Annie Laurie Williams records, 1922-1971

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

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

Series I: Correspondence


Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence


Box 1

Correspondence: A-G


Box 2

Correspondence: H-Z (Excluding Alan Paton, and John and Eleanor Steinbeck; see boxes 3-5)


Box 3

Correspondence: Paton, Alan


Box 4

Correspondence: Steinbeck, John:, 1933-1948


Box 5

Correspondence: Steinbeck, John:, 1949-1967


Box 5A

Correspondence: re: John Steinbeck and his family (Not on microfilm)


Box 6

John Steinbeck: photocopies of letters and duplicates


Subseries II.2: Uncataloged Correspondence


Box 21

A (misc)-Aps


Box 22

Ar-At


Box 23

Au-Ax (plus misc)


Box 24

B (misc)-Baker


Box 25

Baker


Box 26

Baker-Bauer


Box 27

Bayer


Box 28

Bayless


Box 29

Bea-Beu


Box 30

Bevan (1)


Box 31

Bevan (2)


Box 32

Bevan (3)


Box 33

Bew-Bla


Box 34

Ble-Bre


Box 35

Bri-Bud


Box 36

Burning Bright: Play Rides


Box 37

Bur-By


Box 38

B (misc


Box 39

C (misc)-Caldwell


Box 40

Caldwell-Canby


Box 41

Capote, Truman


Box 42

Capote, Truman: The Glass Harp (1971)


Box 43

Capote, Truman: The Glass Harp: Play Rides


Box 44

Car-Carroll


Box 45

Carroll (cont'd)-Chamberlain


Box 46

Chamberlain-Chris


Box 47

Chris-Coy


Box 48

Craig-Curry


Box 49

D (misc)-Dav


Box 50

Day


Box 51

Dee-Di


Box 52

Douglas, L: Printed Stories


Box 53

Douglas, Lloyd C: A-F


Box 54

Douglas, Lloyd C: G-M


Box 55

Douglas, Lloyd C: N-Z


Box 56

Do-Du


Box 57

E (misc)-Eh


Box 58

Ei-Erd


Box 59

Ers-Farness


Box 60

Farr-Feibleman


Box 61

Fi-Fu


Box 62

G (misc)-Ge


Box 63

Gilbert-Gilbreth


Box 64

Gilbreth-Giz


Box 65

Gl-Gu


Box 66

H (misc)-Hall


Box 67

Ham-Harding


Box 68

Harding


Box 69

Harding-Hei


Box 70

Hen-Hersey


Box 71

Hersey-Hill


Box 72

Hillis-Hobart


Box 73

Hobart


Box 74

Hobart


Box 75

Hobart, Alice Tinsdale


Box 76

Hobart-Hod


Box 77

Hog-Horgan


Box 78

Horgan (cont'd)-Houghton-Mifflin


Box 79

Houghton-Mifflin-Hu


Box 80

Hu (cont'd)-Jen


Box 81

Jer-Kay


Box 82

Kay-Ken


Box 83

Key-L (misc)


Box 84

L (misc)-Laswell


Box 85

Laswell-Lawrence


Box 86

Lawrence (cont'd)-Lee, H


Box 87

Lee, M-Lloyd


Box 88

Lloyd-Lydgate


Box 89

Lyndon-M (misc)


Box 90

M (misc)-Marshall, C


Box 91

Marshall, R-Moore


Box 92

Mitchell, Margaret


Box 93

Moore-Morgan


Box 94

Morgan (cont'd)-Mu


Box 95

N (misc)-Ol


Box 96

Om-Par


Box 97

Paton (1)


Box 98

Paton (2)


Box 99

Paton (3)


Box 100

Paton (4)


Box 101

Paton (5)


Box 102

Paton (6)-Phillips (1)


Box 103

Phillips (2)-Post


Box 104

Pratt-Put


Box 105

Q-Reback (1)


Box 106

Reback (2)


Box 107

Reback (3)-Roberts (1)


Box 108

Roberts (2)-Rourke


Box 109

Rubin-S (misc)


Box 110

S (misc)-San


Box 111

Say-Shea


Box 112

Sergel


Box 113

Sh-Skid


Box 114

Skin-Smith


Box 115

Smith, L-Stevens


Box 116

Steinbeck, John: General: A-E


Box 117

Steinbeck, John: General: F-G


Box 118

Steinbeck, John: General: H-M


Box 119

Steinbeck, John: General: N-R


Box 120

Steinbeck, John: General: S-Z


Box 121

Steinbeck, John: The Moon is Down


Box 122

Steinbeck, John: Of Mice and Men (1)


Box 123

Steinbeck, John: Of Mice and Men (2)


Box 124

Steinbeck, John: Of Mice and Men (3): Play Rides


Box 125

Steinbeck, John: The Pearl


Box 126

Steinbeck, John: Misc corr and photos


Box 127

Steinbeck, John: printed materials


Box 128

Steinbeck, John: printed materials and clippings


Box 129

Stew-Sto


Box 130

Str-Stuart (1)


Box 131

Stuart (2)


Box 132

Stuart (3)-Sw


Box 133

T (misc)-Ti


Box 134

Tu-Ve


Box 135

Vi-W (misc) (1)


Box 136

W (misc) (2)-War


Box 137

Wat-Wilk


Box 138

Williams: A-D


Box 139

Williamson-Winsor (1)


Box 140

Winsor (2)


Box 141

Winsor (3)


Box 142

Winston-Wy


Box 143

XYZ (misc)-Young, J


Box 144

Young, M-Zif


Subseries I.3: Unsorted Correspondence


Box 146

C-Cu


Box 147

D


Box 148

E-H


Box 149

I-L


Box 150

L-P


Box 151

O-S


Box 152

S-U


Box 153

Unsorted


Box 154

Chronological


Box 155

HMC-WWII and printed


Box 156

Pub. & her arts; Texas


Box 157

Pre-1930


Box 158

Maurice Crain miscellaneous


Box 159

Miscellaneous unsorted correspondence


Box 162

Memorabilia

Series II: Manuscripts


Box 7

Miscellaneous Manuscripts: Truman Capote; John Hersey; Paul Horgan; William Humphrey; Margaret Mitchell;Lillian Smith; Patrick Tanner


Box 8

Douglas, Lloyd C: Manuscripts: Christmas Armistice; Doctor Hudson's secret Journal; Forgive us our trespasses; Home for Christmas; The Robe; White Banners


Box 9

Douglas, Lloyd C: Manuscripts: Disputed Passage


Box 10

Douglas, Lloyd C: Manuscripts: Green Light


Box 11

Douglas, Lloyd C: Manuscripts: Invitation to Live


Box 12

Paton, Alan: Manuscripts: A-South Africa


Box 13

Paton, Alan: Manuscripts: South Africa (cont'd)-Z


Box 14

Steinbeck, John: Manuscripts: America and Americans; Benny's Medal; The Best of Steinbeck; Burial at Sea; Burning Bright; Cannery Row; Christopher Columbus; Chrysanthemums; The Cursed Comet


Box 15

Steinbeck, John: Manuscripts: East of Eden; The excavations under St Peter's; Flight; The Full House; His Father; How Edith McGillicuddy met RLStevenson; How Mr Hogan robbed a bank; The last Joan; Lifeboat; May be the furniture; A Medal for Benny


Box 16

Steinbeck, John: Manuscripts: The Moon is Down; The New Order; Old man Stalin's dead; Pipe dream; Release; Speech upon the death of Harry Hopkins; The Story of Juan Diego; The thirties; This our America; To a God unknown; Tortilla Flat


Box 17

Steinbeck, John: Manuscripts: Of Mice and Men


Box 18

Steinbeck, John: Manuscripts: The Red Pony* [*The Red Pony by Aaron Copeland Narration by John Steinbeck See John Steinbeck to AL Williams, 2 September 1964 in correspondence file on microfilm], September 1964


Box 19

Steinbeck, John: Manuscripts: Travels with Charlie; The Vikings; The Wayward Bus; We're holding our own; The Witches of Salem; The Wizard of Maine; Zapata; Photographs


Mapcase 14-N-3 Box 19

Steinbeck, John: Photographs


Box 20

Winsor, Kathleen: Manuscripts: America, with Love; Forever Amber


Box 20A

Oversize catalogued materials

Series III: Business Files


Subseries III.1: Contracts


Box 164

Car-Dz


Box 165

E-G


Box 166

H


Box 167

I-L


Box 168

M-Ph


Box 169

Pr-Ri


Box 170

Ri-S


Box 171

T-Wil


Box 172

Win-Z


Box 173

Contract forms


Subseries III.2: Memo and Day Books


Box 174

Memo and Day Books (1)


Box 175

Memo and Day Books (2)


Box 176

Memo and Day Books (3)


Box 177

Memo and Day Books (4)


Subseries III.3: Submission Books


Box 178

Submission Books (1)


Box 179

Submission Books (2)


Box 180

Submission Books (3)


Box 181

Submission Books (4)


Box 182

Submission Books (5)


Subseries III.4: Card Files


Box 208

Contacts Cardfile, A-Z, Author Cardfile A-Fis


Box 209

Author Cardfile Fit-O


Box 210

Author Cardfile P-Z


Subseries III.5: Financial Papers


Box 163

Corporate Papers and Financial Ledgers


Box 183

Author's ledger, 1950-1959


Box 184

Financial (bills)


Box 185

Ledgers: regular and special accounts 1946-54


Box 186

Financial ledgers and author ledgers


Box 187

Ledger, 1957-1958


Box 188

Ledgers--cashbooks


Box 189

Ledgers--general


Box 190

Ledgers--Crain-cashbook; general ledger


Box 191

Deposit slips, etc. 1954-1957 (1), 1954-1957


Box 192

Deposit slips, etc. 1954-1957 (2), 1954-1957


Box 193

Deposit slips, etc. 1954-1957 (3), 1954-1957


Box 194

Deposit slips, etc. 1954-1957 (4), 1954-1957


Box 195

Deposit slips, etc. 1954-1957 (5), 1954-1957


Box 196

Miscellaneous financial material (1)


Box 197

Miscellaneous financial material (2)


Box 198

Miscellaneous financial material (3)


Box 199

Miscellaneous financial material (4)


Box 200

Miscellaneous financial material (5)


Box 201

Miscellaneous financial material (6)


Box 202

Miscellaneous financial material (7)


Box 203

Miscellaneous financial material (8)


Box 204

Financial papers (1)


Box 205

Financial papers (2)


Box 206

Financial papers (3)


Box 207

Deposit slips, 1967-1971

Series IV: Photographs


Box 145

Personal Photographs


Box 160

Miscellaneous photographs


Box 161

Photographs: A.L. Williams; Kathleen Winsor

Series V: Cataloged Oversize Material


Manuscripts:


Mapcase 14-N-3

Whipper, Leigh Rollin (1977-1975). "Not Without Orchids. . . Dedicated to John Steinbeck. [1939]

Silkscreened poem with a painted orchid (11.5 x 15.5 inches)

Letter by Bernie Robynson; matted 19.5 x 15 inches.


Drawings:


Mapcase 14-N-3

Palensky, R.H. [Constance Lindsay Skinner at the Olym[pic Theatre]. New York. n.d. (Pen and ink drawing, 13.5 x 8.5 inches)

Signed and inscribed by C.L.Skinner


Photographs:


Mapcase 14-N-3

Lindsay, Howard & Russel Crouse. "Life with Father". [New York, 8 November 1939]. 11 x 14 inches.

Photograph by Vandamm of the opening of the play, includes Lindsay, Crouse, Dorothy Stickney, A.L. Williams and others. (Matted 13.5 x 16.5 inches)

Additions to the collection


Play MSS: Author Cardfile:


Box 1

A-E


Box 2

F-K


Box 3

K-R


Box 4

S-Z


Play MSS: Title Cardfile:


Box 5

A-E


Box 6

F-L


Box 7

Mc-R


Box 8

S-Z


Author Cardfile:


Box 9

A-H


Box 10

I-S


Box 11

T-Z


Manuscript Cardfile:


Box 12

A-Bo


Box 13

Br-Det


Box 14

Dev-F


Box 15

G-H


Box 16

I-Li


Box 17

Lo-M


Box 18

N-Po


Box 19

Pr-Sk


Box 20

Sl-Th


Box 21

Ti-V


Box 21A

W-Z; foreign requests for books A-Z


Source Cardfile:


Box 22

A-McIntosh & Otis


Box 23

M & O (Juvenile)-end


Publisher Cardfile:


Box 24

Appleton-Century-Henry Holt


Box 25

Houghton Mifflin-Roy Publishers


Box 26

Scribners-Misc.; Miscellaneous publisher cardfile A-Z


Oversize correspondence:


Box 1

Box Office Statements


Box 2

Box Office Statements (2); old checks, 1954-1955


Box 3

Cancelled checks--all accounts 1956-1960 1961-1963, 1956-1960, 1961-1963


Box 4

Check stubs 1958-1963 bank statements and cancelled checks--regular and special accounts 1964-1965, 1958-1963, 1964-1965


Box 5

Bank deposits 1964-1967 bank statements and cancelled checks--regular and special accounts 1966, 1964-1967, 1966


Box 6

All papers and cancelled checks, 1967