Subject: Detective and mystery stories, American -- 20th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 9 boxes
Abstract:: Raymond Holden was a noted author and publisher, who worked for a variety of publications, including the New Yorker, Fortune, Newsweek, and Reader's Digest. His papers include various copies and notes from his own works, correspondence with friends, some work of other people, and assorted documents.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 68 volumes and 7.21 linear feet
Abstract:: Educated in California and at Harvard, Willard Huntington Wright became editor of The Smart Set (1913-1914). After suffering a serious illness in 1925, he turned to writing detective novels under the pseudonym of "S. S. Van Dine". His papers consist of scrapbooks reflecting the professional and private life of Van Dine, including articles by and about him (1926-1930), reviews of his books, motion pictures, and radio plays, his literary and art criticism, and miscellaneous and general notes (1926-1937).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 29 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and other material of the author, journalist, and Princeton graduate (Class of 1905) Samuel Duff McCoy (1882-1964).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 23 boxes and 9.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of two distinct groups of papers of author Robert Bernard Martin: material relating to his scholarly research and writings on the English novelist and clergyman Charles Kingsley and manuscripts of eight of Martin's published novels and works of non-fiction.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 30 boxes and 9.7 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains manuscripts for 47 mystery novels written by American detective fiction writer Aaron Marc Stein.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 5 boxes
Abstract:: Jack Iams (Samuel Harvey Iams, Jr.), Class of 1932, was a noted mystery writer in the first part of the twentieth century. The collection includes notes, drafts, outlines, and typescripts for seven of Iams's mysteries, as well as several assorted items, such a book jacket proofs and page proofs.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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