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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