Annie Laurie Williams records, 1922-1971

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
Ms Coll\A. L. Williams,MS#1839
Bib ID:
4079625 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Williams, Annie Laurie, 1894-1977
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
91 linear feet (210 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

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.

Description

Summary

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.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged alphabetically.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

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 Governing Use and Reproduction

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.

Accruals

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

Alternate 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].

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Annie Laurie Williams, 1971-1974.

Gift of Bruce Covert, 1985.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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.

Publications About Described Materials

Crystal, Bernard. "John Steinbeck Letters and Manuscripts in the Columbia University Libraries" The John Steinbeck Newsletter, Winter 1993, pp. 14-17.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Records Entered in AMC 12/05/1990.

Newsletter processed HR 10/09/1998.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

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

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Accounts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Articles CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Audiotapes CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Calendars (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Card files CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cashbooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Checks (bank checks) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Contracts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fiction (general genre) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Financial records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Galley proofs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Interviews CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ledgers (account books) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notebooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Outlines (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Phonograph records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Programs (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Screenplays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scripts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Short stories CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Synopses CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Brown, Joe E (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dennis, Patrick, 1921-1976 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Douglas, Lloyd C (Lloyd Cassel), 1877-1951 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dowling, Eddie CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fast, Howard, 1914-2003 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ferrer, José, 1912-1992 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gassner, John, 1903-1967 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Golden, Harry, 1902-1981 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Henreid, Paul CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hersey, John, 1914-1993 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hobart, Alice Tisdale, 1882-1967 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Humphrey, William CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kaufman, George S (George Simon), 1889-1961 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kazan, Elia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lee, Harper CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Litvinov, Ivy CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Logan, Joshua CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Luce, Claire CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Paton, Alan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rice, Grantland, 1880-1954 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rose, Billy, 1899-1966 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russell, Rosalind CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia) (1897-1966) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stewart, George R CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wagner, Robert F (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Williams, Ben Ames, 1889-1953 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Winsor, Kathleen CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Actors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Actresses CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
American literature -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors and publishers -- United States -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, American -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, English -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Composers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dramatists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
English literature -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Literary agents CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lyricists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Musicians CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Novelists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Songs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Theatrical agents CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Theatrical producers and directors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women dramatists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women novelists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID