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Series IV: General, 1910-1952

Vera Connolly papers, 1907-1960, bulk 1916-1956

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Series I: Correspondence, 1917-1960

Most of the letters that make up this series are between Connolly and the agents and editors of magazines. Connolly presents concepts for unwritten articles, receives feedback and suggestions on drafts, and negotiates the direction of the articles. There are also some responses from readers.

Subseries I.1 Alphabetical, 1928-1955

This subseries is arranged by personal or institution name and includes correspondence with W.F. Bigelow, editor ofGood Housekeeping,and publishers at McGraw Hill and Dodd, Mead, and Co., among others.


Box 1 Folder 1 Author's League, 1949

Box 1 Folder 2 Bigelow, W. F.--editor Good Housekeeping, , 1929-1931

Box 1 Folder 3 Brandt & Brandt--Agents, 1949

Box 1 Folder 4 Bye, George, 1936-1942

Box 1 Folder 5 CBS, 1951

Box 1 Folder 6 Collier's , 1943-1949

Box 1 Folder 7 Congressional Christian News Bureau, 1952

Box 1 Folder 8 Cotton, Thomas L.--Correspondence, 1950

Box 1 Folder 9 Delineator , 1928-1932

Box 1 Folder 10 Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1937-1950

Box 1 Folder 11 Good Housekeeping , 1928-1933

Box 1 Folder 12 Harrison, Sam, 1951-1952

Box 1 Folder 13 Hoover, J. Edgar, 1936, 1945, 1936, 1945

Box 1 Folder 14 McCall's Magazine , 1951-1952

Box 1 Folder 15 McGraw-Hill, 1950-1955

Box 1 Folder 16 Montgomery, George, 1948

Box 1 Folder 17 Ober, Harold, 1951


Box 2 Folder 1 Reader's Digest , 1954-1955

Box 2 Folder 2 Redbook Magazine , 1947-1951

Box 2 Folder 3 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1948

Box 2 Folder 4 Saturday Evening Post , 1951-1952

Box 2 Folder 5 State of California Youth Authority, 1949

Box 2 Folder 6 Tallulah Falls School, 1934

Box 2 Folder 7 This Week , 1953

Box 2 Folder 8 Today's Woman , undated

Box 2 Folder 9 William Morris Agency, 1950-1951

Subseries I.2: Chronological, 1917-1960

This small subseries contains a file of correspondence related to fiction submissions and several separate runs of general correspondence with editors, agents, and occasionally readers and friends.

Box 2 Folder 10 Fiction Submissions, 1921-1924

Box 2 Folder 11-12 Editors and Agents, 1930-1960, (2 Folders)

Box 2 Folder 13 General Correspondence, 1917-1955


Box 3 Folder 1-7 General Correspondence, 1919-1947, (7 Folders)


Box 4 Folder 1-3 General Correspondence, 1948-1958, (3 Folders)

Box 4 Folder 4 General Correspondence, Undated

Series II: Nonfiction, 1916-1956

Most of Connolly's nonfiction files contain a combination of research notes and drafts of magazine articles. Lists of article concepts and notes from interviews are also present, and some files, such as those relating to the American Indian series, contain extensive correspondence. Clippings of the finished article are sometimes available, but most drafts are undated and few include information on where the article was eventually published. A partial list of articles is included in her resume (see Series IV), but Connolly's published articles can be most easily found by searching magazine indexes, particularly those for Good Housekeeping, The Christian Science Monitor, Colliers, Redbook, Reader's Digest, The Delineator, The Saturday Evening Post, and Woman's Day.

Subseries II.1: Titled Drafts and Research Notes, 1929-1956

Titled drafts of published and unpublished works have been arranged alphabetically. Many files also contain associated research notes.

American Indian Series, 1929

Box 4 Folder 5 "The Cry of a Broken People,", 1929

Box 4 Folder 6 "Can a Crushed Race be Saved?", undated

Box 4 Folder 7 "The End of a Long, Long Trail,", 1929

Box 4 Folder 8 "Is it the End of the Road?", 1929

Box 4 Folder 9-10 Reactions--Clippings and Correspondence, 1929, (2 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 1-6 Reactions--Clippings and Correspondence, 1929, (2 Folders)


Box 6 Folder 1-2 Reactions--Clippings and Correspondence, 1929, (2 Folders)

Box 6 Folder 3 "Charm Helps Win the War"--USO Charm Schools, circa, 1943

Box 6 Folder 4 "Children for Hire--Cheap,", 1943

Box 6 Folder 5 "Clinics that Explain the Marriage Law,", undated

Box 6 Folder 6 "Communities that Saved Themselves"--radio concept, 1951

"County Pork Barrel"--County Jails, 1945-1946

Box 6 Folder 7-10 Drafts, undated

Box 6 Folder 11 Notebooks, undated


Box 7 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1945-1946

Box 7 Folder 2-3 "Delinquent Kids are Rejected Kids"--Youth House, circa, 1946, (2 Folders)

Box 7 Folder 4 "Do Our Kids Matter?"--Concept for Book on Juvenile Delinquency,, undated

Box 7 Folder 5 "Does Your Child Have a Guardian?", undated

Box 7 Folder 6 "Don't Stay Away from the Child Guidance Clinic,", 1953

Box 7 Folder 7-9 "Doped Americans"--Sleeping Pills, 1942-1945, (3 Folders)


Box 8 Folder 1-3 "Doped Americans"--Sleeping Pills, 1942-1945, (3 Folders)

Box 8 Folder 4 "Down into Ol' Virginny for an Afternoon with Lord and Lady Astor,", undated

Box 8 Folder 5 "Eat to Grow Famous"--Celebrity Diets, undated

Box 8 Folder 6-9 "Finding a Pot of Gold--In a Cotton Dress"--Florida Fashions, Inc., undated (contains photographs), undated


Box 9 Folder 1-2 "Firehouse 13 Leads the Way"--Social Halls, undated, (2 foldres)

Box 9 Folder 3 "Five Million Young Detectives,"--Know Your Money Campaign, 1945

Box 9 Folder 4-6 "George Mason: The Man Who Wouldn't Sign,", undated, (3 Folders)

Box 9 Folder 7-9 "Get the Children Out of the Jails,", 1944-1946, (3 Folders)


Box 10 Folder 1-5 "Get the Children Out of the Jails,", 1944-1946, (5 Folders)

Box 10 Folder 6 "Going to School with Mom and Dad"--City College Courses, 1949

Box 10 Folder 7 "The Happiest Husband and Wife Team in Showbusiness"--Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy,, 1952

Box 10 Folder 8 "Has Your Husband Made a Will?", undated

Box 10 Folder 9 "How to Borrow Money," circa, 1949

Box 10 Folder 10-11 "How Not to Buy a House,", 1948, (2 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 1 "I was an Adopted Child," by Josephine Antoine as told to Connolly,, 1946-1947

Box 11 Folder 2-4 "A Job for a Lady"--Policewomen, 1943-1944, (3 Folders)

Box 11 Folder 5-6 "Kangaroo Courts,", 1945, (2 Folders)

Box 11 Folder 7 "The Long, Long Arm of ISS,", 1952

Box 11 Folder 8 "Little Children on the Crime Road"--Juvenile Delinquency, 1936

Box 11 Folder 9 "Man all Boats"--Fire Hazards on Ships, undated


Box 12 "The Man Who Refused to Die"--Sam Harrison

Box 12 Folder 1-7 Notes and Drafts, 1950-1951

Box 12 Folder 8 Interview, undated

Box 12 Folder 9 Radio Script, 1951


Box 13 Folder 1 "No Place Like Home,"-Boarding Homes for Children, 1945

Box 13 Folder 2 "Old Maids and Glad of It!"--Single Women, undated

Box 13 Folder 3 "Paid in Sweat"--Sweatshops, 1933

Box 13 Folder 4 "A Park Vacation for a Song"--artwork, undated

Box 13 Folder 5 "Robbing the Veteran,", 1956

Box 13 Folder 6 "Speak up for Courtesy,", 1950

Box 13 Folder 7 "Starting on a Shoestring"--Small Businesses, 1948

Box 13 Folder 8 "Taping Your Bumper May Save Your Life"--Auto Accidents, 1954

Box 13 Folder 9 "They Cleaned Up a Blackboard Jungle"--Patrick Henry Junior High School, NYC,, undated

Box 13 Folder 10 "The Tiffany of Doll Makers"--Madame Alexander, undated

Box 13 Folder 11 "Vera Connolly Drops in for a Chat"--radio news program, 1940

Box 13 Folder 12-14 "When Parents Disagree,"--Progressive Education, 1944-1945, (3 Folders)

Box 13 Folder 15-16 "Where Harbor Whistles Blow,", undated, (2 Folders)


Box 14 Folder 1 "Will You be a Foster Mother?", 1944

Box 14 Folder 2-3 "You-And Your District Judges," circa, 1949, (2 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 4 "You Can't Get Away From it All"--Western Influence, circa, 1938

Box 14 Folder 5 "You Don't Have to Punish Kids"--Youth House, undated

Subseries II.2: Untitled Drafts and Research Notes, 1916-1954

Files containing untitled drafts or research notes only have been arranged by subject, though these may relate to one or more of the titled drafts.

Article Ideas

Box 14 Folder 6 Notes, circa, 1949

Box 14 Folder 7-10 Notes and Partial Drafts, undated, (4 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 11 Article Summaries, undated


Box 15 Folder 1-4 Notes and Partial Drafts, undated, (4 Folders)

Box 15 Folder 5 Canada--Articles inspired by Trips, 1916-1918

Box 15 Folder 6-8 Child Detention Center--Buffalo County New York--notebooks, undated, (3 Folders)


Box 16 Folder 1 Child Labor, circa, 1943

Box 16 Folder 2-3 Children in Jail, 1942-1954, (2 Folders)

Box 16 Folder 4 Christian Science, undated

Box 16 Folder 5 Coal Mining, 1923

Box 16 Folder 6 Counterfeiting, 1944

Box 16 Folder 7 County Jails, 1943-1946

Box 16 Folder 8-11 Delinquency, 1943-1952, (4 Folders)

Box 16 Folder 12 Divorce, 1949-1951

Box 16 Folder 13 Dog Shows, undated


Box 17 Folder 1 Erie Canal, 1950

Box 17 Folder 2-3 Erie Canal, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 17 Folder 4 Espionage, 1945

Box 17 Folder 5 Federal Civil Defense Administration Training School, 1952

Box 17 Folder 6 Foster Parents' Plan for War Children (organization), 1948

Box 17 Folder 7-8 Framington Reformatory, 1948, (2 Folders)

Box 17 Folder 9 Health Clinic--Notebook, undated

Box 17 Folder 10 Home Engineering Plan, undated

Box 17 Folder 11 Investment, undated

Box 17 Folder 12 Hoover, J. Edgar, 1942-1944

Jails


Box 18 Folder 1 Research Articles, circa, 1939

Box 18 Folder 2 Regulations, 1944

Box 18 Folder 3 Photographs of Lynchburg City Jail, Virginia, and Anderson County Jail, Tennessee,, 1946-1947

Box 18 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1947

Box 18 Folder 5 Migrant Workers, 1945

Box 18 Folder 6 National Traveler's Aid Association--Runaway Case Studies, 1943-1952

Box 18 Folder 7 Sandy Hook Pilots, 1951

Box 18 Folder 8 Savings, 1949-1950

Box 18 Folder 9 Trefflich, Henry--Animal Dealer--Interview, 1948

Box 18 Folder 10 Trieste Refugee Camps --photographs, undated

Series II.3: Article Clippings, 1917-1954

Scrapbooks and clippings of published articles can be found in this subseries. They are organized alphabetically by publication title.

Box 18 Folder 11-13 Multiple Magazines, 1922-1951, (3 Folders)

Box 18 Folder 14 Christian Science Monitor --To Change the Subject (editorial),, 1941

Good Housekeeping


Box 19 Folder 1-2 Articles, 1926-1929, (3 Folders)

Box 19 Folder 3 Poster Ads, 1927-1928

Box 19 Folder 4 Reader's Digest , 1944-1954

Box 19 Folder 5 General Articles, 1938

Box 19 Folder 6-7 "Children's Day" Section, 1925-1939, (2 Folders)

Box 19 Folder 8 Zest: The National Savings Newspaper , 1924-1925


Box 20 "Just Between Neighbors", 1938-1939, (3 scrapbooks)

Oversize


Box 21 Folder 1 Multiple Magazines, 1926-1944

Box 21 Folder 2-3 Christian Herald --"Adventures in Neighboring,", 1917-1918, (2 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 4 Collier's , 1943-1946

Box 21 Folder 5-6 The Delineator , 1938-1930, (2 Folders)

Box 21 Woman's Day --Scrapbook, 1938-1939

Series III: Fiction, 1907-1952

This series is composed primarily of drafts and occasional printed copies of Connolly's short stories, poems, radio and television concepts, and her novel Judy Grant: Editor. Like her nonfiction articles, few of Connolly's fiction drafts are dated, although most were probably written before 1920. Files occasionally contain research notes, correspondence with publishers and editors, or clippings of published works and their associated illustrations.

Subseries III.1: Titled Drafts, 1912-1952

This subseries contains drafts and notes of titled works, arranged alphabetically.


Box 22 Folder 1 "Apartment to Let,", undated

Box 22 Folder 2 "At Go-Down #5,", 1912

Box 22 Folder 3 "Big Ben,", undated

Box 22 Folder 4 "Big Bob's Little Mary,", undated

Box 22 Folder 5-6 "Blitz Receives a Cablegram,", undated

Box 22 Folder 7 "The Book-ends,", undated

Box 22 Folder 8 "The Cotton Charmer"--Musical, undated

Box 22 Folder 9 "The Fighting Spirit"--Radio Concept, 1952

Box 22 Folder 10 "The Girl Next Door,", undated

Box 22 Folder 11 "He Belong Me,", undated

Box 22 Folder 12 "The Hill Girl,", undated


Box 23 Folder 1 "Hissie's Crowd,", undated

Box 23 Folder 2 "In from the Banks,", undated

Box 23 Folder 3 "The Incident,", undated

Box 23 Folder 4 "Juan of the Hills,", undated

Box 23 Folder 5-8 Judy Grant: Editor circa, 1941, (4 Folders)


Box 24 Folder 1-3 Judy Grant: Editor , 1940, (2 Folders)

Box 24 Folder 4 "Last Bus to Paradise,", undated

Box 24 Folder 5 "Lest We Forget,", undated

Box 24 Folder 6 "The Little Cross Woman," undated (Hawke), undated

Box 24 Folder 7 "Low Bridge,", undated

Box 24 Folder 8 "The Lone Trail,", undated

Box 24 Folder 9 "Mahogany Nutmegs,", undated

Box 24 Folder 10 "Moon Girl,", undated

Box 24 Folder 11 "The Mystery of the Chinese Cove,", undated


Box 25 Folder 1-2 "Ole's Senerio,", 1942, (2 Folders)

Box 25 Folder 3 "The Prairie Devil,", 1947

Box 25 Folder 4 "The Quest,", undated

Box 25 Folder 5 "S.S. Ladybird,", undated

Box 25 Folder 6 "Shy Elizabeth,", undated

Box 25 Folder 7 "The Snare,", undated

Box 25 Folder 8-10 "The Spell on the Rice,", undated, (3 Folders)


Box 26 Folder 1 "Squirrel-Oaks,", undated

Box 26 Folder 2 "Tenderfoot Nan,", 1913

Box 26 Folder 3 "Touch-off,", undated

Box 26 Folder 4 "The Turtle,", undated

Box 26 Folder 5 "Under White Men's Blankets," undated (Hawke), undated

Box 26 Folder 6 "Women Are Crazy,", undated

Subseries III.2: Untitled Drafts and Notes, 1907-circa 1952

Story concepts, notes, and untitled drafts can be found in this subseries.

Box 26 Folder 7 Children's Stories, undated

Box 26 Folder 8 Dorthea Dix--TV Concept, 1953

Box 26 Folder 9 Fiction Ideas, undated

Box 26 Folder 10 Fiction Plots--Notebook, undated


Box 27 Folder 1 Musical Comedy, undated

Box 27 Folder 2 Published Short Stories, 1907-1917

Box 27 Folder 3-4 Untitled Drafts, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 27 Folder 5 Verse, undated

Series IV: General, 1910-1952

This small series contains a variety of materials, including articles about Connolly, resumes and biographical articles, contracts, and lecture notes from events held by the Association of Students of Dr. Hendrik J. deLange.

Box 27 Folder 6 "Bright Interlude," by Josephine Betham and Gertrude Keck--Post-WWII Readjustment,, 1944

Box 27 Folder 7 "Family Man," by Ben Barzman, undated

Box 27 Folder 8-9 The Association of Students of Dr. Hendrik J. deLange--Lecture Notes, 1939, 1942, 1939, 1942, (3 Folders)

Biographical Information


Box 28 Folder 1 Articles about Connolly, 1929-1938

Box 28 Folder 2 College and Canada Trip, 1910-1918 (includes photograph), 1910-1918

Box 28 Folder 3 Dossier, circa, 1950

Box 28 Folder 4 Interview, 1947

Box 28 Folder 5 Resume, 1958

Box 28 Folder 6-7 Scrapbook, 1929-1950, (2 Folders)

Box 28 Folder 8 Who's Who in America, 1951-1952

Box 28 Folder 9 Committee on Publication--Report of Investigation, 1924

Box 28 Folder 10 Contract between Connolly and Theodora Brogan, 1932 July 25

Box 28 Folder 11 Motion Picture Rights, 1917-1920

Box 28 Folder 12 Portable File, 1942-1944