Title: Edward Harris Heth Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1930-1964

Creator:

• Heth, Edward Harris

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 19

Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (1 box)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Clippings, articles, photographs, correspondence, a manuscript and other materials from Wisconsin author Edward Harris Heth.

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-lhmc0019

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Edward Harris Heth was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 13 September 1909. He was educated at Washington High School and the University of Wisconsin. He was an author who wrote novels and magazine articles, his work often focused on Milwaukee or autobiographical subjects. After college, Heth moved to New York, working in the advertising business. In the 1940s, he moved his residence to Wales, Wisconsin. Heth died 26 April 1963 and is buried in Salem Jerusalem Cemetery, in Wales, Wisconsin next to his longtime partner, William Henry Chancey, Jr.

One of Heth’s most successful works was Any Number Can Play, a novel published in 1945 that fictionalized the story of his father, a well-known Milwaukee gambler. The novel was adapted into the 1949 film of the same name, starring Clark Gable and Alexis Smith. Some of Heth’s other novels include: Some We Loved, Told with a Drum, Light over Ruby Street, We are the Robbers, My Life on Earth, If You Lived Here, and The Wonderful World of Cooking.

The materials span 1930 through Heth’s death in 1963 and include some clippings from 1964. The bulk of the collection is secondary source material with some correspondence. Several photographs are also included. A manuscript of My Life on Earth is included as well.

The subjects are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder.

Heth, Edward Harris, Papers, 1930-1964, Collection 19. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Milwaukee Guide Manuscripts. Local History Manuscript Collection 369.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Mrs. Theodore Mueller donated a folder of correspondence on 26 October 1968. No other acquisition information is currently available. Materials were accessioned as a Local History Manuscript Collection.

Processing Information

Inventory by Rachel Arndt, 2013. Processed by Casey Lapworth, 2018.

Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1952-1963
Box   1 Folder   2	Correspondence - Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Mueller, 1938-1959
	Clippings
Box   1 Folder   3	Biographical, 1930-1964, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Book reviews, 1953, undated
Box   1 Folder   5	Any Number Can Play, 1945-1963
	Columns
Box   1 Folder   6	Clippings - Country Beautiful, 1962-1963
Box   1 Folder   7	Clippings - Let’s See, 1959-1962
Box   1 Folder   8	Typewritten - Let’s See, 1960-1961
Box   1 Folder   9	Typewritten - Let’s See and Country Beautiful, 1962
Box   1 Folder   10	Emily Kimbrough, autograph, Undated
Box   1 Folder   11	Manuscript, My Life on Earth, 1953
Box   1 Folder   12	Medallion, 1960
Box   1 Folder   13	Photographs, undated