Iowa Arts Council Folk Arts Program Records, 1976-2006

Container Title
Series: 3: Writings , 1902-1980
Scope and Content Note: 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.
Articles
Box   8
Folder   6
Clippings, 1927-1931, undated
Box   9
Folder   1
Clippings, 1931-1962
Box   9
Folder   2
Clippings – Alpha Gamma Delta, 1909-1942, undated
Box   9
Folder   3
Typewritten, 1927-1957
Manuscripts
Box   9
Folder   4
Bachelors Thesis, UW-Madison, 1910
Box   9
Folder   5-6
Early writings, 1908-1931, undated
Box   9
Folder   7-8
Plot ideas / synopsis’, 1930-1980, undated
Box   9
Folder   9
Reviews and Revisions, 1916-1935, undated
Drafts
Box   10
Folder   1-4
Anniversary, 1964
Box   9
Folder   10
My Autobiography, Circa 1940
Box   9
Folder   11
Charley Manning (working script by J.E. Kirkham), play, undated
Box   11
Folder   1
The Head of Apollo, 1956
Box   11
Folder   2-3
Immortal Helen, 1947
Box   11
Folder   4
Miscellaneous story scripts, 1969-1974
Box   11
Folder   5-7
In Miss Armstrong’s Room, 1953
Box   10
Folder   5
Out at the Soldiers Home, 1941
Box   12
Folder   1
Portrait of Isabelle, 1951
Box   12
Folder   2-3
The Richer Harvest, 1952
Box   12
Folder   4
Robert E. Lee, undated
Box   12
Folder   5
Short stories, 1971-1972
Box   12
Folder   6
Spider Mother, 1970-1971
Box   13
Folder   1
Spider Mother, 1970-1971
Box   13
Folder   2-3
A Token Of Friendship, 1945
Box   13
Folder   4
The Verdict of Posterity, undated
Box   13
Folder   5
The Young Mrs. Meigs, A Play In Three Acts, 1933
Miscellaneous
Box   13
Folder   6
Book notes – Euclid and Then Some, undated
Box   13
Folder   7
Book notes – Morals and Literature, undated
Box   13
Folder   8
Book notes - Of Titles and Titling, undated
Box   13
Folder   9
Printer sample pages, 1902-1939, undated
Box   13
Folder   10
Promotional materials, 1918-1953
Box   13
Folder   11-12
Publishers catalogs and lists, 1916-19343
Box   14
Folder   1
Scrapbook - The Young Mrs. Meigs, 1933
Box   14
Folder   2
Speeches and interviews, 1930-1956, undated
Box   14
Folder   3
Theater programs – The Young Mrs. Meigs, 1933
Poems
Box   14
Folder   4-7
1919-1962
Box   15
Folder   1-7
1963-1973
Box   16
Folder   1-3
1974-1975
Drafts
Box   16
Folder   4-8
1970-1976
Box   17
Folder   1-4
1976-1980