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Archives related to: Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997
| title | Papers of James A. Michener, 1906-1992 (bulk 1945-1992). | repository | Library of Congress |
| description | Correspondence, speeches, writings, journal, interviews, scripts, notes, legal and financial papers, awards, biographical material, clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting Michener’s literary career, his interest in politics, his art collection, and the adaptation of his works for stage and screen. Includes drafts, notes, background material, and other papers relating to Tales of the South Pacific (1947), The Fires of Spring (1949), The Floating World (1954), Hawaii (1959), The Source (1965), The Drifters (1971), Kent State: What Happened and Why (1971), and other published and unpublished works. Also documented are his association with the Asia Foundation, his newspaper reports from Korea in 1952, his support of John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, his unsuccessful campaign for U.S. representative from Pennsylvania in 1962, his affiliation with the Pennsylvania Commission for Legislative Modernization, his coverage of Richard M. Nixon’s visit to China in 1972, and his membership on the U.S. Advisory Commission on Information (1970-1976). Correspondents include David Adickes, Pearl S. Buck, Bennett Cerf, Albert Erskine, Oscar Hammerstein, Teddy Kollek, Hobart D. Lewis, Joshua Logan, Richard Rodgers, David O. Selznick, Helen M. Strauss, and Herman Wouk. |
| extent | 82.6 linear feet. |
| formats | Correspondence Journals Interviews Clippings Ephemera |
| access | Restrictions apply. |
| record link | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006019 |
| record source | http://catalog.loc.gov |
| finding aid | In repository and online. |
| acquisition information | Gift, James A. Michener, 1955-1992. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:54 |
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| title | Correspondence with the University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1950. | repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| description | Contains primarily correspondence between Barnes or the secretary of the Barnes Foundation, Nelle E. Mullen, on Barnes' behalf) and university officials. Vice-provost John M. Fogg is Barnes' most frequent correspondent, but other members of the university in the collection include presidents George William McClelland and Harold Edward Stassen; executive vice-president William H. DuBarry; George Simpson Koyl, dean of the School of Fine Arts; Roderick M. Chisholm, who was hired by the university to teach a joint Penn-Barnes course; Glenn R. Morrow, dean of the College; Edgar Arthur Singer, philosophy professor; Frederick C . Gruber of Penn's radio station; and students Jon D. Longaker and Hannah Dorothy Clymer. In his correspondence with university officials, Barnes frequently enclosed copies of his correspondence with individuals not associated with the university, such as Marie Clews, John Dewey, John Hospers, R. Sturgis Ingersoll and Fiske Kimball of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, C. Brewster Rhoads, Nelson Read, Henry Clifford, James A. Michener, and Horace Stern. Much of the correspondence concerns attempts to establish a joint Penn-Barnes course, which met for only a few sessions before being called off by Barnes. Other topics of the correspondence include Barnes' feuds with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and with the author James Michener. A small series of miscellaneous materials (4 folders) includes copies of writings by Barnes; newspaper and magazine clippings concerning Barnes, which extend past the dates of the correspondence to 1974; and a brochure for the 1984-1985 program at the Arboretum School of the Barnes Foundation. Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts Call Number: Ms. Coll. 402 |
| extent | 1 box. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu |
| acquisition information | Gift of Helen B. Fogg, 1986. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1953-1962. | repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| description | Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts Call Number: Ms. Coll. 6 |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | In general, the Carl Zigrosser Papers may be examined by qualified researchers in the reading room of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. Photocopying of Zigrosser materials is at the discretion of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The receipt of photocopies does not grant publication rights without the written permission of the University of Pennsylvania and the literary executors of the authors in question. |
| record source | http://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu |
| finding aid | Available in electronic form and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Gift June 1972 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | Eliot Elisofon Papers, 1930-1988 (bulk, 1942-1973) | repository | University of Texas, Austin |
| description | Eliot Elisofon's career as a photojournalist, filmmaker, author, artist, and collector of primitive art and sculpture is documented by photographs, transparencies, slides, negatives, films, research material, notes, photo captions, logbooks, correspondence, agreements and other documents, drafts, proofs, tearsheets, clippings, scrapbooks, catalogs, sketchbooks, and artifacts, all dating from 1933 to 1988. |
| extent | 60.5 linear feet |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Writings Research Files Ephemera |
| access | Open for research with the exception of Elin Elisofon's biography research files (folders 70.15 through 72.5) which require her permission to use |
| record link | http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/elisofon.hp.html |
| record source | http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/elisofon.hp.html |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Gift, 1992 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | James A. Michener Collection | repository | University of Northern Colorado |
| description | The James A. Michener Collection was created in 1978 when Michener donated thirty-seven linear feet of his papers to the University of Northern Colorado. The papers were primarily related to his novel Centennial, published in 1974. Shortly before his death in 1997, James Michener designated the University of Northern Colorado the home of the bulk of his writing and publishing legacy. The Michener collection now consists of nearly 900 linear feet of materials including research notes, manuscripts, galley proofs and correspondence, as well as field notebooks, maps, photographs and slides he collected while writing his novels. |
| extent | 37 linear ft. |
| formats | Manuscript Correspondence Research Files Notes Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| acquisition information | Gift of James A Michener, 1978. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | Reel to Reel collection, 1952-1990 (bulk 1961-1990) | repository | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives |
| description | The collection consists of 675 reel to reel audiotapes, dating from 1952-1990. The tapes document museum lectures, symposia and radio shows produced at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Historical Abstract: In 1953, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (SRGM) announced the inauguration of a series of free art lectures and gallery tours in connection with its educational programs. While the lecture series was developed under the directorship of James Johnson Sweeney, the first regularly scheduled series of illustrated lectures on modern art began at SRGM in 1961 under the directorship of Thomas M. Messer. Lecture speakers included SRGM staff, art critics, historians and dealers. At the present, 2008, SGRM continues its support of public lecture programs through series such as the Annual Hilla Rebay Lecture. Location: 1071 Cold Storage Vault Call Number: A0004 For Michener See: Series 6. Visiting Scholars Programs, 1961-1989, 5.2 cubic ft. Box 615219, Title: Abstract Image of Our Time / Michener, James, Date: 11/26/1961.Date 11/26/1961 |
| extent | 21 cubic ft. (21 record center cartons) |
| formats | Sound Recording |
| access | The collection is unrestricted. |
| record source | http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/library-and-archives/archive-collections/A0004/ |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. Finding aid prepared by Archives Staff in August 2006. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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