Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of MacKinlay Kantor, novelist and author, were deposited in the Library of Congress by Kantor in installments from 1957 to 1973 and converted to gift status from 1958 to 1969. Additional materials were given by Irene Layne Kantor in 1978, Layne Kantor Shroder in 2001, and William Mobley in 2004.
Processing History
The papers of MacKinlay Kantor were arranged and described in 1998 by Nan Thompson Ernst with the assistance of Paul Colton, Kathleen E. Feeney, and Susie M. Moody. The finding aid was revised in 2006. Additional materials to the collection given in 2001 and 2004 were processed together as the Addition series by Andrea J. Briggs in 2019, and the finding aid was updated to reflect the Addition.
Transfers
Some sound recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, where they are identified as part of these papers. Other sound recordings have been transferred to the American Folklife Center, where they are also identified as part of these papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, MacKinlay Kantor Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.