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Literary agents -- United States -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Collins papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025042002986]
Identifier: Ax 201
Abstract

Mary Collins was an author of six mystery novels, all set in California. The collection contains correspondence, contracts, manuscripts, notes, and scrapbooks, 1941-1953.

Dates: 1941-1953

Allan Elston papers

 Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025041716057]
Identifier: Ax 280
Abstract

Allan V. Elston (1887-1976) was educated as a civil engineer, and he worked on railroads, as a mining engineer in Chile, as a cattle rancher, and from 1924 on he wrote western fiction. The collection contains research notes, published pieces, royalty statements, and correspondence with agents, other writers, and from readers, 1930-1960.

Dates: 1930-1960

Jean Jackson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 379
Abstract

Jean Jackson was an author of confession stories. The collection contains manuscripts and tear sheets for short stories, articles, and speeches, and correspondence, including correspondence with Edith Margolis of Lenniger Literary Agency, 1953-1967.

Dates: 1953-1967

Nannine Joseph papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 821
Abstract

Nannine Joseph (1890-1976) was a literary agent. The collection includes manuscripts, correspondences, and photographs from her clients.

Dates: 1930-1976

Jay Kalez papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 404
Abstract

Jay Kalez was an author of mystery, detective, and adventure stories. The collection contains short story and article manuscripts, publisher and agent correspondence, and Army Corps of Engineer press releases.

Dates: 1926-1937

Victor Kaufman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 380
Abstract

Victor Kaufman (1910-1966) was a writer of western stories, and later he became an advertising agent. The collection (1927-1958) contains manuscripts, tearsheets, and correspondence, and also publications of young people's magazines from the 1930s-1940s.

Dates: 1927-1958

Lenniger Literary Agency records

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 073
Abstract The Lenniger Literary Agency was founded in 1923 by August Lenniger. Its purpose was to place a writer’s books and stories with publishers and to negotiate with the publishers. August Lenniger and Edith Margolis corresponded with hundreds of agency clients. The letters concern editing and sales of manuscripts, requirements and house rules of publishers, the state of the literary market, and personal problems of the writers. The collection contains correspondence, published works, manuscripts...
Dates: 1926-1975

George Washington Ogden papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 484
Abstract

George Washington Ogden (1871-1966) was a journalist and editor for newspapers, and later became an author of western stories and novels. The collection contains manuscripts, literary contracts and agreements, mementos and photographs, an accounting journal, and correspondence with agents, editors, and also seven letters (1922) from Elizabeth B. Custer (Mrs. George A. Custer), 1909-1940.

Dates: 1909-1940

Arthur G. Stangland and Artie Stangland (Artie Appleton) papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 271
Abstract

Arthur G. Stangland (1908-1990) and Artie Stangland/Artie Appleton (1910-1995) were a pair of married writers who lived in Astoria, Oregon. The collection consists of manuscripts and some published copies of stories by both authors, as well as some correspondence.

Dates: 1929-1954