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Conrad Richter Papers
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Conrad Michael Richter was born on October 16, 1890, in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951 for The Town, the third and final installment in his pioneer trilogy entitled The Awakening Land. Richter may be best-known for two of his other novels -- The Sea of Grass and The Light in the Forest -- both of which were made into films. Richter, his wife, Harvena (Harvey) Maria Achenbach, and their daughter, Harvena (Vene), moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1928. In 1950, Richter returned to Pine Grove and lived there until his death on October 30, 1968.
The collection contains manuscripts for various works of fiction and nonfiction by Richter: notes, notebooks, autograph and typescript manuscripts, galley proofs, related correspondence, clippings, and other background material for his trilogy The Trees (1940), The Fields (1946), and The Town (1950), collectively published as The Awakening Land (1966); the introduction and early drafts for The Sea of Grass (1937); outlines, notes on the Delaware Indian language, drafts, galley proofs, and early chapters entitled "My Enemy, My Son" for The Light in the Forest (1953); and corrected typescripts for The Grandfathers (1964) and A Country of Strangers (1966).
Additional material includes James Lee Barrett's screenplay of The Awakening Land, a chronology of the trilogy, several articles, four chapters from The Fields and a few early manuscript pages from The Lady (1957), notebooks on writing and various western topics, correspondence with Alfred Knopf (Richter's publisher), Paul R. Reynolds (both the father and son were Richter's literary agents), Erdmann N. Brandt (of The Saturday Evening Post), friends, literary associates, and readers. There is also a large selection of correspondence between Conrad Richter and his wife and daughter. Furthermore, there are miscellaneous notes and outlines for short stories and articles, including stories published in his Early Americana and Other Stories (1936), and personal journals (1925-1966), as well as four drawers of file cards on which Richter kept notes and ideas. The collection includes a fair amount of genealogical material on the Richter and Achenbach families, with items dating to the early 19th century.
The Pennsylvania State University Special Collections Library in University Park, PA, holds 9.4 cubic feet of other papers of Conrad Richter. Link to their finding aid online: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/digital/findingaids/2491.htm
Acquired as gifts from Conrad Richter and, after his death, from his wife and daughter.
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This collection was processed in 2003 and the original finding aid was written in 2003. Sylvia Yu processed the collection again starting in September 2010 through 2012. Jill Baron processed the final additions of materials to the collection and completed the finding aid in 2012, with great assistance from Lauren Hoffman '15.
No appraisal information is available.
Subject
- Advertising -- United States. -- 20th century
- American fiction. -- 20th century
- Delaware language
- Editors -- United States. -- Correspondence -- 20th century
- Frontier and pioneer life -- United States. -- Fiction
- Historical fiction, American. -- 20th century
- Indian captivities. -- Fiction
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Manuscripts
- Publishers and Publishing -- United States. -- Correspondence -- 20th century
- Manuscripts. -- 20th century
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2003
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Collection Inventory
The material in this series consists of Richter's published and unpublished manuscripts, writing notebooks, notes and research pertaining to his literary works, and personal journals.
This series has been arranged by genre: novels, stories and articles, notebooks, journals.
Physical Description23 boxes
This subseries consists of Richter's autograph manuscripts and typescripts, in varying amounts ranging from early pages and drafts to galley proofs, for eight of his published novels.
This subseries is arranged by novel and year of publication.
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TMs and AMs pages of original page outlines, notes and sources, 26 pp. This is the only surviving original manuscript material from this novel.
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TMs with autograph corrections, 10 pp.
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TMs, 48 pp. Cut version (for simplified edition?)
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TMs (carbon) with autograph corrections, 257 pp.; includes ALS by Richter to his cousin, Henry W. Irwin, in Montana [ca. 1939]
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Photocopied pages from Richter's Journals (see Series 1D)
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TMs and AMs pages with autograph corrections
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TMs and AMs pages; includes 2 photographs of oxen
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TMs with autograph corrections, chapters 1-8
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TMs with autograph corrections, chapters 9-19
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TMs with autograph corrections, pp. 1-95
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TMs with autograph corrections, pp. 96-232
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TMs, 19 pp. From the chapter "The Sawmill Church" in The Fields.
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TMss, 4 copies of chapter, 11 pp., with autograph corrections
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TMs, 14 pp. and TMs with autograph corrections, 16 pp. Short story extracted from the chapter "The Sweat Mill."
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TMss, 4 copies of chapter, 15 pp., with autograph corrections
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Mailing label from Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, with autograph note; 8 sheets of galley proofs (folded in envelope)
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Ink stamped "The Plimpton Press" with date at top of each page
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Ink stamped "The Plimpton Press" with date at top of each page
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Ink stamped "The Plimpton Press" with date at top of each page
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AMs and TMs pages of early versions of chapters with autograph corrections. Includes TL dated June 8, 1947: "Dear Trap and Frankie"
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AMs and TMs pages with autograph corrections
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TMs and AMs pages with autograph corrections, 24 pp.
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The majority of pages are AMs with a few TMs
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TMs and AMs pages of first 3 chapters with autograph corrections
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TMs and AMs pages of first 3 chapters with autograph corrections
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TMs and AMs pages of first 3 chapters with autograph corrections
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TMs and AMs pages of first 3 chapters with autograph corrections
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TMs pages of chapters 1-6 with autograph corrections
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TMs pages of chapters 7-12 with autograph corrections (includes unused material in chapters 8 and 10)
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AMs pages of chapter 13 and TMs of chapters 13, 15, 28-29 with autograph corrections
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TMs pages of chapters 30-34 and miscellaneous pages with autograph corrections.
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With autograph corrections, chapters 1-11
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With autograph corrections, chapters 12-22
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With autograph corrections, chapters 23-33
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With autograph corrections, chapters 1-15 (pp. 1-175)
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With autograph corrections, chapters 16-25 (pp. 176-302)
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With autograph corrections, chapters 26-34 (pp. 303-433)
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Ink stamped "The Plimpton Press" with date at top of each page
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TMs with autograph corrections, 9 pp.
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TMs and AMs miscellaneous pages; photocopy of galley proof of first pages of book.
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TMss with autograph corrections
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TMs with autograph corrections, 1 p.
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TMs pages in various stages of composition with autograph corrections; pages are numbered up to p. 72
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TMs pages in various stages of composition with autograph corrections; pages are numbered up to p. 121
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TMs (carbon) with autograph corrections, pp. [1]-137
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TMs, 2 pp., of the ending for the Saturday Evening Post.
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Xeroxed pages pasted on individual sheets with autograph corrections, pp. 1-50
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Xeroxed pages pasted on individual sheets with autograph corrections, pp. 51-98
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Xeroxed pages pasted on individual sheets with autograph corrections, pp. 99-151
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Xeroxed pages pasted on individual sheets with autograph corrections, pp. 152-179
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Top of page 1 is ink stamped with date and contains autograph notes; published by Random House (Knopf)
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Typed notes/lists with autograph corrections, 24 pp.
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TMs with autograph corrections, 6 pp.; TMs summary of plot, 2 pp.
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TMs of 14 chapters with autograph corrections, pages numbered up to 149
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TMs (carbon) of 14 chapters with autograph corrections, pages numbered up to 174
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TMs of chapters 1-14 with autograph corrections, 131 pp.
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TMs with autograph notes and corrections, 43 pp.
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AMs and TMs, 48 pp. Includes places, chapter titles, chronology pages, and quotes.
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Includes correspondence.
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This subseries consists of Richter's autograph manuscripts and typescripts of published and unpublished stories and articles.
This subseries is arranged primarily in acquisition order.
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TMs of article with autograph corrections, 19 pp., and TMs, 13 pp.
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TMs (carbon) of story, 28 pp.
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TMs of article with autograph corrections, 98 pp. Accepted for publication by The Writer but withdrawn by C. Richter.
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TMs of article, 9 pp., and TMs (undated early draft) with autograph corrections, 15 pp.
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TMs of story, 18 pp.; AMs and TMs pages of notes
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Early version of "That Early American Duality" (later published in Atlantic Monthly). TMs (carbon), 17 pp.
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TMs (carbon) of short story, 7 pp.
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TMs of article, 11 pp.
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original notes and manuscript
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TMs with autograph corrections, 11 pp. Fictionalized(?) entries are dated 1929-1930.
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TMs with autograph corrections, 35 pp.
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TMs (carbon), 30 pp.
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AMs and TMs pages with autograph corrections
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TMs with autograph corrections, 3 pp.
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TMs with autograph corrections
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Includes photographs and printed matter.
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This subseries consists of Richter's writing notebooks and notes, which encompass his research, outlines, vocabulary, ideas, and inspiration, for his writings, as well as 4 card files on which he kept notes and ideas.
The 10 writing notebooks are arranged in the order in which they were published in Writing to Survive: The Private Notebooks of Conrad Richter (University of New Mexico Press, 1988) by Harvena Richter: see "Bibliography, A. The Writing Notebooks," pp. 261-267. The card files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Physical Description6 boxes
AMs, 187 pp., with a few TMs pages. Mostly a commonplace book with "A Collection of Examples of Good Writing," "New American Style Possible" and entries such as Reflection, Contrast, Comparison, Compression. Listed as "Black Notebook I" in Writing to Survive: The Private Notebooks of Conrad Richter.
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AMs, 269 pp., with a few TMs pages. Includes a listing of stories written and sold from 1931 to 1935. Listed as "Black Notebook II" in Writing to Survive: The Private Notebooks of Conrad Richter.
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AMs and TMs, 127 pp. Misc. notes for short stories, short novels, fables series, etc. Listed as "Maroon Notebook I, marked 9" in Writing to Survive: The Private Notebooks of Conrad Richter.
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AMs and TMs, 59 pp. Topics include story, novel and serial principles, titles, notes of Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Listed as "Maroon Notebook II" in Writing to Survive: The Private Notebooks of Conrad Richter.
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AMs and TMs, 239 pp., plus 91 smaller inserted pages. Notes on "My Work and Writing," "Build Success with your Own Type of Story." Listed as "Notebook 6, light blue cloth-bound" in Writing to Survive: The Private Notebooks of Conrad Richter.
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TMs with AMs pages of notes and corrections, 396 pp. According to Harvena Richter: "The two notebooks are the foundation not only for the Ohio trilogy ( The Trees, The Fields and The Town) but also for The Light in the Forest and A Country of Strangers." Listed as "Notebook A, light blue cloth-covered, B to R"
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TMs with AMs pages of notes and corrections, 301 pp. Listed as "Notebook B, light blue cloth-covered, S to W [Eastern Old Time]" in WTS.
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Listed as "Notebook 13, A-G, dark blue cloth-covered [Old Time Western]" in WTS.
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Listed as "Notebook 14, H-R, dark blue cloth-covered [Old Time Western]" in WTS.
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Listed as "Notebook 11, S-Y, dark blue cloth-covered [Old Time Western]" in WTS.
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AMs, 239 pp. Index includes headings such as Emotion, Beauty, Power, Richness, Significant Words, Sounds, Touch, Violent Lavish Words. Listed as "Thesaurus I, black leather cover" in WTS.
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AMs amd TMs, 81 pp. Includes word lists for characters in The Sea of Grass (Sutherland, Jim Brewton), Sayward in the trilogy, and Louis Scurrah in The Trees, with headings such as The Roisterers, Energy Flow Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives.
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AMs and TMs, 20 pp. Word lists for Western characters in pulp stories.
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AMs, 118 pp. Contents of a notebook that includes an appendix of Old Mexico
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AMs and TMs, 28 pp. Includes outlines and character sketches for two stories.
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AMs and TMs, 62 pp. and 4 half-pages
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AMs and TMs, 45 pp. Includes "Man on Horseback"
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AMs, 7 pp., and TMs, 1 p.
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AMs, 12 pp. "Third Version" and date written across the top, along with 3 ideas or titles: "New Land Southern Woman New House" - appears to have later become two stories, "Frontier Woman" and "New Home," published in Early Americana and Other Stories (193
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AMs and TMs pages, 48 pp., with several clipped short stories with attached notes. Titled "Smooth Papers #2."
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TMs, 14 pp. Notes for four children's books (to follow Over the Blue Mountain) and four fables
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Includes extensive correspondence.
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This subseries consists of Richter's personal journals, both autograph and typewritten. They contain notes on writing, commentary on his health and wellness, and other personal matters.
This subseries is arranged in chronological order by year.
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AMs and TMs pages from various notebooks in a folder originally titled "Health and Self-Improvement" that contain advice to himself as well as daily health notes for a two-year period.
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Consists of writings such as "Dad's Experiences in Sherman's Store" and "The Wiseacre."
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The material in this series is comprised primarily of correspondence to and from Conrad Richter, including all facets of his life: family, friends, career, fans. A significant addition of materials consists of the correspondence of Harvena A. Richter (HAR) and Harvena C. Richter (HCR), his wife and daughter, respectively.
This series has been arranged by type of correspondence (editorial, general, family), followed by correspondence of Richter's wife, Harvena (HAR) and daughter (HCR).
Physical Description73 boxes
This subseries consists of letters to Richter, as well as carbon copies of his replies, from his agents, publishing firms and other organizations regarding the publication of Richter's work in magazines, journals, and in book form.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by publisher or agency name and then chronologically for the larger groups of correspondence.
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Includes a TLS, a rejection notice, from Sinclair Lewis.
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John M. Siddall (1919-1923), Merle Crowell (1923-1926), Mary Derieux (1924-1926)
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Includes 3 TLsS by Mitchell Kennerley, Publisher
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Includes correspondence to and from agents, studios and producers regarding motion pictures.
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Correspondence from Paul R. Reynolds was removed from these materials and filed with the correspondence files for Reynolds.
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Richter was the editor of this magazine
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Paul Reynolds, Sr. and son Paul Reynolds, Jr. (1904-1988)
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Reynolds, Sr., became CR's agent.
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Reynolds, Jr., took over as CR's agent
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Senior editor of The Saturday Evening Post (letters include non-business matters as well)
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Includes letters after he left the Post.
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See also Reader's Digest: Ben Hibbs for more correspondence.
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Comments of another person on a Richter short story.
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This subseries consists of letters to Richter from friends and acquaintances, literary associates, and readers of his works. There are also carbon copies of letters Richter sent in response.
This subseries is arranged in several ways: by last name (for individuals with more extensive correspondence with Richter), by year for correspondence that is of more diffuse origin, and by subject, as retained by Richter himself.
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Correspondents include Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Herbert Hoover, Jack London, John D. Rockefeller and Upton Sinclair. The file also has an inventory list detailing all items.
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Includes several TMs poems.
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TLS, whose salutation reads "Dear Mr. Conrad."
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Includes 2 TLsS by U.S. Senator Edward Martin.
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Includes a photograph, original drawing, and correspondence from Paul Reynolds, Jr.
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The following correspondence is organized by subject, e.g. "Writers," "Health," etc.
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Includes Harvena C. Richter's replies.
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Consists primarily of correspondence with John Callender, attorney.
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Organized as such by Richter, these files consist of letters to and from friends and acquaintances.
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Includes correspondence with Jungian psychiatrists Dr. M. Esther Harding and Dr. Jolande Jacobi.
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Includes correspondence with Malcolm Cowley, John Updike, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Charlton Ogburn.
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Includes correspondence with Carey Holbrook and Tom Gries, Hollywood director.
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Consists of replies and drafts of letters by Conrad Richter.
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Contains letters, predominantly fan mail, sent and received by Richter by year.
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Consists primarily of letters from Elizabeth C.T. Miller, for whom Richter served as secretary, and letters from Richter to his family during the same period.
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This subseries consists of Richter's correspondence with various family members, though the bulk of the material comprises letters to and from his daughter, "Vene." Includes family letters that Richter kept, the oldest dating back to 1801.
This subseries is arranged by name or group and, to daughter Harvena C. Richter, chronologically by year.
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This subseries consists of Harvena A. Richter's correspondence to her husband, daughter (bulk of the correspondence), relatives, and other people.
This subseries is arranged by name or group and, to daughter Harvena C. Richter, chronologically by year.
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This subseries includes letters from "Vene" to her parents, spanning four decades. Selected correspondence recounts travels that inspired her book Passage to Teheran. As a copywriter for Saks Fifth Avenue lingerie division, letters from the 1940s include a detailed account of her work and social life during wartime, and most letters contain clippings featuring her copy.
Arranged chronologically.
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After her father's death in 1968, Vene responded to her readers on behalf of her father. This files includes copies of her letters, including the reader correspondence.
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Includes letters from family members and friends.
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Consists of postcards to Conrad and Harvena A. Richter and daughter "Vene."
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The material in this series primarily consists of financial and legal documents, assorted clippings, and other miscellanous items related to Richter's writings and career.
This series has been arranged by subject matter and chronologically by firm name or topic.
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Consists of personal, financial and legal documents of the Richter and Achenbach families. Includes family letters and diaries.
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Consists of marriage licenses, estate documents and wills of the extended Richter family.
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Probably reprinted since 1889.
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Includes agent and publisher documents such as royalty reports, statements and contracts. Also includes bank statements, estate documents, insurance forms and stock market reports.
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Includes bank statements, stocks, life insurance forms and bank checks.
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Includes bank statements, receipts, personal notes and inventories.
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TLSs, 165 pp., with numerical additions by Richter. Payments from magazines, serial rights, royalties, foreign editions, etc.
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Companies include Victor Gollancz, Ltd., Transworld Publishers Limited, The Dramatic Publishing Company, etc.
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Includes magazine and newspaper clippings and copies of screenplays.
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Correspondence about Richter's advertising venture, 26 pp. Includes 2 clippings and printed booklet titled "Seven Sales-Writing Principles" (1921), 46. pp., by Richter.
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TMs in 3 parts by Philippa Pearce with autograph corrections
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Spiral-bound book of 10 photographs from the 1958 motion picture with Fess Parker, Herschel Daugherty, James MacArthur, Carol Lynley, et al., plus a few clippings
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Xerox copy of TMs (bound), 189 pp., and TMs of suggested changes by daughter Harvena Richter as script consultant, 22 pp.
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Includes Advertising proof
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Saturday Review (3), Susquehanna Alumnus, Literature & Criticism
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Consists of photographs of Conrad Richter throughout his life as well as of friends and family members.
Arranged by subject of photograph.
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Photographs of places where the Richters resided: in Pennsylvania, New Mexico, California and elsewhere.
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19th century photographs, though no specific dates are given.
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