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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
Title Annie Laurie Williams records, 1922-1971
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.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged alphabetically.

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.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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

Single photocopies 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.

Subject Headings

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

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Accounts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Articles Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Audiotapes Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Calendars (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Card files Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Cashbooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Checks (bank checks) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Contracts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Essays Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Fiction (general genre) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Financial records Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Galley proofs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Interviews Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Ledgers (account books) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Notebooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Outlines (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Phonograph records Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Poems Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Programs (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Screenplays Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Scripts (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Short stories Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Synopses Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Actors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Actresses Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
American literature -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Authors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Authors and publishers -- United States -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Authors, American -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Authors, English -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Brown, Joe E (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Composers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dennis, Patrick, 1921-1976 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Douglas, Lloyd C (Lloyd Cassel), 1877-1951 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dowling, Eddie Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dramatists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
English literature -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Fast, Howard, 1914-2003 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Ferrer, José, 1912-1992 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gassner, John, 1903-1967 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Golden, Harry, 1902-1981 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Henreid, Paul Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hersey, John, 1914-1993 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hobart, Alice Tisdale, 1882-1967 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Humphrey, William Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kaufman, George S (George Simon), 1889-1961 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kazan, Elia Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lee, Harper Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Literary agents Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Litvinov, Ivy Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Logan, Joshua Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Luce, Claire Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lyricists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Musicians Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Novelists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Paton, Alan Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rice, Grantland, 1880-1954 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rose, Billy, 1899-1966 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Russell, Rosalind Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia) (1897-1966) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Songs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Stewart, George R Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Theatrical agents Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Theatrical producers and directors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wagner, Robert F (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Williams, Ben Ames, 1889-1953 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Winsor, Kathleen Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women dramatists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women novelists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

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