseries III.3: Unpublished Book Materials


Chester Carlson Biography



Box 69 Typescripts

(two drafts)


Box 69 Notebooks

(three volumes)


Box 69 Printed Materials



Box 70 Notes and Correspondence


Box 70 Bliss, Howard H., & Riverside College


Box 70 Caltech


Box 70 Carlson, Chester Floyd


Box 70 Carlson, Dorris


Box 70 Carlson, Roy W.


Box 70 Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions


Box 70 Delson/Guyana


Box 70 Dumond, Laurence


Box 70 Edison, Thomas A.


Box 70 Kornei, Otto


Box 70 NYLP Notes



Box 71 Parapsychology


Box 71 The Peninsula Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc.


Box 71 The Piney Woods Country Life School


Box 71 Twogood, Archie J.


Box 71 Walkup, Lewis E.


Box 71 Xerox/Haloid


Box 71 Zen, etc.


William Eugene "Pussyfoot" Johnson Biography



Box 72 Typescripts

(many drafts)



Box 73 Typescripts

(many drafts)



Box 74 Typescripts

(many drafts)


Box 74 Microfilms



Box 75 Notes and Correspondence


Box 75 Bradford, Jane W.


Box 75 Nethercut, Constance Stanley


Box 75 Pictures


Box 75 Printed Materials


Box 75 "Pussyfoot"


Box 75 Scripts



Box 76 Notes



Box 77 Notes


Box 77 Notebooks


Box 77 Photographs



Box 78 Notes


Box 78 Scrapbooks


Subseries III.4: Manuscripts by Others



Box 59 Cooley, Harold E.


Box 59 Feld, Ross C.


Box 59 Horowitz, Terry Fred

Series IV: Subject Files



Box 53 Addresses


Box 53 The Authors Guild, Inc.



Box 81 Awards



Box 53 Biographical


Box 53 Dell Publishing and George T. Delacorte


Box 53 Durant, Will



Box 81 Financial and Royalty Information



Box 53 Heritage Village, Newtown, CT


Box 53 Humor and Miscellaneous


Box 53 Minnesota, University of



Box 54 National Book Award


Box 54 P.E.N.



Box 81 Photographs


Box 81 Publicity


Box 81 Prize Committees, 1971-1979

(includes files from the Pulitzer Prize Award Committee, National Book Award Committee and the Van Wyck Brooks Committee)



Box 54 Religion


Box 54 The Society of American Historians, Inc.


Box 54 U.S. Office of War Information-- Documents and Miscellaneous



Box 55 U.S. Office of War Information-- Magazines and Pamphlets



Box 56 U.S. Office of War Information-- Newspapers