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1. Val Lewton papers, 1919-2007

   175 items. 4 containers plus 4 oversize. 6.4 linear feet. 5 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Motion picture producer, screenwriter, and novelist. Correspondence, film scripts, scrapbooks, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Lewton's career as a publicity writer and as a story editor for David O. Selznick at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1928-1942); as scriptwriter and producer of Cat People and other horror films for RKO Radio Pictures (1942-1947); and as novelist, especially as author of No Bed of Her Own (1932).

2. Society of Woman Geographers records, 1905-2015

   32,000 items. 96 containers. 38.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Society founded to bring together women actively interested in geography, anthropology, world exploration, and allied disciplines. Inactive membership files and oral history transcripts of prominent members of the Society.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

3. Thomas Mann papers, 1909-1947

   15 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Novelist and essayist. Letters, speeches, and writings.

4. MacKinlay Kantor papers, 1885-1998

   52,000 items. 180 containers plus 3 oversize. 73.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Novelist and author. Correspondence, diaries, drafts and galleys of playscripts, poems, songs, and fiction and nonfiction books, tearsheets, dictation and interview transcripts, notes, research materials, descriptive inventories of personal papers, legal and financial documents, clippings, printed material, scrapbooks, publicity and promotional records, maps, book illustrations, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Kantor's literary career.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

5. Harold Frederic papers, 1891-1897

   4,000 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist, novelist, and playwright. Correspondence, diaries, accounts, wills, agreements, notes for plays and stories, clippings, and printed matter, chiefly relating to Frederic's fiction writing and including notes for his principal novels, The Damnation of Theron Ware and The Return of the O'Mahony.

6. Elizabeth Madox Roberts papers, 1921-1941

   500 items. 10 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, poet, and novelist. Drafts, notes, outlines, page proofs, and miscellaneous material relating to Roberts’s novels, poetry, short stories, and miscellaneous writings.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

7. William Styron papers, 1951-1968

   40 items. 16 containers. 5.6 linear feet. 5 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and novelist. Correspondence, holograph drafts and corrected galleys of books and articles, research material, clippings, and photographs pertaining to Styron’s life and literary works.

8. Kenneth Lewis Roberts papers, 1919-1956

   9,400 items. 38 containers. 12.1 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Novelist. Mainly drafts, galleys, notebooks, outlines, and other items pertaining to novels and other writings by Roberts, including for Life and the Saturday Evening Post.