Summary Information

Title: August William Derleth Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1858-2014 (bulk 1907-1978)

Creator:

• Derleth, August William, 1909-1971

Call Number: Wis Mss WO; Micro 923; Audio 1718A; PH 4975; M2004-152; M2026-050; M2026-052

Quantity: 69.6 cubic feet (124 boxes and 20 records center cartons), 6 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 2 audio recordings (cassettes), and 0.3 cubic feet of visual materials (1 half-archives box and 1 oversize folder); plus additions of 2.2 cubic feet (2 records center cartons, and 1 half-archives box), and 12 photographs (1 folder)
Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Papers of August Derleth, one of Wisconsin's most prominent and prolific writers, consisting primarily of correspondence and manuscripts of published and unpublished works. Derleth spent most of his life in Sauk City, Wisconsin, and wrote about its history and its personalities in his Sac Prairie Saga, a nearly fifty-volume sequence of novels, journals, lyric poems, short stories, and miscellaneous prose which comprises one of the major works of American regional literature. Derleth was also a devotee of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the master of twentieth century weird fantasy, and a major contributor to the "Cthulhu Mythos," a body of supernatural and science fiction works originated by Lovecraft.

Note:

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