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Series: 1: Correspondence , 1898-1979
: The Correspondence series, 1898-1979, contains both personal and business
correspondence of Elizabeth F. Corbett’s (EFC). Included are letters from
her father, Major R. W. Corbett, letters to and from her publishers and
agents on a variety of subjects regarding her writings including inquiries
concerning film and television serialization and letters from and to readers
of her autobiographical work, Out at the Soldier’s
Home. There is correspondence with Laurence J. Corbett of
Berkeley, California, and with Mr. Wilmer Baatz from Milwaukee Public
Library. There are also a number of letters, some accompanied by poems which
she wrote as morale boosters to service men in the Korean conflict. The
correspondence ranges from 1898-1979.
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Box
1
Folder
1-21
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1898-1933
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Box
2
Folder
1-9
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1934-1938
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Box
3
Folder
1-13
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1938-1949
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Box
4
Folder
1-8
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1950-1976
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Series: 2: Personal , 1883-1981
: The Personal series contains journals, photographs, family history
information and memorabilia and ephemera. There are several types of
journals. They are titled book registers, common place books and menus and
memorabilia. The book registers are a record of books she read, the common
place books are filled with quotes or phrases she wanted to remember and the
menus and memorabilia volumes include a variety of notes on meals she ate
and cooked. Photographs mainly seem related to family however many are not
identified or dated. Embosser is a hand held device that imprints Elizabeth
Corbett.
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“Book registers”
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Box
4
Folder
9-10
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1903-1945
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Box
5
Folder
1-2
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1945-1979
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Clippings
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Box
5
Folder
3-20
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1909-1946
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Box
6
Folder
1-4
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1948-1980
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Box
6
Folder
5
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“Common place books” , undated
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Box
18
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Embosser, Undated
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Family history, 1981, undated
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Box
6
Folder
7-8
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Memorabilia, 1898-1937
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Box
6
Folder
9-10
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“Menus and Memorabilia”,
1937-1978
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Box
7
Folder
1
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A Nice Long Evening with Note to
Kathleen Wright, 1933
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Photographs
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Box
19
Folder
1
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EFC, 1932, 1934
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Box
7
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2
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EFC, 1914, undated
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Box
7
Folder
3
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EFC – University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1910
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Family, 1924-1950, undated
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Box
7
Folder
5-7
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Framed, undated
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Miscellaneous, 1903, undated
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Mrs. E. Purdon Wright, 1938,
undated
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Soldiers Home, 1890-1900,
undated
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Walt Whitman, 1914-1931,
undated
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Scrapbooks
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Box
19
Folder
1 vol
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1910-1957
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Box
20
Folder
1 vol
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1957
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Box
8
Folder
5
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“Aunt Mamie’s”, Mary Frances Corbett,
1883-1914
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Series: 3: Writings , 1902-1980
: The Writing series contains materials related to the EFC’s writings. It
mainly consists of drafts of her manuscripts and poems. There are newspaper
and magazine clippings and typewritten drafts of articles she authored, her
Bachelor’s thesis, early writings, draft plot ideas and revision notes on
her works. Also included are miscellaneous items such as publisher and
promotional related materials for her books, a scrapbook of ephemera related
to The Young Mrs. Meigs and then essays
titled “book notes” on materials she read.
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Articles
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Clippings, 1927-1931,
undated
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Clippings, 1931-1962
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Clippings – Alpha Gamma Delta, 1909-1942,
undated
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Typewritten, 1927-1957
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Manuscripts
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Bachelors Thesis, UW-Madison,
1910
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Box
9
Folder
5-6
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Early writings, 1908-1931,
undated
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Box
9
Folder
7-8
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Plot ideas / synopsis’, 1930-1980,
undated
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Reviews and Revisions, 1916-1935,
undated
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Drafts
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Box
10
Folder
1-4
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Anniversary,
1964
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Box
9
Folder
10
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My Autobiography,
Circa 1940
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Charley Manning (working
script by J.E. Kirkham), play,
undated
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Box
11
Folder
1
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The Head of Apollo,
1956
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Box
11
Folder
2-3
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Immortal Helen,
1947
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Miscellaneous story scripts,
1969-1974
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Box
11
Folder
5-7
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In Miss Armstrong’s Room,
1953
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Box
10
Folder
5
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Out at the Soldiers Home,
1941
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Portrait of Isabelle,
1951
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Box
12
Folder
2-3
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The Richer Harvest,
1952
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Robert E. Lee,
undated
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Short stories, 1971-1972
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Spider Mother,
1970-1971
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Spider Mother,
1970-1971
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Box
13
Folder
2-3
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A Token Of Friendship,
1945
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Box
13
Folder
4
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The Verdict of Posterity,
undated
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Box
13
Folder
5
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The Young Mrs. Meigs, A Play In
Three Acts, 1933
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Miscellaneous
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Box
13
Folder
6
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Book notes – Euclid and Then
Some, undated
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Box
13
Folder
7
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Book notes – Morals and
Literature, undated
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Book notes - Of Titles and
Titling, undated
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Box
13
Folder
9
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Printer sample pages, 1902-1939,
undated
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Box
13
Folder
10
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Promotional materials,
1918-1953
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Box
13
Folder
11-12
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Publishers catalogs and lists,
1916-19343
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Box
14
Folder
1
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Scrapbook - The Young Mrs.
Meigs, 1933
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Speeches and interviews, 1930-1956,
undated
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Box
14
Folder
3
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Theater programs – The Young Mrs.
Meigs, 1933
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Poems
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Box
14
Folder
4-7
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1919-1962
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Box
15
Folder
1-7
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1963-1973
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Box
16
Folder
1-3
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1974-1975
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Drafts
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Box
16
Folder
4-8
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1970-1976
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Box
17
Folder
1-4
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1976-1980
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