MAUD HART AND DELOS WHEELER LOVELACE AND FAMILY:

An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Lovelace (Family : Lovelace, Maud Hart, 1892-1980), creator.
Title:Maud Hart and Delos Wheeler Lovelace family papers.
Dates:1831-1997.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Biographical and genealogical data, writings, correspondence, photographs, diaries, memorabilia, and other papers of author Maud Hart Lovelace, of her husband, author and newspaper man Delos Wheeler Lovelace, and of other family members. The bulk of the material pertains to the literary works of Maud and Delos Lovelace, including published and unpublished works, research notes, royalty statements, and fan letters; correspondence between Maud, her sister Kathleen, her husband Delos, her parents Thomas and Stella Hart, and her daughter Merian; a nearly complete set of Maud's diaries (1923-1972); and photographs and photograph albums.
Quantity:15 cubic feet (19 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Maud and Delos Lovelace, undatedMaud Palmer Hart was born in Mankato, Minnesota on April 25, 1892, the daughter of Thomas Walden Hart and Stella Palmer. Tom Hart was born in 1863 in Decorah, Iowa. He was a businessman and politician, being, among other things, a member of the grocery firm of Beebe and Hart in Mankato at the time of his marriage, Blue Earth County treasurer, and involved in the wholesale shoe trade in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The family lived in Mankato until 1910 or 1911, when they moved to Minneapolis. Tom Hart died on January 6, 1936 in Minneapolis, and Stella died November 11, 1947 in Garden City, New York.

Stella’s parents were Solomon B. Palmer (November 12, 1835-1875?) and Albertine Crocker (1843-1929), daughter of L. J. R. Crocker. They married September 12, 1859 and moved to Indiana. Solomon served in the 13th Indiana Cavalry in the Civil War, contracted tuberculosis during his service, and died apparently of that disease in Faribault County, Minnesota. His last letter to Albertine is dated 1870, and she apparently came to Winnebago City, Minnesota to join him at that time. He died there on June 6, 1875.

Albertine and Solomon had two children, Frank and Stella. Stella was born August 21, 1866 and died November 11, 1947. She was a teacher for several years before her marriage to Tom Hart. Albertine remarried, to Chauncy H. Austin of the firm of C. H. Austin and Son of Madison Lake, Minnesota circa 1878. They had two more daughters, Frances (1879-1906) and Cora (1880-1958). Albertine died in 1929 in San Diego, California.

Delos Wheeler Lovelace was born December 2, 1894, the son of Mortimer Nathan Lovelace and Josephine Wheeler, who were married in November 1884.

Maud married Delos Wheeler Lovelace on Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1917, immediately before he departed for World War I military service. He served in France as second lieutenant in the 304th Field Artillery, U.S. Army.

The Lovelaces lived in Pelham and Mount Vernon, New York in the 1920s and early 1930s, eventually moving to New York City. Delos worked as a reporter for various newspapers in the late 1910s and for a time after his return from military service; took a hiatus from newspaper work, apparently due to ill health, during which time he turned his hand to writing short stories; then returned to newspaper work and spent the remainder of his career working for the Editorial Department of the New York Sun, from which he retired in 1952.

The Lovelaces had a son, Thomas, who died on February 13, 1925 as a newborn, and a daughter, Merian (Jan. 18, 1931-Sept. 25, 1997), named for Delos’ friend Merian C. Cooper. Merian married Englebert (“Bert”) Kirchner on August 21, 1954.

Maud and Delos Lovelace, 1960Maud had two sisters, Kathleen and Helen. Kathleen was born September 6, 1889 in Mankato, Minnesota. She married Eugene Sharp Bibb sometime before 1917. Their only child, Eugene S. Jr., was born August 7, 1922. The Bibbs divorced some time prior to 1927, when Kathleen married Frohman M. Foster. Frohman was a musician, Kathleen a singer, and they were both teachers of music in Los Angeles, California. Kathleen’s son Eugene, who took the Foster surname after Frohman adopted him, became the principal flutist in the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Kathleen died June 30, 1957 in Claremont, California.

Helen Hart was born July 7, 1898 in Mankato, Minnesota. She married Francis (Frank) Creighton Fowler. She died in Santa Ana, California on December 15, 1960.

Delos Lovelace died January 17, 1967 at age 72. Maud Hart Lovelace died March 11, 1980 at age 87.

Many of the characters in the Betsy-Tacy books were drawn from Maud’s family and friends. In particular, Maud herself was Betsy, Frances Kenney Kirch (“Bick”) was Tacy, and Marjorie Gerlach Harris was Tib.


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Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

The bulk of the material pertains to the literary works of Maud and Delos Lovelace, including published and unpublished short stories, poems, and essays; manuscripts of Maud's book What Cabrillo Found, of Delos' unpublished books "The Keeper of the Scrolls" and "Flight From Herod", and of several shorter works; a scrapbook of early published articles by Maud and Delos (1911-1922); Maud's research materials and notes; clippings scrapbooks of announcements and reviews for Maud's early novels; submission and royalty records; correspondence, mainly Maud's, with their publisher, T. Y. Crowell Co., and their literary agent, Nannine Joseph; and some promotional materials. There is a large group of fan letters for Maud's Betsy-Tacy books, and a scattering of other fan mail.

Correspondence includes letters written by Maud (1914) and her sister Kathleen (1909-1910) during their European tours; Maud's and Delos' correspondence during his World War I military service; Maud's letters to her parents, Tom and Stella Hart, with details on family activities (bulk 1929-1938); miscellaneous letters of Delos, Stella, and other family members during this period; and a scattering of other letters to and from family and friends.

There is a nearly complete set of Maud's diaries, 1923-1972, as well as her journal of her 1914 European trip. There are 16 family photograph albums, two undated, nine prior to the mid-1920s, one from Delos' World War I service, three of the Lovelaces' daughter Merian as a child and young woman (1930s-1940s), and one of family and friends in Claremont, California (1950s). A box of foldered photographs includes formal portraits of family and friends (bulk late 1800s to early 1900s); many snapshots of Maud, Delos, and Merian; and a variety of photographs of other family members, friends, and activities.

Family materials include biographical data on Maud and Delos; genealogical correspondence and compilations pertaining to the Lovelace, Wheeler, Hart, Palmer, Austin, and related families; cook books and recipes kept by Stella and Maud; a journal kept by Stella (approximately 1923, 1932, 1935?); Merian Lovelace Kirchner’s journal (1961-1980); drafts and related material for “Living With Writing,” an autobiographical/family history reminiscence by Maud; and a variety of biographical data and personal memorabilia of other family members.


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These papers are organized into the following sections:

Biographical information and families memorabilia
Family history and genealogy
Personal and family correspondence
Published articles by Maud Palmer Hart, Maud Hart Lovelace, and Delos Wheeler Lovelace
Delos Wheeler Lovelace short stories and miscellaneous writings
Maud Hart Lovelace writings
Maud Hart and Delos Wheeler Lovelace writings
Business files
Promotional materials
Fan mail
Newspaper and magazine clippings
Betsy-Tacy Society
Clippings scrapbook
Delos Wheeler Lovelace book manuscripts and drafts
Notes and research for writings
Maud Hart Lovelace diaries
Photograph albums
Photographs


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Maud Hart and Delos Wheeler Lovelace and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 17,641; 17,650

Processing Information:

Digitized by: Minnesota Historical Society, April 2019

Processed by: Lydia Lucas and Leif Kopietz, May 2019

Catalog ID number: 9989833940104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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146.I.3.14F1Maud Hart and Delos Wheeler Lovelace:
"The City at Their Feet: Maud and Delos in Manhattan," October 15, 1994. 1 volume.
A Greenwich Village walking tour, by the Greater New York Chapter of the Betsy-Tacy Society.
"Orange Blossoms Everywhere: The Story of Maud and Delos Lovelace in California 1953-1980," June 1997. 1 volume.
By Mary Thiessen, Southern California Chapter of the Betsy-Tacy Society.
"Maud Hart Lovelace - Happiness and Joy, by Kelly Dethloff," March 13, 1972. 1 volume.
A term paper for an English class.
"Betsy-Tacy Stories - Books to Grow On," November 1959.
Article published in Elementary English.
Biographical data and memorabilia, 1925, 1940s-1970s.
Information published in or provided for several biographical compilations on authors; miscellany regarding the death of their newborn son (February 13, 1925); a note card from Claremont, California, their retirement home.
Biographical data and memorabilia, 1925, 1940s-1970s. Digital version
Maud Hart/Delos Lovelace wedding, November 29, 1917.
Newspaper clippings announcing their wedding; a gossip column including a reference to their marriage; a newspaper photograph of Maud.
Maud Hart/Delos Lovelace wedding, November 29, 1917. Digital version
Delos Lovelace military service documents, 1919, 1967.
Discharge order and certificate (July 1919); certificate of appreciation signed by Lyndon B. Johnson (1967?). He served in France as second lieutenant in the 304th Field Artillery.
Delos Lovelace military service documents, 1919, 1967. Digital version
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136.F.10.4F-119 Delos Lovelace appointment as 2nd Lieutenant of infantry, U.S. Army Officers Reserve Corps, August 15, 1917.
Delos Lovelace appointment as 2nd Lieutenant of infantry, U.S. Army Officers Reserve Corps, August 15, 1917. Digital version
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146.I.3.14F1 Delos Lovelace retirement, October 1952.
Editor and Publisher column.
Delos Lovelace retirement, October 1952. Digital version
Delos Lovelace obituary, New York Times, January 1967.
Maud Hart Lovelace death and obituaries, March 1980.
Announcement; obituaries from the Claremont Courier and the Minneapolis Star.
Delos Lovelace miscellany, 1940s-1967.
His will (1964); advance directive to his doctor (1965); a photograph; ideas for a New York City story; deed of gift and related letters to Maud Hart Lovelace regarding donation of his research materials on Dwight Eisenhower to the Eisenhower Presidential Library (1967); confirmation items (1948); World War II gas ration stamps; a prayer he carried in his wallet.
Delos Lovelace miscellany, 1940s-1967. Digital version
Maud Hart Lovelace miscellany, 1932-1970s.
Birth certificate (1947 re-issue); title page of a biographical paper (1967, photocopy); address, apparently to a group of Episcopal women (1964); letter regarding an article about her (1932); Merian's instructions to Maud's caregivers and Maud's reminders to self, late 1970s; Mankato church announcement of flowers in memory of Marjorie 'Midge' Gerloch (Tib in the Betsy-Tacy books) (December 1964).
Maud Hart Lovelace miscellany, 1932-1970s. Digital version
Merian Lovelace Kirchner:
Merian Kirchner was the daughter of Maud and Delos Lovelace.
Merian Lovelace miscellany, 1931-1954.
Birth announcement (1931); clippings, (1940s); announcement of engagement to Englebert Kirchner (1954).
Merian Lovelace miscellany, 1931-1954. Digital version
Merian Kirchner journal, January 6, 1961-March 7, 1980.
Merian Kirchner journal, January 6, 1961-March 7, 1980. Digital version
Tom Hart and Stella Palmer:
Thomas Walden Hart and Estella (Stella) M. Palmer (daughter of Solomon B. and Albertine Palmer) were Maud Hart Lovelace's parents.
Tom Hart-Stella Palmer marriage, October 15, 1887.
Announcement card; newspaper clipping; pressed flowers from guests at the boarding house where Tom was staying, with related notes.
Tom Hart-Stella Palmer marriage, October 15, 1887. Digital version
Thomas W. Hart Mason certificate, January 25, 1916.
Thomas W. Hart Mason certificate, January 25, 1916. Digital version
Tom Hart death, January 1936.
Obituaries; a compilation of remarks on his death, with related family information; and Trinity Baptist Church worship program with condolence.
Tom Hart death, January 1936. Digital version
Stella Palmer Hart diary: "My Trip Across the Ocean," 1923, 1932, 1935? 1 volume.
Stella Palmer Hart diary: My Trip Around the Ocean, 1923, 1932, 1935. Digital version
Tom Hart and Stella Palmer miscellany.
Letter to a Palmer family member, possibly 1831 (very poor condition); sample of fabric from Tom's mother's wedding dress; passport, Tom and Stella Hart (1923); application for/certificate of membership, Thomas W. Hart, in the Iowa State Traveling Men's Association (1915); anniversary card from Maud and Delos (undated); newspaper clipping referencing Stella Palmer (undated); postcard of an airplane stunt, sent to Tom from Maud (undated)
Tom Hart and Stella Palmer miscellany. Digital version
Correspondence regarding Hart materials given to State Historical Society of Iowa, 1964-1965.
Correspondence regarding Hart materials given to State Historical Society of Iowa, 1964-1965. Digital version
Palmer, Hart, and Lovelace families memorabilia:
"The Christian Minister's Affectionate Advice to a Married Couple," undated. 1 volume.
Presented by Rev. S. Cowles to Mrs. Albertine Palmer, September 16, 1855. With marriage certificate, S. B. Palmer and Albertine Crocker, September 12, 1850, pasted in.
Affectionate Advice to a Married Couple, undated. Digital version
Washington Prairie Church, Winneshiek County (Iowa): Articles of incorporation and subscription list, 1876.
Typed carbon copy, enclosed in a letter to Tom Hart from his brother Stephen, December 16, 1914. Mary A. Hart was a subscriber.
Washington Prairie Church, Winneshiek County (Iowa): Articles of incorporation and subscription list, 1876. Digital version
Thomas Hart's autograph album, 1882-1884. 1 volume.
Thomas Hart's autograph album, 1882-1884. Digital version
Stella Palmer's autograph album, 1882-1887. 1 volume.
Stella Palmer autograph album, 1882-1887. Digital version
Tom Hart essays for the Mankato Social Science Club, approximately 1907.
Tom Hart essays for the Mankato Social Science Club, approximately 1907. Digital version
Delta Okto sorority constitution and minutes, 1908.
Constitution written on note tablet paper; minutes (photocopies) written on Blue Earth County Treasurer letterhead, part of 2 pages torn off. Maude Palmer Hart and Marjorie Gerlach were members.
Delta Okto sorority constitution and minutes, 1908. Digital version
Mankato High School Class of 1910 50th anniversary booklet, 1960.
Mankato High School Class of 1910 50th anniversary booklet, 1960. Digital version
Recipe book (kept by Stella Hart?). 1 volume.
Newspaper clippings and some handwritten recipes, mainly for cooking but some for beauty and household use. Pasted onto the 1880 Report of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Recipe book (kept by Stella Hart?). Digital version
Minneapolis Tribune Good Housekeeping Everyday Cook Book (kept by Stella Hart?). 1 volume.
With additional printed and handwritten recipes pasted in.
Minneapolis Tribune Good Housekeeping Everyday Cook Book (kept by Stella Hart?). Digital version
"Maud Lovelace, Her Cook Book," 1940s-1950s. 1 volume.
Handwritten recipes. Inscribed "To Maudie from Mother April 25, 1946" and "to Merian from Mother Christmas 1957."
Maud Lovelace, Her Cook Book, 1940s-1950s. Digital version
Miscellaneous recipes.
Maud's salad dressing recipe; Bickie's dessert.
Miscellaneous recipes. Digital version
Maud Hart Lovelace's address book, approximately 1918-1919? 1 volume.
Maud Hart Lovelace's address book, approximately 1918-1919? Digital version
Maud Hart Lovelace, comforting sayings.
Garden City (N.Y.) promotional booklet, 1944. 1 volume.
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, plot care bond and map, 1948.
Maud owned this plot but is not buried there.
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, plot care bond and map, 1948. Digital version
Blue Earth County Historical Society, undated, 1974.
List of items donated (1st page apparently missing), with related letter and post card.
Blue Earth County Historical Society, undated and 1974. Digital version
Booklet: "The Kitty Pays Off," by James Clark, 1948. 1 volume.
Connection to Lovelaces is not evident.
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136.F.10.4F-119 Palmer family scrapbook/memo book, 1835-1870s? 1 volume.
Poetry, household hints, miscellaneous clippings, notes, and doodles. Several pages have the name or signature of S. B. Palmer or Stella Palmer. One page contains a poem written by S. B. Palmer to his wife; another contains a list of names with the annotation "my pupils at the school in Tivola? when I had just met Tom." The first several pages contain clippings pasted over accounts for October 1835-January 1836 of an unidentified store in Orono, probably kept by a Palmer family member.
Palmer family scrapbook/memo book, 1835-1870s. Digital version
Drawing of Delos from The New York Sun, approximately 1952.
Delos' retirement card from The New York Sun employees, 1952.
Delos's retirement card from The New York Sun employees, 1952. Digital version
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146.I.3.14F1 Other family members, biographical data, and memorabilia:
Solomon Palmer miscellany. undated and 1939.
Information from Stella's half-sister (Evangeline Mathes) and sister-in-law (Veva, Mrs. Frank Palmer), 1939; and miscellaneous notes.
Solomon Palmer miscellany. undated and 1939. Digital version
Josephine Lovelace autobiography, undated.
Handwritten, very frayed, brittle, fragile. She was Delos' mother.
Josephine Lovelace autobiography, undated. Digital version
Ursula (Zula or Zue) Rosamond Hart letters and biographical materials, 1892-1963.
Letters, clippings, photographs, and miscellany regarding her education, her career as a missionary in India, China, and the Philippines, and her death from smallpox in Shanghai on January 4, 1913. She was Tom Hart's sister.
Ursula (Zula or Zue) Rosamond Hart letters and biographical materials, 1892-1963. Digital version
Foster family letters and memorabilia, undated.
Clippings, recital programs, childhood letters, and miscellany of Kathleen Hart Foster (Maud's sister), her husband Frohman, and her son Eugene (Bibb) Foster by her first husband. They were all musicians, and Kathleen and Frohmann were music teachers.
Foster family letters and memorabilia. Digital version
Fowler family, undated.
Clippings: wedding of Helen Hart and Francis Creighton Fowler; death of Helen Fowler. Card with sketch of home of Mary and Haynes Fowler.
Fowler family, undated. Digital version
Family notes and clippings, undated.
Family notes and clippings. Digital version

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Expand/CollapseFAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

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146.I.4.1B2Maud's family history correspondence, 1925-1966. 2 folders.
Maud's family history correspondence, 1925-1966. Folder 1
Maud's family history correspondence, 1925-1966. Folder 2
Letters from Ruby Rian? regarding family genealogy, 1963-1965.
Letters from Ruby Rian regarding family genealogy, 1963-1965. Digital version
Typed letters and notes regarding Palmer and Bryant family genealogy, 1950s-1960s.
Typed letters and notes regarding Palmer and Bryant family genealogy, 1950s-1960s. Digital version
Crocker and Palmer family history notes.
Crocker and Palmer family history notes. Digital version
Letters and notes regarding Hart and Palmer family history.
Maud's typed notes on Hart family history; letter from Henrietta Bowder related to Hart family history; letter, Abby Bucklin to Maud, 1958, regarding family history including recollections of Mankato in 1917 and 1918; letter to Tom Hart concerning Grandpa Hart's death, 1913; copy of letter from Mrs. Halver Nelson to Stella related to Stella's father.
Letters and notes regarding Hart and Palmer family history. Digital version
Family history notes and miscellany. 2 folders.
Includes draft pages apparently of a biography of Solomon and Albertine Palmer; a letter (approximately 1938) from Stella Hart to the Veterans Administration about her father; information on other Hart and Price ancestry; and notes from the family account book begun by Solomon's father in 1835 (see Box 19).
Family history notes and miscellany. Folder 1
Family history notes and miscellany. Folder 2
Lovelace-Wheeler history.
A 79-page family history written by Josephine Wheeler Lovelace (2 somewhat variant versions), with related notes and miscellany.
Lovelace-Wheeler history. Digital version
1966 trip to Maine researching family sites and genealogy, 1965-1966.
Letters and notes; also draft pages apparently of a family history by Maud Hart Lovelace.
1966 trip to Maine researching family sites and genealogy, 1965-1966. Digital version
"Olean and Prentissvale," 1965-1966.
Mainly a compilation of typed notes on Maine and on family history, with some related letters.
Mimeographed notes: Ancestral Research - Austin family, by Frederick Lewis Weiss.
Montross: A Family History, by J. W. and E. M. Taylor, 1958.
Photocopies of selected pages relating to the Hart family, with notes by Merian Kirchner.
Marjorie ("Midge") Gerlach.
A biographical sketch (by Maud?), and a Gerlach family genealogy. She was the model for "Tib" in the Betsy-Tacy books.
Marjorie (Midge) Gerlach. Digital version
"Living With Writing" drafts and related material:
An autobiographical/family history reminiscence by Maud Hart Lovelace. There are multiple iterations of pages with the same page numbers, annotated and amended. There does not appear to be a single complete version or final draft. Maud's correspondence with her literary agent, Nannine Joseph, suggest that she was writing it for possible publication.
"Living With Writing" notes and drafts. 3 folders.
Living With Writing notes and drafts. Folder 1
Living With Writing notes and drafts. Folder 2
Living With Writing notes and drafts. Folder 3
Autobiographical/family history drafts and notes, possibly for "Living With Writing."
Autobiographical/family history drafts and notes, possibly for Living With Writing. Digital version
"Living With Writing" miscellaneous notes for manuscript pages.
Plus 2 corrected "Living With Writing" pages.
Living With Writing miscellaneous notes for manuscript pages. Digital version
Notes on high school diaries for "Writing and Living."
Two largely duplicative sets of notes.
Notes on high school diaries for Writing and Living. Digital version
Notes, probably for "Living With Writing."
Notes, probably for Living With Writing. Digital version
Selected Center Street material.
Recollections, research notes, draft pages for "Living With Writing," letters, notes, and miscellany. Includes a few letters from, and notes on conversations with, "Bick" (Frances Kenney Kirch, "Tacy" in the Betsy-Tacy books).
Selected Center Street material. Digital version
New Every Morning drafts and versions.
Apparently another iteration of "Living With Writing."
New Every Morning drafts and versions. Digital version

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146.I.4.2F3Palmer family correspondence, 1835-1856.
A few letters of Maud's grandfather Solomon Palmer and other members of the Palmer family. With typed transcripts.
Palmer family correspondence, 1835-1856. Digital version
Correspondence, Solomon and Albertine Palmer, 1864-1865, 1870. 2 folders.
Letters from Solomon to his wife, and one from her, while he was in Alabama serving with the 13th Indiana Cavalry and then recuperating from a wound; and a few letters between them while he was in Minnesota attempting unsuccessfully to recover from tuberculosis. With typed transcripts.
Correspondence, Solomon and Albertine Palmer, 1864-1865. Folder 1
Correspondence, Solomon and Albertine Palmer, 1870. Folder 2
Hart family correspondence, 1875-1924.
Miscellaneous letters to and from Maud's parents, Thomas and Stella Hart, and other members of the Hart family, including Maud and her sisters.
Hart family correspondence, 1875-1924. Digital version
Kathleen Hart letters, July 1909-February 1910. 1 folder and 1 volume.
Letters written by Kathleen Hart to her family in Mankato when she went to Europe to study singing in Berlin. The stay in Berlin was preceded by a guided tour through much of Europe. There is an apparently incomplete set of typescripts, and a bound compilation of typed transcripts.
Kathleen Hart original letters, July 1909-February 1910. Folder 1
Kathleen Hart transcribed letters, July 1909-February 1910. Folder 2
Letters to Maud Hart from Harrison Collins and Maria L. Sanford, May 1912.
Praising her story published in the University of Minnesota Daily.
Letters to Maud Hart from Harrison Collins and Maria L. Sanford, May 1912. Digital version
Maud's letters to family during European trip, 1914. 5 folders.
A set of typed transcripts and 3 original letters.
Maud's letters to family during European trip, 1914. Folder 1
Maud's letters to family during European trip, 1914. Folder 2
Maud's letters to family during European trip, 1914. Folder 3
Maud's letters to family during European trip, 1914. Folder 4
Maud's letters to family during European trip, 1914. Folder 5
Maud's and Delos' letters during World War I, 1917-1919. 2 folders.
Prior to their marriage, and a few to or from Delos in 1918 and while he was serving with the American Student Detachment at Trinity College, Cambridge, England in 1919.
Maud's and Delos's letters during World War I, 1917-1919. Folder 1
Maud's and Delos's letters during World War I, 1917-1919. Folder 2
Love notes, Delos to Maud, undated.
Love notes, Delos to Maud, undated. Digital version
Telegrams, 1921, 1925.
Telegrams, 1921, 1925. Digital version
Letters from Maud and Delos in New Orleans, mid-1920s.
Letters from Maud and Delos in New Orleans, mid-1920s. Digital version
Letters, Maud to Delos, approximately 1927.
A set of 7 typed letters, talking of her activities while Delos was away executing an unspecified commission. They include mention of the status of various of his and her stories sent out to publishers, and apparently of her sister Kathleen's engagement to Frohman Foster (they were married in 1927).
Letters, Maud to Delos, approximately 1927. Digital version
Letters to Maud, 1928.
One in German, from "Elsa"; one from a friend praising The Black Angels.
Letters to Maud, 1928. Digital version
Family correspondence, 1929-1933. 12 folders.
Primarily from Maud, with a few from Delos, to the Hart family. There are also a few miscellaneous family letters, mainly from Stella to family members.
Family correspondence, 1929. 1929
Family correspondence, undated, 1930s. undated, 1930s
Family correspondence, 1930. 1930
Family correspondence, 1930. 1930
Family correspondence, January-June 1931. January-June 1931
Family correspondence, July-December 1931. July-December 1931
Family correspondence, 1931. 1931
Family correspondence, January-July 1932. January-July 1932
Family correspondence, August-October 1932. August-October 1932
Family correspondence, February-June 1933. February-June 1933
Family correspondence, July-December 1933. July-December 1933
Family correspondence, 1933. 1933
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146.I.4.3B4Letters, Maud and Delos to Hart family, 1934-1938. 3 folders.
Letters, Maud and Delos to Hart family, 1934-1938. 1934-1935
Letters, Maud and Delos to Hart family, 1934-1938. 1936
Letters, Maud and Delos to Hart family, 1934-1938. 1937-1938
Letter, Delos to Merian, 1934.
Letter, Delos to Merian, 1934. Digital version
Letters, Stella Hart to Lovelace family, 1936-1937.
Letters, Stella Hart to Lovelace family, 1936-1937. Digital version
Miscellaneous Hart family letters, 1935-1939.
Includes Stella to Tom (November 1935); Tom to Judge Devaney (October 1935); letters from "Cousin Grace" (approximately 1937); Stella's reminiscence of her wedding (October 1937).
Miscellaneous Hart family letters, 1935-1939. Digital version
Reminiscent letters to Maud Hart Lovelace, 1935-1938.
Letters from Judge Julius E. Haycraft of Fairmont, Minnesota, Lucy E. Broun of Sherburn, Minnesota, and others, giving recollections of Martin County and environs, early railroads and stage lines, people, and general history of the area.
Reminiscent letters to Maud Hart Lovelace, 1935-1938. Digital version
Miscellaneous letters, 1940s-1950s.
Includes a letter to Maud from aspiring writer Mary Lynch, 1951; from Maud to family, January 1952; Delos to Merian (1953); Delos' letter to a fan who asked for information about Maud, January 1953; a few other letters from Maud to family; 3 reminiscent letters from childhood acquaintances, 1954 and 1957.
Miscellaneous letters, 1940s-1950s. Digital version
Letters to Tom and Edythe Edwards, 1942-1958.
Photocopies of letters from Maud, accompanied by photocopied clippings mainly about her Betsy-Tacy books.
Letters to Tom and Edythe Edwards, 1942-1958. Digital version
Letters and miscellany from Libby Demp, 1948-1965. 5 folders.
Libby Demp (Mrs. Mark Forrest) was an aspiring author and later a newspaper columnist who began corresponding with Maud Lovelace at the age of 13.
Letters and miscellany from Libby Demp, undated, 1948-1950. 1948-1950
Letters and miscellany from Libby Demp, 1951. 1951
Letters and miscellany from Libby Demp, 1952-1955. 1952-1955
Letters and miscellany from Libby Demp, 1956-1965. 1956-1965
Letters and miscellany from Libby Demp, undated. Undated
Immigration papers, Mrs. Hilaria H. Duran, 1957.
Connection to the Lovelaces is not apparent.
Immigration papers, Mrs. Hilaria H. Duran, 1957. Digital version
Miscellaneous letters, 1960s.
A few family letters, including one from Katherine panning Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of Fools, 1962; reminiscent letters to Maud from Cousin Rosamond, 1963, and from Maud to Marjorie, 1966; 2 letters from "Sister Avila" to Maud, 1967; a few letters from friends.
Miscellaneous letters, 1960s. Digital version
Reminiscent letters from Harry L. Randall, 1957-1963.
Reminiscences of Mankato and of various people, including Maria Sanford, George Bucklin, and the Randall family.
Reminiscent letters from Harry L. Randall, 1957-1963. Digital version
Letters from Kathie Topkins and family, approximately 1969-1970.
Letters from Kathie Topkins and family, approximately 1969-1970. Digital version
Cards and letters, 1970s. 2 folders.
From family, friends, acquaintances, and readers. Includes a letter from the Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota (1973).
Cards and letters, 1970s. Folder 1
Cards and letters, 1970s. Folder 2
Letters, Maud to Merian, 1970s.
Includes reference to the estate of Nannine Joseph, Maud's literary agent.
Letters, Maud to Merian, 1970s. Digital version
Letters, Merian to Maud, 1970s.
Letters, Merian to Maud, 1970s. Digital version
Letters to Merian Kirchner, 1980, 1983.
From a Maud Hart Lovelace fan (1980), and a reference request from Karen Hoyle, Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota (1983).
Letters to Merian Kirchner, 1980, 1983. Digital version

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Expand/CollapsePUBLISHED ARTICLES BY MAUD PALMER HART, MAUD HART LOVELACE, AND DELOS WHEELER LOVELACE

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146.I.4.4F5Scrapbook, 1911-approximately 1922.
Many appear incomplete. Includes a few short stories or pieces of stories. Very poor condition: brittle and chipped.

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Expand/CollapseDELOS WHEELER LOVELACE SHORT STORIES AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS

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146.I.4.4F5 "Bonanza," Country Gentleman, July 1926.
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136.F.10.4F-119 "Fiddlefoot," Saturday Evening Post, July 18, 1925.
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146.I.4.4F5 "Fussbudget!" American Magazine, February 1928.
"Good Provider," Country Gentleman, May 1929.
"A Hero's Trials."
"Lady's Choice."
"Proud Old Rooster," American Magazine, March 1928.
"The Return of Jules Mabille."
Annotation by Maud, "one of the best things Delossey ever wrote, I think."
"Silver Hat," Midnight Mystery Stories, December 9, 1922.
"The Stubborn Stebbins," Country Gentleman, November 1928.
"Trail to Cathay."
"Yeast."
Untitled short story.
With a note by Merian.
Untitled children's story about polar bears.
Untitled story or article set in France.
Wirebound notebook, short story of Joseph and Mary. 1 volume.
A note on the transfer list from the donor says "lots of descriptive passages on nature."
Newspaper article about World War I, undated.
Unascribed, but a note by Maud implies Delos wrote it.
Newspaper article, 1940.
"The Human Side of the News," by Edwin C. Hill; an annotation by Maud says Delos wrote it.
Merian Cooper biography.
Typescript draft (various sections or versions); 4 pages of typed "Notes for Delos Lovelace," November 13, 1953; and an undated explanatory letter from Maud to Merian.
King Kong miscellany, 1932-1983.
A few letters regarding Delos Wheeler Lovelace's writing of the novelization, division with Merian C. Cooper of royalties from the book, and renewal of copyright. Also, page 149 of a typescript draft of the book.
Merian C. Cooper clippings.

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Expand/CollapseMAUD HART LOVELACE WRITINGS

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146.I.4.4F5Oxford Note Book: early stories from 333 Center Street.
Stories written by Maud as a young girl.
Oxford Note Book: early stories from 333 Center Street. Digital version
High school essays. 2 folders.
High school essays. Folder 1
High school essays. Folder 2
Early short stories and scraps of stories. 3 folders.
Early short stories and scraps of stories. Folder 1
Early short stories and scraps of stories. Folder 2
Early short stories and scraps of stories. Folder 3
"An Adventure on Puget Sound."
An Adventure on Puget Sound. Digital version
"Her Story."
A note on the transfer list from the donor says this is the story that inspired Dr. Sanford to write an encouraging letter to Maud.
Her Story. Digital version
"Monkey Shines of a Mankatonian."
Monkey Shines of a Mankatonian. Digital version
"Rose of the Wilderness."
Rose of the Wilderness. Digital version
Poems. 2 folders.
Poems. Folder 1
Poems. Folder 2
"Theories on Writing and Inspirational Material."
Description of the process of writing an historical novel, 1950s.
Sent to Miss Genevieve Breen, Minneapolis.
Description of the process of writing an historical novel, 1950s. Digital version
Lecture notes, including how she and Delos worked together. 1 volume.
4 pages of a small pocket notebook.
Lecture notes, including how Maud and Delos worked together. Digital version
Miscellany regarding Maud's writings.
Miscellany regarding Maud's writings. Digital version
What Cabrillo Found manuscript. 2 folders.
What Cabrillo Found galleys. 2 folders.
What Cabrillo Found research materials and notes. 2 folders.
Early Candlelight research notes. 3 folders.
Early Candlelight military review and reception, September 27, 1929.
Printed invitation, 2 clippings, telegram from Delos.
Early Candlelight military review and reception, September 27, 1929. Digital version
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146.I.4.5B6For Love of the King of Spain manuscript and notes.
By Frances "Bick" Kirch and Maud Hart Lovelace; the story of their 1968 European trip.
The Vagabond manuscript.
A note on the original transfer list says it takes place in Munich-Oberammergau.
Betsy and Tacy in Europe, 3 corrected manuscript pages. 1952?
Short stories:
"Answer to Prayer."
"The Bracelet."
"The Carcassonne Flyer," April 1925.
Manuscript, and as published in Sunset Magazine.
"Dash of Bitters."
"Hey Day."
"I . . . Love a Parade."
"In Billet."
"The Ladder-Backed Chair."
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136.F.10.4F-119 "Little White Lamb," The Delineator, June 1924.
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146.I.4.5B6 "Love Lies Bleeding."
"A Man in Her Room."
3 copies, two loose, one in a Nannine Joseph binder.
"Over Hate's Border."
"Precious Silver."
"Rain in Bermuda."
"A Rendezvous With Fame."
Several versions, with editorial notes; one is ascribed to "Susan Grey" (Maud Hart Lovelace?) and three to Maud Hart Lovelace. With miscellaneous notes, and a letter by agent Nannine Joseph (July 2, 1928).
"Robbie and the Cloven Hoof."
"The Slate."
"Thrushes Calling."
"The Vow at Fiche's."
"Wearing When Last Seen."
"Winter Weekend."
"The Wooing of Peg," by Rae Forrest (Maud Hart Lovelace?), c/o T. W. Hart.
"Zephyrine."
2 copies or versions.
Miscellaneous short story pages.
Articles:
"The Black Crook's First Curve," (theatrical production review), undated.
"The War Movies Arrive," 1940s.
Regarding work by the YWCA National War Work Council.
"Thoughts on Prayer," 1958.
Memo on "My Favorite Town," undated.
Poems:
"The Song of the Rhine."
Miscellaneous poems. 2 folders.

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146.I.4.5B6 Gentlemen from England notes: "The 'Seventies."
Gentlemen from England typed notes and miscellany.
Maud Hart Lovelace, comments on Gentlemen from England.
Condensation of One Stayed at Welcome.
One Stayed at Welcome research materials and notes. 4 folders.
Short stories:
"The Baby and the Gilly-Flower."
"Baldwin Presents."
2 versions.
"Carmelita, Widow," Catholic World, October 1924.
"Enchantment."
"Ghost Flower."
2 versions. One is annotated "Not Sold. One of the best things we ever wrote."
"J. P."
"Mrs. Sargent's Daughter."
2 versions.
"None Too Good for Sue."
2 versions.
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136.F.10.4F-119 "One Day to Live," The Delineator, October 1925.
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146.I.4.5B6 "Ports of Peace."
2 versions.
"Sally Gets a Job."
"Through the Turnstile."
"Vorsicht."
2 versions.
Miscellaneous story pages.
Miscellaneous story pages. Digital version
Notes from unsold stories.
Notes from unsold stories. Digital version
"Roses and Drums," radio script, 1933.
With 2 letters from John A Carter of the J. Walter Thompson Co.
Book reviews by Maud Hart Lovelace and Delos Wheeler Lovelace (clippings). 2 folders.
Delos' are in the form of poems.

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Expand/CollapseBUSINESS FILES

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146.I.4.6F7Publishing and royalty terms (record cards), 1930s-1970s.
Publishing and royalty terms (record cards), 1930s-1970s. Digital version
Maud's submission book for short stories, approximately 1913-1919. 1 volume.
Maud's submission book for short stories, approximately 1913-1919. Digital version
Maud Hart Lovelace and Delos Wheeler Lovelace submission books, 1920-1924. 2 volumes.
Volume 1, 1920-1922. Volume 2, 1922-1924, annotated "This book after we had Brandt. The earlier one shows our perseverance when we were sending them out ourselves."
Maud Hart Lovelace and Delos Wheeler Lovelace submission books, 1920-1924. Digital version
Magazine "route" list for short story submissions, 1920s.
Magazine "route" list for short story submissions, 1920s. Digital version
Receipts to Delos Wheeler Lovelace for stories sold, 1920-1927.
Receipts to Delos Wheeler Lovelace for stories sold, 1920-1927. Digital version
Acceptance and rejection letters, approximately 1910-1932.
Acceptance and rejection letters, approximately 1910-1932. Digital version
Acceptance and rejection letters, 1919-1924.
Acceptance and rejection letters, 1919-1924. Digital version
Submission cards for short stories, 1939-1943.
Submission cards for short stories, 1939-1943. Digital version
Submission cards, 1938-1950s.
Submission cards, 1938-1950s. Digital version
Business correspondence:
Miscellaneous business correspondence, 1930-1949. 2 folders.
Includes correspondence with Minneapolis lumberman W. D. Hogan regarding the possibility of the Lovelaces assisting himself and his brother in writing a memoir (1937), and with the Association for Childhood Education arranging to write a short story for its educational programs (1944).
Miscellaneous business correspondence, 1930-1939. 1930-1939
Miscellaneous business correspondence, 1943-1949. 1943-1949
Correspondence with Nannine Joseph, 1933-1962.
Joseph was the Lovelaces' literary agent.
Correspondence with Nannine Joseph, 1933-1962. Digital version
T. Y. Crowell Co. correspondence, 1953-1965 (bulk 1953-1959). 8 folders.
Maud's, and occasionally Delos', correspondence with executives and with editorial and promotional staff, especially Elizabeth M. Riley and Esther Hautzig, of the firm that published many of their books.
T. Y. Crowell Co. correspondence, 1953. 1953
T. Y. Crowell Co. correspondence, 1954. 1954
T. Y. Crowell Co. correspondence, 1955. 1955
T. Y. Crowell Co. correspondence, 1956. 1956
T. Y. Crowell Co. correspondence, 1957. 1957
T. Y. Crowell Co. correspondence, 1958. 1958
T. Y. Crowell Co. correspondence, 1959. 1959
Miscellaneous business correspondence, 1951-1982.
Includes correspondence regarding a proposed Minneapolis Star article on Maud Hart Lovelace's books and their Minnesota background (1952), an article by Maud Hart Lovelace related to the Children's Room of the Mankato Public Library (1954-1955), and a correspondence concerning a visit by Maud Hart Lovelace to Mankato (1961); a note from Upton Sinclair (1962); a consolidated royalty statement for the Betsy-Tacy books, 1967; a few letters to and from the Crowell Co. and Nannine Joseph; and a letter with attachments related to a proposed Maud Hart Lovelace slide/tape presentation (1982).
Requests for appearances, autographs, articles, biographical information, etc., 1940s-1960s.
Nannine Joseph files:
Lovelace business correspondence, 1963-1971. 4 folders.
Joseph's correspondence with Maud and Delos Lovelace regarding submission, rights, royalties, reprintings, and other matters relating to their books and articles; and occasional royalty statements for Delos' books That Dodger Horse, Ike Eisenhower, and Rockne of Notre Dame.
Lovelace business correspondence, 1963-1965. 1963-1965
Lovelace business correspondence, 1965-1966. 1965-1966
Lovelace business correspondence, 1966-1967. 1966-1967
Lovelace business correspondence, 1968-1971. 1968-1971
Maud Hart Lovelace royalty statements, 1963-1970. 2 folders.
Semi-annual royalty statements for the Betsy-Tacy books, Emily of Deep Valley, What Cabrillo Found, and Delos' books following his death.
Maud Hart Lovelace royalty statements, 1963-1967. 1963-1967
Maud Hart Lovelace royalty statements, 1968-1970. 1968-1970

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Expand/CollapsePROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

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146.I.4.6F7Promotion booklets, T. Y. Crowell for Maud Hart Lovelace.
Promotion booklet, Betsy-Tacy books.
Cover missing.
Promotional materials, Betsy's Wedding.
Promotional materials, miscellaneous.
Book and author lists, book reviews, and the like for Maud Hart Lovelace's books.
Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 125th anniversary brochure, 1959.

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Expand/CollapseFAN MAIL

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146.I.4.7B8Letters regarding Early Candlelight, 1929-1932.
Letters regarding Early Candlelight, 1929-1932. Digital version
Letter from Bob Davis[?] regarding The Golden Wedge, 1942.
Betsy-Tacy letters, undated and 1943-1982 (bulk 1961-1980). 19 folders.
Betsy-Tacy Japanese fan letters, 1956-1959.
Miscellaneous fan letters, 1951-1975.
Fan letters, College of St. Catherine students, 1965.
Birthday cards.

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Expand/CollapseNEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE CLIPPINGS

Pertaining mainly to Maud Hart Lovelace and Delos Wheeler Lovelace, but also to other family members and to matters of interest to them.


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146.I.4.7B8 Undated and 1910s-1970s. 7 folders.
Kathleen Hart/Eugene Bibb, 1913.
Regarding "Pash novels," 1942.
"There, in Spain, Betsy and Tacy See the King," February 17, 1976.
Maud's and Bick's trip to Europe.

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Expand/CollapseBETSY-TACY SOCIETY

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146.I.4.7B8Convention packet, 1997.
Held in Mankato. The packet belonged to Andrea Shaw, Maud's literary executor.

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Expand/CollapseCLIPPINGS SCRAPBOOKS

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136.F.10.3B-218 Black Angels, 1926-1928. 1 volume.
Announcements of its publication, book reviews, articles about Maud Hart Lovelace in connection with the book; a few articles about Kathleen Hart Bibb singing ballads to illustrate it.
Early Candlelight, 1929-1930. 1 volume.
Announcements of its publication; book reviews; articles about Maud Hart Lovelace, the book, and her review of the U.S. Third Infantry at Fort Snelling following its publication.
Petticoat Court, 1930-1931. 1 volume.
Announcements of its publication, book reviews, articles about the book and about Maud Hart Lovelace.
The Charming Sally, 1932. 1 volume.
Announcements of its publication, book reviews, articles about the book and about Maud Hart Lovelace.

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Expand/CollapseDELOS WHEELER LOVELACE BOOK MANUSCRIPTS AND DRAFTS

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146.I.4.8F9The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace.
Several versions of annotated drafts, research notes, and a final typescript copy (final portion missing) of an unpublished novel. After Delos' death, Maud contracted with their daughter Merian Kirchner to assist her with research and editorial work. Maud's correspondence with Nannine Joseph mentions the book, but there is no indication that it was submitted for publication.
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, final copy, chapters 1-2, pp. 1-141. Final Copy, pp. 1-141
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, final copy, pp. 142-274. Final Copy, pp. 142-274
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, final copy, pp. 275-372, remainder missing. Final Copy, pp. 275-372
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, notes and drafts for The Keeper of the Scrolls. Notes, Folder 1
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, notes and drafts for The Keeper of the Scrolls. Notes, Folder 2
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, research notes for the Keeper of the Scrolls. Research Notes
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, spiral notebook. Notebook, Volume 1
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, spiral notebook. Notebook, Volume 2
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, editorial letters and notes, Maud to Merian. Editoral Letters
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, pp. 1-43. Draft, pp. 1-43
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, drafts, various pages. Draft, Various Pages
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, pp. 64-180. Draft, pp. 64-180
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, pp. 181-290. Draft, pp. 181-290
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, pp. 291-400. Draft, pp. 291-400
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, pp. 401-522. Draft, pp. 401-522
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, 112-157. Draft, pp. 112-157
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, pp. 110-165. Draft, pp. 110-165
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, drafts, pp. 262-307. Draft, pp. 262-307
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, drafts, miscellaneous pages. Drafts, Miscellaneous Pages
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, drafts, miscellaneous pages. Drafts, Miscellaneous Pages
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, Chapters 10[?]-11. Draft, Chapters 10[?]-11
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, Chapters 12-14. Draft, Chapters 12-14
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, Chapters 15-18. Draft, Chapters 15-18
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, Chapters 19-22. Draft, Chapters 19-22
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, draft, Chapters 23-24. Draft, Chapters 23-24
The Keeper of the Scrolls, by Delos W. Lovelace, bibliography. Bibliography
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146.I.4.10F11That Dodger Horse, by Delos W. Lovelace, 1956. 3 folders.
Publisher's (Thomas Y. Crowell Company) production files and galley proof.

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146.I.4.10F11Notes on Iowa and Camp Dodge, undated.
Maud's notes, including reminiscences by Delos.
Notes on Iowa and Camp Dodge, undated. Digital version
Camp Dodge, approximately 1917, 1966.
Clippings (approximately 1917); The Palimpsest, June 1966, a special issue devoted to Camp Dodge.
Camp Dodge, approximately 1917, 1966. Digital version
Notes and articles on birds.
Includes several short articles, possibly written by Maud, with annotation "Lovelace … feature for Oliver."
Notes and articles on birds. Digital version
Notes on California.
Includes what look like some notes/drafts for "Living With Writing."
Notes on California. Digital version
California and birds: diary entries, notes, and graphics.
California and birds: diary entries, notes, and graphics. Digital version
Maud Hart Lovelace -- "Mistress Lady" draft pages; historical New York notes; "Notes on Mankato novel."
Many pages are on the verso of pages headed "Kong," which may have been discarded pages that Maud re-used.
Maud Hart Lovelace -- 'Mistress Lady' draft pages; historical New York notes; 'Notes on Mankato novel.' Digital version
Notes taken on second research trip to Minnesota (typed), July-August 1935.
Notes taken on second research trip to Minnesota (typed), July-August 1935. Digital version
Miscellaneous typed notes: late 1880s culture and fashion; Minnesota nature.
Miscellaneous typed notes: late 1880s culture and fashion; Minnesota nature. Digital version
"Trip to New Orleans" (typed notes), September-October 1925.
Trip to New Orleans, September-October 1925. Digital version
Typed notes for characters, plots, settings.
Typed notes for characters, plots, settings. Digital version
Research on California. 2 folders.
Notes, clippings, post cards, printed materials.
Notes etc. on trip to Ireland with Bick, 1968. 2 folders.
Typed and handwritten notes, supplemented by maps, Merian's comments.
Notes from San Diego.
Notes on original folder say "Might be helpful with Majeska. Pamphlets and selected notes from San Diego. Maud to Esther--These seem to have been notes taken chiefly for Cabrillo which I thought might be useful in another story I was planning."
Miscellaneous notes, character and plot ideas.
Miscellaneous notes, character and plot ideas. Digital version
Notes on winter weather.
Notes on winter weather. Digital version
Miscellaneous notes and clippings.
Miscellaneous notes and clippings. Digital version
Information regarding "Litle Wiley," 1933.
Letters from Richard R. Sackett (1933), with transcripts of letters to and from "Litle Wiley," 1804, 1815, 1818.
Information regarding Litle Wiley, 1933. Digital version
Typed notes on history of Westchester County, 1938.
Typed notes on history of Westchester County, 1938. Digital version
Maud's notes on visit to Merian in Mexico, 1951. 1 volume.
Maud's notes on visit to Merian in Mexico, 1951. Digital version
Typed notes, Spanish Voyage to the Northwest Coast of North America by Henry Wagner.
Typed diary entries, trip to Phoenix and San Diego, February 1956.
Also includes miscellaneous California notes.
Typed diary entries, trip to Phoenix and San Diego, February 1956. Digital version
Typed notes from "Me," by Brenda Ueland.
Early Minneapolis.
Typed or transcribed article (author unknown but not Maud Hart Lovelace or Delos Wheeler Lovelace), accompanied by etchings of St. Anthony Falls and the first mill in Minneapolis.
Miscellaneous notes on Minnesota and birds.
Miscellaneous notes on Minnesota and birds. Digital version
Notes on Maine.
Notes on Maine. Digital version
Typed notes on Minnesota history.
Minnesota clippings, including some Minneapolis.
Minnesota history miscellany.
Notes, newspaper clipping on Andrews opera troupe, old song lyrics and poems, a couple of letters, typed "List of questions for Daddie, Mother and Helen."
Minnesota history miscellany. Digital version
"Notes taken while searching for a Manaos novel. May be useful in story of SA Confedate colonies."
"Notes taken while searching for a Manaos novel. May be useful in story of SA Confedate colonies." Digital version
Notes for story plots.
"Found with Merian Kirchner's journal, and may be hers."
Notes for story plots. Digital version

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146.I.4.11B12Diary, "My Trip Abroad," 1914. 1 volume.
Small black journal of Maud's European trip. Entries from the Azores (February 6) through Dieppe, France (July 15-16), with Maud's pagination. Inscribed to her by Eugene and Kathleen Bibb.
My Trip Abroad, 1914. Digital version
Diary, 1923-1924. 2 volumes.
Diary, 1923. 1923
Diary, 1924. 1924
Diary, 1928, 1930, 1932. 3 volumes.
Diary, 1928. 1928
Diary, 1930. 1930
Diary, 1932. 1932
Diary notes and transcriptions, 1930-1933.
Selected entries with Maud's comments.
Diary notes and transcriptions, 1930-1933. Digital version
Diary, 1933. 1 volume.
Diary, 1933. Digital version
Diary, 1935-1939. 5 volumes.
Includes the 1936 obituary of Thomas W. Hart.
Diary, 1935. 1935
Diary, 1936. 1936
Diary, 1937. 1937
Diary, 1938. 1938
Diary, 1939. 1938
Diary transcriptions, 1936-1939.
No page 51.
Diary transcriptions, 1936-1939. Digital version
Trip log from New York to California and back, 1952.
Trip log from New York to California and back, 1952. Digital version
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146.I.4.12F13Diary, January 1-16, 1953. 1 volume.
Only an introductory narrative.
Diary, January 1-16, 1953. Digital version
Diary, 1953. 1 volume.
Diary, 1953. Digital version
Diary (transcription), 1953.
Diary (transcription), 1953. Digital version
Diary, 1965, 1967. 2 volumes.
Diary, 1965. 1965
Diary, 1967. 1967
Diary, 1968-1972. 5 volumes.
Diary, 1968. 1968
Diary, 1969. 1969
Diary, 1970. 1970
Diary, 1971. 1971
Diary, 1972. 1972

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Expand/CollapsePHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS

These were originally numbered. The originally assigned album numbers have been retained, but they are listed below more or less chronologically.


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136.F.10.2F-214 Photograph Album 1: Delos in Army, 1917-1919. 1 volume.
Scrapbook of snapshots, documents, and clippings relating to Delos Lovelace's World War I Army service. Most of the photographs are identified, either individually or as groups. Includes photographs at Fort Snelling, Des Moines, Camp Dodge (Iowa), and various overseas locales; roster of Company A, 339th Machine Gun Battalion (June 1918); miscellaneous documents re Delos Wheeler Lovelace's service and that of his unit, including AEF post-graduate instruction at Trinity College, Cambridge; some paper memorabilia. Delos Wheeler Lovelace was a second lieutenant, 339th Machine Gun Battalion.
Photograph Album 1: Delos in Army, 1917-1919. Digital version
Photograph Album 4, Merian Hart Lovelace, 1931-1939. 1 volume.
Photograph Album 4, Merian Hart Lovelace, 1931-1939. Digital version
Photograph Album 8, Maud in Europe, 1914. 1 volume.
Snapshots of people and locales. Identified as "Maud in Europe" on transfer list; one is dated 1914. Places, but seldom individual photos, are identified.
Photograph Album 8, Maud in Europe, 1914. Digital version
Photograph Album 10, approximately 1914-1917. 1 volume.
Annotated in Maud's handwriting, "Back from the famous trip to Europe, and around 905." Snapshots. Most pages, and several individual photographs, have IDs, including "Delos at 905. First visit." Several photographs were removed from the pages and are missing. A group of 9 loose photographs are all annotated on verso, most with analogies to Betsy/Tacy/Tib.
Photograph Album 10, approximately 1914-1917. Digital version
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146.I.4.13B15Photograph Album 2, undated. 1 volume.
19 unidentified snapshots in a small pocket album -- of Maud (presumably) with another woman in a setting with palm trees and ocean, occasionally with others, and as a child and young women; 2 (cyanotypes?) of a house and piano. 3 are badly faded.
Photograph Album 2, undated. Digital version
Photograph Album 3: California trip, undated. 1 volume.
Snapshots of Maud (presumably), others, and scenes. No individual IDs. Some pages are annotated with events (e.g., "a tea party") or locales (Chula Vista, Uncle Frank's ranch, Denver, Hillside, El Cajon, La Folla, San Francisco Bay, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs). Identified on the transfer list as "California trip," but not explicitly so titled. Many annotations are faded and difficult or impossible to read.
Photograph Album 3: California trip, undated. Digital version
Photograph Album 5, 1914-1917. 1 volume.
Snapshots of unidentified people. First page dated 1914; one interior page 1917. One loose photograph is ID on verso as "Betsy and Mr. Ray September 1914." At least 8 photographs were removed from pages and are missing.
Photograph Album 5, 1914-1917. Digital version
Photograph Album 6, 1909-1910. 1 volume.
17 studio-quality photographs of the Hart home and family, 3 exterior (1 mutilated) and the rest interior, identified on the original transfer list as "Hart family in Mankato home for Kathleen when she was in Europe"; with captions but mostly no IDs of people. 37 unidentified snapshots (mostly poor quality or faded) on ship and land, presumably Kathleen and friends or acquaintances; many are scenes of villages and countryside, most looking like Holland/Low Countries.
Photograph Album 6, 1909-1910. Digital version
Copies of photographs from Photograph Album 6, 1909-1910.
5 photographs of the Hart home interior. Better quality than those in the album, which are starting to degrade around the edges.
Copies of photographs from Photograph Album 6, 1909-1910. Digital version
Photograph Album 7, approximately 1906-1911. 1 volume.
99 snapshots of Maud and family at home and engaged in various activities (including auto rides). Only 2 are identified: a young man ("J.R.S. 09") and ""Maud Hart" annotated "Class 1910." Many are faded or otherwise poor quality. At least one was removed from its page and is missing. 2 clippings: Gamma Phi Beta sorority initiation (October 1910), and the Harts' move to Minneapolis (3/29/1911).
Photograph Album 7, approximately 1906-1911. Digital version
Photograph Album 9, approximately 1914-1918. 1 volume.
Snapshots of family, friends, and activities. Many are identified to some extent, and several pages are dated. Many IDs are partially abraded off and faint.
Photograph Album 9, 1914-1918. Digital version
Photograph Album 11, pre-1911?
Snapshots, identified on 2 pages as Canada trip, but many photographs seem to be of family and Mankato home. Many photographs are so washed-out the image has nearly vanished. Covers and some pages missing.
Photograph Album 11, pre-1911. Digital version
Photograph Album 14, 1923. 1 volume.
Snapshots, Tom, Stella and Helen Hart visiting with Maud and Delos on Long Island, then on European trip. Also includes paper memorabilia, including a few loose ones in back.
Photograph Album 14, 1923. Digital version
Photograph Album 16, Merian's baby pictures, 1931-approximately 1933.
Snapshots of Merian as an infant and toddler, accompanied by a birth announcement and post card of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, New York City. Consists of 12 pp. of mounted snapshots and a packet of loose photographs. Two photographs have pieces cut off; one is a double exposure.
Photograph Album 16, Merian's baby pictures, 1931-approximately 1933. Digital version
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136.F.10.3B-116 Photograph Album 12, Merian Hart Lovelace, 1940-1947. 1 volume.
Snapshots, primarily of Merian's family, friends, and activities. Some post cards. Most pages and many individual photographs are identified; frequent date annotations. At least 4 photographs were removed from pages and may be missing. On the final two pages are 5 clippings about Merian. At the back of the volume are 10 loose photographs, some identified on the verso; two seem to have been torn off of the scrapbook pages.
Photograph Album 12, Merian Hart Lovelace, 1940-1947. Digital version
Photograph Album 13, Trip to California, 1911. 1 volume.
Identified on transfer list as "1911 Trip to California(?)" and on the first page as "Maud Palmer Hart 1911." Snapshots; most scenes are, or appear to be, California. Most photographs are annotated (many faintly) with comments, but few actual IDs. 3 loose photographs in back.
Photograph Album 13, [Trip to California], 1911. Digital version
Photograph Album 15, Claremont, California, 1950s. 1 volume.
Snapshots of family and friends, following Delos' retirement in October 1952 and the Lovelaces' move to Claremont. Includes a formal photograph of his retirement, a newspaper clipping re his retirement, and some paper memorabilia. Photographs are taped or pasted on; many are identified.

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LocationBox
146.I.4.14F17Family tintypes.
Unidentified; one framed.
Family tintypes, undated. Digital version
Family portraits, late 1800s.
Most are studio or carte de visite photographs. Most are identified. A few appear to be friends or acquaintances rather than family members.
Family portraits, late 1800s. Digital version
Family portraits, late 1800s.
Most are studio or carte de visite photographs. Most are identified. A few are friends or acquaintances.
Family portraits, late 1800s. Digital version
Family portraits and photographs, undated and 1850s-1890s.
Studio, carte de visite, and mounted snapshot photographs. About 2/3 are identified. Some are friends or acquaintances.
Family portraits, undated and 1850s-1890s. Digital version
Family portraits and photographs, late 1800s. 2 folders.
Most are studio photographs, most identified. Family and friends.
Family portraits, late 1800s. Folder 1
Family portraits and photographs, late 1800s. Folder 2
Family photographs, late 1800s and early 1900s. 5 folders.
Identified, three with reference to Betsy-Tacy.
Family portraits and photographs, late 1800s and early 1900s. Folder 1
Family portraits and photographs, late 1800s. Folder 2
Family portraits and photographs, late 1880s and early 1900s. Folder 3
Family portraits and photographs, late 1880s and early 1900s. Folder 4
Family photographs, late 1800s and early 1900s. Folder 5
Family portrait, late 1800s.
Studio portrait, unidentified.
Family portrait, late 1800s. Digital version
Portraits of family and friends, late 1880s and early 1900s.
Mostly studio portraits. Two are identified, one with reference to Betsy-Tacy.
Portraits of family and friends, late 1800s. Digital version
Photographs of family and friends, late 1800s and early 1900s.
Four are identified, 3 with reference to Betsy-Tacy.
Photographs of family and friends, late 1800s. Digital version
Portraits of family and friends.
Mildred Oleson (Irma in the Betsy-Tacy books); "Two Thieves"; Bickmore's Gall Cure wagon and horse; Stella and her mother (not identified but also appears among the old family portraits); Clarence Parker; "Michael." Remainder unidentified, although a note on the original list says one is "Tony."
Portraits of family and friends, late 1800s. Digital version
Hart family portraits, 1903-1908.
Thomas W. Hart (1903), Maud and Helen Hart (1904), Kathleen Hart (1908).
Hart family portraits, 1903-1908. Digital version
Palmer family photographs.
Daguerreotype, carte de visite, snapshot; all identified.
Palmer family photographs, undated. Digital version
Hart girls and Stella, early 1900s.
Loose album pages.
Hart girls and Stella, early 1900s. Digital version
Stella Palmer and Thomas Hart.
Colorized photograph of Stella Hart, aged 18; formal photograph of Thomas W. Hart in his study, approximately 1930?
Stella Palmer and Thomas Hart, undated. Digital version
Group of men including Tom Hart, late 1800s?
A note by Maud on verso identifies him and another man.
Group of men including Tom Hart, approximately late 1800s. Digital version
Early photographs of Maud and friends, approximately 1900s-1910s.
Maud ("Betsy"), Marjorie Gerlach/Mrs. Charles Horn ("Tib"), and "Tacy" (Frances Kirch).
Early photographs of Maud and friends, approximately 1900s-1910s. Digital version
Mankato homes.
7 identified as Center Street, the house where Maud was born; one as the house they moved to from Center Street.
Mankato homes, undated. Digital version
Loose album pages.
Identified on transfer list as "Midge photograph, Maud photograph 'the summer before I started….'" On verso, 2 photographs of scenery, bottoms cut off.
Loose album pages, undated. Digital version
Kathleen Hart Bibb, 1914, 1916.
Kathleen Hart Bibb, 1914, 1916. Digital version
Picture of Maud that Delos took to France, 1917.
Picture of Maud that Delos took to France, 1917. Digital version
Maud and Delos first home, 1917.
Apartment building; note on verso indicates location of their apartment.
Maud and Delos first home, 1917. Digital version
Maud and Delos first Minneapolis home, approximately 1919-1920.
Duplicates; one intact with no ID, one torn with ID on verso.
Maud and Delos first Minneapolis home, approximately 1919-1920. Digital version
Delos Lovelace.
Delos in uniform (2 formal portraits); snapshot the day before he sailed for France; age 40 (2 duplicates); undated snapshot; unidentified, probably Delos, approximately 1960s.
Delos Lovelace, undated. Digital version
Maud and Delos in New York, 1920s.
2 of Maud and Delos in rural setting on Long Island; 1 of Maud in Manhattan.
Maud and Delos in New York, 1920s. Digital version
Maud autographing Early Candlelight, 1929.
Maud autographing Early Candlelight, 1929. Digital version
Maud reviewing Third Infantry at Fort Snelling after publication of Early Candlelight, 1929.
Maud reviewing Third Infantry at Fort Snelling after publication of Early Candlelight, 1929. Digital version
Publicity sketch of Maud for Petticoat Court, 1930?
Publicity sketch of Maud for Petticoat Court, approximately 1930. Digital version
Maud, Delos, and Kathleen, 1920s-early 1930s.
Snapshots. One includes Merian.
Maud, Delos, and Kathleen, 1920s-early 1930s. Digital version
Portraits of Maud and Merian, mid-1930s.
Portraits of Maud and Merian, mid-1930s. Digital version
Maud, Delos and family: The Middle Years, 1930s-1950s.
Maud, Delos and family: The Middle Years, 1930s-1950s. Digital version
The Middle Years: Publicity proofs of Maud.
The Middle Years: Publicity proofs of Maud, undated. Digital version
The Middle Years: Loveland School, Dixon, Illinois, 1951.
Snapshots sent to Maud of her visit to the school.
The Middle Years: Loveland School, Dixon, Illinois, 1951. Digital version
The Middle Years, approximately 1930s-1950s.
Snapshots and studio portraits, 4 identified or partially identified.
The Middle Years, approximately 1930s-1950s. Digital version
Photographs of friends and family, 1930s-1940s. 2 folders.
Snapshots and 3 studio portraits. Most are identified.
Photographs of friends and family, 1930s-1940s. Folder 1
Photographs of friends and family, 1930s-1940s. Folder 2
Claremont, California years, approximately 1952-1970s.
Mostly color snapshots. Includes a couple of earlier photographs of Merian. Most are not identified, although many are recognizable as Maud, Delos, or Merian.
Claremont, California years, approximately 1952-1970s. Digital version
Claremont, California years, approximately 1957-1970s. 4 folders.
Mostly color snapshots. About 1/4 are identified, although many others are identifiable as Maud and Delos.
Claremont, California years, approximately 1957-1970s. Folder 1
Claremont, California years, approximately 1957-1970s. Folder 2
Claremont, California years, approximately 1957-1970s. Folder 3
Claremont, California years, approximately 1957-1970s. Folder 4
Claremont, California with Merian's captions, bulk 1960s. 2 folders.
25 mostly color snapshots; 2 larger black/white. Numbered on versos, with a 4-page handwritten list and comments by Merian.
Claremont, California with Merian's captions, bulk 1960s. Folder 1
Claremont, California with Merian's captions, bulk 1960s. Folder 2
Formal photograph of Maud and Delos in California, 1960.
Formal photograph of Maud and Delos in California, 1960. Digital version
Merian Cooper.
2 snapshots and a post card of Cooper; 2 photographs of Cooper and wife; signed portrait of Cooper in uniform.
Merian Cooper, undated. Digital version
Merian Lovelace.
Merian Lovelace, undated. Digital version
Maud's passport photograph, 1968?
Negative and print.
Maud's passport photograph, approximately 1968. Digital version
Maud and Bick's European trip, 1968.
Set of color snapshots, most identified.
Maud and Bick's European trip, 1968. Digital version
Maud and Bick traveling, 1968.
Color snapshot at airport; b/w in front of a building.
Maud and Bick traveling, 1968. Digital version
Eugene Foster.
Baby to late middle age. Kathleen Hart's son. One or two appear to be of his adoptive father, Frohman Foster.
Eugene Foster, undated. Digital version
3rd generation, Fosters, Palmers and others, 1940s-1970s. 3 folders.
Most are identified.
3rd generation, Fosters, Palmers and others, 1940s-1970s. Folder 1
3rd generation, Fosters, Palmers and others, 1940s-1970s. Folder 2
3rd generation, Fosters, Palmers and others, 1940s-1970s. Folder 3
Mr. and Mrs. William Everett, approximately 1950.
Mr. and Mrs. William Everett, approximately 1950. Digital version

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Children's literature, American -- Minnesota -- 20th century.
Journalism -- New York (State) -- New York.
World War, 1914-1918.
Persons:
Austin family
Foster, Kathleen Hart, 1889-1957, author.
Palmer, Solomon, 1835-1875, author.
Crocker, Albertine, 1843-1929, author.
Hart family
Hart, Stella Palmer, -1947, author.
Hart, Thomas Walden, 1863-1936, author.
Joseph, Nannine, author.
Kirchner, Merian, 1931-1997, author.
Lovelace family
Lovelace, Delos W. (Delos Wheeler), 1894-1967, author.
Palmer family
Wheeler family
Organizations:
Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
United States. Army. Field Artillery, 304th.
Places:
Claremont (Calif.) -- Family relationships.
Mankato (Minn.) -- Fiction -- Family relationships.
Document Types:
Biography files.
Cookbooks.
Manuscripts for publication.
Clippings (information artifacts).
Newspaper columns.
Diaries.
Essays.
Family histories.
Genealogies.
Military records.
Personal correspondence.
Photograph albums.
Poems.
Royalty statements.
Short stories.
Photographs.
Occupations:
Authors -- United States.
Reporters and reporting -- United States.

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