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1. James M. Cain papers, 1901-2004

   32,000 items. 103 containers. 41.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, journalist, and screenwriter. Correspondence, writings, legal and financial records, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cain's work as a journalist and to his career as a novelist and Hollywood screenwriter.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

2. Harper's magazine records, 1847-1983

   255,000 items. 701 containers. 290 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editorial, production, and business records including correspondence, reports, drafts of articles, and galleys for monthly issues of Harper's Magazine, a compendium of social commentary, news, history, criticism, poetry and fiction.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

3. American / Century Play Company scripts and business papers, 1894-2006

   approximately 16,000 items. 187 containers. 94.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The American Play Company / Century Play Company was a conglomerate publishing house that represented many of the most prominent American playwrights and dramatists of the 20th century. The scripts and business papers in the collection document numerous aspects of American theater production history, including author representation, show production, publishing, and licensing for television, film, radio, and stock productions. The script library notably includes five working copies of The Glass Menagerie (1944) by Tennessee Williams and early performance drafts of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie (1921), Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), and Strange Interlude (1923). The collection also highlights several unpublished, unproduced works by female playwrights, such as Harriet Ford and Margery Benton Cooke.

4. Wesley Winans Stout papers, 1913-1954

   600 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor. Chiefly editorial correspondence of Stout and his predecessor, George H. Lorimer, and other members of the editorial staff of the Saturday Evening Post.

5. Joseph Wood Krutch papers, 1920-1971

   4,500 items. 27 containers. 10.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, drama critic, and naturalist. Correspondence, diaries, writings, and other papers reflecting Wood's career as a professor of English at Columbia University and scholarship in the fields of conservation, society, and drama and theater.