Iowa Authors Represented by Small Manuscript Collections, M - Z

Brief descriptions of these small collections are arranged alphabetically by surname of writer.

This file contains: M - Z; for A - L, click here.

McCLURG, WILLIAM H. Living Harmoniously. Printer's copy, galley, and publicity materials. Miscellaneous. MsC650.

McHALE, TOM, 1902 - . Dooley's Delusion (1971) . Book jacket, Dooley's Delusion. Typescript titled God's V.I.P., related correspondence. Newspaper clippings. MsC653.

McINERNEY, TED. Pom-Pom [1949]. Manuscript draft and two typescripts. Book jacket and newspaper review. MsC654.

MAGARET, HELENE. Giant in the Wilderness [1952]. Early draft and revised typescript of "Life of Father Chalres Nerinckx".

MAHAN, BRUCE, 1890- . "The University of Iowa," Palimpsest, February 1971. 132p typescript. University Archives.

MAYTAG, FRED L. II. Presiding officer's paper for program given in honor of Herbert Hoover's 80th birthday, 10 August 1954. With notes, revisions, and list of platform guests.

MOELLER, DOROTHY. Speech Pathology and Audiology. Notes, drafts, correspondence. MsC661.

MURRAY, JANETTE STEVENSON and FREDERICK GRAY. "The Millionaire 'Missonaries' of Hawaii" (The Paradise of the Pacific, October-December 1926). Typescript. The Story of Cedar Rapids. Printer's copy. Newspaper clippings, published essays, book publicity materials, and miscellaneous items. MsC666.

O'CONNOR, ROSE AGNES. "A few facts about Sioux City's early history", "Josephine's story", "My county", "Reminiscences", "Sioux City and the trail of the Indian", "The story of Sergeant Charles Floyd", "The Story of Sioux City for young readers", "Whys and hows of pioneer days for teachers' use". [Circa 1955]. MsC668.

PAINTER, ELEANOR (Mrs. Charles H. Strong), ? - 3 November 1947. Author of novel Spring Symphony (Harper, 1941). Photograph. MsC673.

PALUKA, FRANK, 1927- . The Three Voyages of Captain Cook (Pittsburg: Beta Phi MU, 1973). Typescript. MsC674.

PERRIN, JOYCE. Portraits: Word Pictures of Fellow Travelers in the South Pacific. Mimeograph. [Circa 1964]. MsC676.

PETERSEN, WILLIAM JOHN, 1901 - . "Looking Backward on Hawkeye Land" (Ottumwa: Morrell Magazine, December 1946). Typescripts. The Story of Iowa: the Progress of an American State (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1952. 2 vols.). Typescript. MsC677.

PETERSON, VIRGIL W. Barbarians in Our Midst: A History of Chicago Crime and Politics (Little Brown, 1952). Typescript, publisher's copy. MsC742.

PIPER, JANET PRESSLEY, 1902 - . 1. Antiphony: A key to cross-references between poems of Janet Piper and Archibald MacLeish. 2. Behind this Mortal Bone: poems 1920-1938 (part was thesis for State University of Iowa in 1940 under title The Bitter Root). 3. In Fervor of Sun: poems 1938-1948 and Perspectives 1973- . 4. Late Words: poems -1976. Unpublished multiliths.

PORTER, ELLA WILLIAMS. Prairie Shadows (MacMillan, 1952); Sandra Kendall of the 4-H; The Wind's in the West. Printer's copies. MsC675.

PRANGE, GORDON W., 1910-1980. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). Dialogue and continuity taken from moviola, including addenda, and released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. Newspaper and magazine clippings. Miscellaneous. MsC679.

QUICK, HERBERT, 1861-1925. ALS to Robert Underwood Johnson, Sioux City, Iowa. MsL Q6jo. MsC680.

RABE, DAVID. Brooks Too Broad for Leaping, a Play in six scenes and two acts (Dubuque, circa 1958-1959). Mimeograph, gift of Pat Connolly, 1972. Ms R114 br.

RANDOLPH, COLONEL CHARLES D. Manuscripts of stories: "Buckskin Bill .. at Fort Belknap" (#68); "... at Phoenix" (#69); "... in the badlands" (#94); "... on the trail of Silver Dollar Sam" (#66); "... on the trail of the Bismark-Fargo stage robbers" (#51); "... rounding up the breeds" (#61); "... scouting in Dakota and Minnesota" (#53); "The last outbreak of the American Indians" (#58); "The last plainsmen gather at Gilt Edge for a bear hunt" (#62); "The three Bills go on a bee hunt" (#60). Photographs; small book of poems, Western Poems, authored by Randolph (autographed); obituary clipping; copies of Dime Novel Round-Up with articles about Randolph. MsC681.

REED, WARREN A. She Rode a Yellow Stallion (circa 1950). Printer's copy. MsC682.

SCHOONOVER, LAWRENCE. 1. The Burnished Blade. 2. Central Passage (Wm. Morrow, 1962) . 3. The Gentle Infidel. 4. The Quick Brown Fox. Publisher's copies. Book jacket for The Chancellor. Newspaper clippings. MsC691.

SCOFIELD, CORA LOUISE, 1870 - . Miss Cora Scofield's Diary, Washington, Iowa, July 13, 1883. AMS.

SHERMAN, Mrs. EDITH BISHOP. Bright College Year. Publisher's copy, galley, and related materials including photograph of Mildred McAfee Horton, president of Wellesley College accepting a copy of the book from Sherman. Newspaper article, circa 1935. MsC695.

SHERMAN, STUART PRATT, 1881-1927. ALS to [Sharon] Brown, 3 January 1926, concerning the reprinting of "Towards an American Type". MsL S5535br.

SILLANPA, TOM. "The Day an ironclad named USS Keokuk stormed Fort Sumter". "A Glimpse of historic Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa". "Major-General Samuel Ryan Curtis". Mimeographed addresses. MS S584 d, g, and m.

SPENCE, MARGARET L. Without Introduction. Typescript and synopsis.

STAPP, EMILIE BLACKMORE. Isabella's New Friend (Winchester, MA: Winslow Press, 1952). Publisher's copy. Ms S7947.

VAN DINE, WARREN LOVEL. Unchanging Gold (poems, 1938). Typescripts. Interview with Jerry Nutt, Jr. at WCAZ, Carthage, IL, discussing the University of Iowa. Phonotape recorded 5 June 1970. Correspondence 1923-1948, including letters from John T. Frederick, Paul Corey, Edward J. O'Brien, Edgar Guest, and Loren Eisley. Also misc. mss. MsC711.

VAN ETTEN, Mrs. Winifred. I Am the Fox, draft of Chapter 8 only, related correspondence January - November 1936. MsC712.

VIRDEN, HELEN M. One Nation Indivisible (typescript of Civil War centennial pageant, Henry County, September 1961). Published works, manuscript poems, prose and plays, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. MsC716.

WALLACE, ZELLA. Laced with Laughter (poems). Typescripts. MsC718.

WANDREY, RALPH H. Fighter Pilot (circa 1950). Draft. Newspaper article, 1951. MsC719.

WARNER, ESTHER SIETMANN. See: Dendel, Esther Sietmann Warner, 1910- . New Song in a Strange Land (printer's copy).

WEBER, ALOIS J. "Des Moines rapids and canal" Keokuk River Museum, 1963. Photocopy. Ms W373d. "Isaac Galland: a short account of his life," (essay, 1 May 1957). Typescript Ms W373is. "The Naming of Keokuk's Streets," (address to Lee County Historical Society, Keokuk, 1958). Typescript. Ms W373n.

WEHMAN, HERBERT JOHN, 1888 - 1979. Universal Science (17 manuscript volumes); 6 boxes manuscripts. Obituary. Gift 10 November 1967. MsC721.

WILBUR, RAY LYMAN. The Opportunity of the American Woman. Manuscripts and typescript. Remunerative Extra University Activities. Manuscript. Boone County Historical Society newsletter with R. L. Wilbur feature. MsC726.

WILLIAMS, MAUDE NEWELL (Mrs. C.S.). Today's Yesterday: A Tale of the Pioneer Life of an Ohio-Wisconsin Family 1775-1930. Compiled from the memoirs of her mother. Publisher's copy. Newspaper article, 1952. MsC728.