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Nolan mss., 1914-1974

Summary Information

Repository:
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly

Creator
Nolan, Jeannette Covert, 1896-1974

Title
Nolan mss., 1914-1974

Collection No.
LMC 1847

Extent
6,536 items

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
The Nolan mss., 1914, 1926-1974, are the papers of Jeannette (Covert) Nolan, 1897-1974, author of children's stories, adult novels, and non-fiction works.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Jeannette (Covert) Nolan, 1897-1974, was the author of children's stories, adult novels, and non-fiction works. A native of Indiana, she was the wife of Val Francis Nolan, 1892-1940, lawyer and trustee of Indiana University.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following series: I. Biographical; II. Contracts and Agreements; III. Correspondence; IV. Financial; V. Speeches and Writings; VII. Drawings.

Scope and Content Note

Consists of the papers of Mrs. Jeannette (Covert) Nolan, 1896-1974. The papers include correspondence with her literary agents, Mavis McIntosh and Elizabeth Otis, her publishers, Indiana writers such as Meredith Nicholson, Laura Long, Evelyn Sickels, Barton Rees Pogue, and Barnard De Voto, and Indiana congressmen. Also present are contracts for her works, royalties, notebooks, speeches, writings, and clippings of printed works and book reviews. Four drawings by various artists for her books complete the collection.

  • Indexing Terms

  • The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.

    • Names
    • Nolan, Jeanette Covert, 1896-1974
    • Nolan, Jeanette Covert, 1896-1974 --Correspondence

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Gift. 1976.
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library; however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Nolan mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series: Box 1 Biographical Material
Biographical information. Includes biographical sketches and photographs of Nolan

(1 folder)

Clippings, 1935-1974 

(2 folders)

Clippings concerning: extension courses; Speaker’s Bureau; writers conferences

(1 folder)

Series: Contracts and Agreements

Arranged by title of work

Box 1 A - Z

(4 folders)

Series: Correspondence

Arranged chronologically. The correspondence is not indexed.

Box 1 1914 - 1939 
Box 2 1940 - 1946 
Box 3 1947 - 1961 
Box 4 1962 - 1974, Aug. 
Series: Box 5 Financial
Household accounts, 1941-1974 

(2 notebooks)

Royalties, 1932-1974 

(8 folders)

Series: Speeches and Writings
Subseries: Speeches

Arranged chronologically.

Box 5 1938-1973 

(1 folder)

Undated 

(2 folders)

Box 6 Undated 

(1 folder)

Writers conferences

(1 folder)

Miscellaneous

(1 folder)

Subseries: Writings

Arranged alphabetically by title, after the notebooks.

Includes articles, juvenile writings, courses, poems, and some proposed works not written. Many of the pieces are labeled by main characters only.

Box 5 40 notebooks
List of titles:
Box 6 A - B
  • View All (31)
  • [Aaron Burr]
  • [Abraham Lincoln]
  • Acid Test see also: Episode
  • The Adventures of Life
  • [Alec]
  • [Alice Holcomb]
  • All Aboard
  • Alternative
  • Always Another Race
  • The Amazing Adventure of Etienne Tournet
  • American Adventure Series
  • Amundsen
  • Andrew Jackson
  • [Ann and Margaret Rand]
  • Articles
  • [Aunt Katie]
  • Band Concert
  • Barry Barton's Mystery
  • Baxter & That Woman
  • Beautiful Legend
  • [Belle Boyd]
  • A Birthday Mystery
  • Benedict Arnold
  • Benjamin Harrison
  • [Berea?]
  • Bessie, the Comet and Me
  • The Black Cat Case
  • [Blaine Buchanan]
  • Blessed is the Peacemaker
  • A Bottle of Cough Syrup
  • A Boy in Rajkot
Box 7 C – G
  • View All (49)
  • Canadian Mounted Police
  • The Cerebral Type
  • Change Partners
  • [Charlie and Mary Burton]
  • Charlotlei Gitler
  • Children Cry for It
  • The Children of Yesterday
  • Christmas Gift for the General
  • Civil Contrast
  • [Clara]
  • A Clean Break
  • Clement Hughes
  • Cleve Paris
  • Correct Answer
  • Cornelia's Songs
  • Criticism: Mary Bell's A Trip Up the Wabash
  • Criticism: Selma Steele's House of the Singing Winds
  • Cross-word see also: the Black Cat Case
  • [Dan Eastin]
  • Danger in a Plaid Cap
  • Daniel Boone
  • [Danny and Elizabeth]
  • Dark Night
  • Dependents, by Lace White
  • [Desmond]
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • [Douglas Mount]
  • [Drue]
  • Elijah Lovejoy
  • [Elizabeth]
  • [Elizabeth and Drusilla Allen]
  • Episode see also: Acid Touch
  • Fearful Way to Die
  • [Fenton]
  • The Fifth Letter
  • Final Appearance
  • [Fleming]
  • Florence Nightingale
  • Frances Inherits
  • Francesca's Dream
  • [Frieda]
  • Friend Isabelle
  • The Gay Poet: The Story of Eugene Field
  • The General's Lady
  • [George Rogers Clark]
  • [German notes]
  • Getting to Know the Ohio River
  • Goodbye, My Fancy
  • Good Morning Mr. Marscott
Box 8 H – I
  • View All (18)
  • The Heavens Didn't Fall
  • [Helen]
  • [Helen Boyd and Miss Pangbourne]
  • Her Secret
  • High as the Sky
  • The Hobnailed Boots
  • Home to Vote
  • Hoosier City
  • The House on the Bluff
  • The Humble Instrument
  • [I]
  • I Like Kosher Sausage
  • Idle Hour
  • In Cognito
  • Indianapolis
  • Invitation to the Dance
  • It Certainly Did
  • [Indiana]
Box 9 J – Mid
  • View All (42)
  • James Whitcomb Riley
  • James Watt
  • [Jean Kingsbury]
  • [Jewell mystery]
  • [Jim Dixon]
  • [John Brown]
  • [John Newbury]
  • John Marshall
  • Juvenile Writing Class I
  • Juvenile Writing Class II
  • The Junk-man's Present
  • John Hancock
  • Kaskaskia Trail
  • [Katie]
  • [Katie and Brett]
  • [Kathleen Kincaid]
  • [Kendall]
  • Knight's Move
  • La Donna E Mobile
  • [Lace White Mystery]
  • Ladies Can Be Gentlemen
  • Legend's Price
  • [Lesly Wilson]
  • Letters by Special Post
  • Lexington
  • Lines to a Red Hat
  • Lines with a Hoosier Accent
  • The Little Giant
  • Lines Are Like Roads
  • The Long Straw for Luck
  • [Macey]
  • [Major Cameron]
  • A Man in the House
  • A Man like Lincoln
  • [Marjorie and Lynn]
  • Martha Washington (radio script)
  • [Mary Barker]
  • May Anna
  • Memory of Summer & Invitation to the Dance
  • [Mervin Kelly]
  • Merry Christmas to All
  • [Midland College Writer's Conference story]
Box 10 Mis – Pos
  • View All (42)
  • Mr. Chameleon
  • [Mr. Fortescue] and Jack
  • [Willy and Jim]
  • Mischief and Mystery
  • [Mr. Mancini]
  • [Mr. Melliborn]
  • Mr. Settle
  • Mrs. Colby in Print
  • Mrs. Julian
  • Miss Barton is Needed
  • [Miss Cordelia]
  • [Miss Danforth]
  • [Mord]
  • Mystery
  • Mystery - Old Man in Hospital
  • Mystery at Craycroft
  • Mystery Story Outline
  • Narrow Bridge
  • Neutral Ground
  • New Days, New Ways
  • A New Phrase for Fleeta
  • No Honest Man
  • No Spring Chicken
  • No Substitute
  • Nor Ever Recaptured
  • O. Henry
  • The Old Folks at Home
  • [Ohio River]
  • Once a Rabbit
  • One Queer Valentine
  • One Useful Thing
  • Patriot
  • Patriot in the Saddle
  • Patriot Rides South
  • Pannie Cake Bush
  • Parrott [Ann Kemble]
  • [Perry Twins]
  • The Petrified Man
  • Poem - O Woman!
  • Politics and Lucy Carson
  • [Polly]
  • Possession
Box 11 Pot – So
  • View All (31)
  • The Pottery Pig
  • Prelude
  • The Prisoner
  • Prince Harry the Navigator
  • Promise
  • [Pud]
  • Queen Elizabeth
  • The Real Orphan Annie
  • Red Hugh of Ireland
  • Release
  • Revolt of Dashwood
  • A Reward from CAP
  • Rica and the Termite
  • [Sam and Dick]
  • [Sara]
  • [Sara and Uncle Ellwood]
  • [Sarah Kinlock]
  • Saturday Adventure
  • Second Best
  • Security
  • Shadow
  • [Shay and New Orleans
  • [She]
  • [Sheedy]
  • Shine, Little Glow-Worm
  • Shy Robin
  • Sieur de La Salle
  • [Sinclair Lewis]
  • Sixth Star
  • Sketches on Yellow Paper
  • Some Things Never Change
Box 12 Sp – Yan
  • View All (36)
  • Spoiled Child
  • A Sprig of Lilac
  • Spring Again
  • Spy of the Confederacy
  • The Stalking Horse
  • Storm on Providence Square
  • Storm Rising
  • The Story of Clara Barton of the Red Cross
  • The Story of Rupert
  • The Story of Susie
  • The Straw Man
  • Success
  • Sudden Squall
  • [Ted and I]
  • [Thaddeus Barter]
  • They're all Crooked
  • The Things People Say
  • To the Editor of the Cosmopolitan
  • Twice as Natural
  • Two Women
  • [Tulip]
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Underground Railroad
  • Under Their Skins
  • Unsolved Mystery
  • Verdict
  • The Very Exclusive Salamanders
  • [Violette and John Martin]
  • War of 1812 Boy
  • What Happened to Prince Charming?
  • What's the Matter with Politics
  • Where Secrecy Begins
  • [William Phillips]
  • The Winds of Doctrine
  • Woman Disposes
  • Yankee Spy [Elizabeth Van Leer]
Box 13 Yo – Z
  • Yon
  • The Young Douglas
  • Young Wife
  • Miscellaneous writings (unidentified)
Series: Printed
Box 13 Nolan’s writings as they appeared in print, arranged by title

(24 folders)

Promotional material. Includes reviews, notices, book jackets and radio programs

(40 folders)

Box 14 Promotional material (cont.)

(6 folders)

Catalogues

(1 folder)

Hoosiers authors

(1 folder)

Miscellaneous

(8 folders)

Pictorial items

(1 folder)

Writings by others

(1 folder)

Series: Box

Oversize

Drawings
1 drawing by Robert Burns
3 drawings by Clotide Embree Funk
1 drawing by Robison
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