Manuscript Register

This document describes a collection of materials held by the
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
Phone: 319-335-5921
Fax: 319-335-5900
e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu

Posted to Internet: 1998

Acquisition Note: Arthur Wormhoudt donated these papers to the University of Iowa during the years 1949 -- 1953.

Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

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Abbreviations: For an explanation of the abbreviation and dating conventions used in the finding aid, please see Abbreviations.

Biographical Note

Born in Pella, Iowa, Wormhoudt took his BA and PhD at Iowa and an MA at Harvard. He was a professor of English in several institutions. These two books of his several books are literary criticism with a psychoanalytic bent.

Scope and Contents

This small collection consists of manuscripts for two of Wormhoudt's works, The Demon Lover and The Muse at Length.

Inventory

The Demon Lover. Printer's copy, with revisions. Galley proof, with revisions.

The Muse at Length. (Christopher Publishing House, 1953). Carbon mss., corrected; ALS July 22, 1953 to UI Libraries.