Call Number:

C0220

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 4 boxes
• 1.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Steuart M. Emery Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1904-1937 (bulk) and 1891-1937 (inclusive)

Creator:

Emery, Steuart M. (Steuart Mackie), 1891-

Form:

Contracts., Fiction., Love-letters -- 20th century., and Photoprints.

Abstract:

Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed matter of American novelist/dramatist Steuart M. Emery.

Steuart M. Emery was an American journalist, novelist, and dramatist.

The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed matter of Emery. Included are approximately 40 short stories, some of which relate to World War I, such as "Aces of Hate," "The Brand of Silence," and "Skies of Steel"; two plays, Dinner Is Served and The Scalawag; several war poems; scripts from his Lawrenceville School student days; miscellaneous notes and synopses for plays and stories; and tearsheets and clippings of his stories and reviews. There are letters (1909-1922) to his mother, affectionate letters (1930-1936) from "Naomi," and miscellaneous personal and business correspondence. Also present are army documents (1917-1919), income tax returns, publisher's statements and contracts, and photographs of Emery, his family, and an unidentified military training camp. In addition, there are two war stories by Theodore Emery.

Arranged as follows: manuscripts (short stories, plays, scripts, etc., by title), miscellaneous notes, printed matter, correspondence, documents, photographs.