Winther mss., 1934-1964
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
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Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
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Creator
Winther, Sophus Keith,
1893-1983
TitleWinther mss., 1934-1964
Collection No.
LMC 2333
Extent
ca. 45 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Winther mss., 1934-1964, consists of
the papers of novelist and literary scholar Sophus Keith Winther,
1893-1983.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Sophus Winther was born in Søby, Denmark, June 24, 1893. Sophus, his parents Anton
and Sine and his two brothers Rasmus and Søren came to the United States on April
16, 1895, and he was naturalized in 1900. He earned a B.S. from the University of
Oregon in 1918, as well as an M.A. (1919) and a Ph.D (1927) from the University of
Washington. Winter taught English at University of Washington for the rest of his
career: as an instructor, 1927-1930; assistant professor, 1930-1934; associate
professor, 1934-1940; and professor after 1940. He married one of his students,
Eline Peterson, in 1925.
Winther’s novels include
The Realistic War Novel
(1930) and
Beyond the Garden Gate (1946). Three
more,
Take All to Nebraska (1936),
Mortgage Your Heart (1937), and
This Passion Never Dies (1939), form a trilogy about the life of an
immigrant Danish family in Nebraska. Additionally, Winther was a scholar on the
works of Eugene O’Neill (whom he befriended), and wrote
Eugene O'Neill: A Critical Study, in 1934.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II.
Writings; III. Miscellaneous Materials.
Scope and Content Note
The Winther mss., 1934-1964, consists of the papers of novelist and literary scholar
Sophus Keith Winther, 1893-1983. Correspondents include Mary W. Barnes, Herbert
Crombie Howe, Glenn Arthur Hughes, Ruth (Bryan) Owen, and Lee Paul Sieg. Writings
include manuscripts of books, short stories, articles, and unfinished works.
Included with the writings is a typescript of a poem written and signed by Read
Bain.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1965.
Usage RestrictionsPrior 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
Winther mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series:
Box 1
I. Correspondence
Folder 1
Correspondence, 1934-1955
Series:
Box 1
II. Writings
Folders 2-3:
Beyond the Garden
Gate.
T(carbon)D. 312p. some holograph changes and
corrections.
Folder 4: [
Class Four: A Novel in Four
Acts
] A.D. 178p. in pencil
Folder 5:
Class Four: A Novel in Four
Acts.
T.D.
Folder 6: [
Eugene O'Neill: A Critical
Study
] drafts of chapter titled
"The Sickness of Today"
A.&T.D.
Folder 7:
Eugene O'Neill, A Critical
Study.
T(carbon)D. bound. [lacks chapter
"The Sickness of Today"
]
Folder 8:
Eugene O'Neill, A Critical
Study.
New York: Random House, c1934. galley proofs
"Duplicate Proofs for Index"
Folders 9-10:
The Fabric of Modern
Literature.
2 drafts: T.D. 220p.; T(carbon).D. 220p. Cover
label on carbon copy carries holograph note "unpublished" in red ink
Folders 11-12:
Mortgage Your
Heart.
A.D. 414p.
Folders 13-14:
Mortgage Your
Heart.
T(carbon)D. 285p.
Folder 15: [
Sleep Quietly] "not published" T.D. 86p.
Folders 16-18: [
Take All To
Nebraska
]
Nebraska is My Home.
T.&A.D.S.
Folder 19:
Take All To Nebraska.
T(carbon)D. p.1-137
Box 2
Folder 1:
Take All To Nebraska,
cont. T(carbon)D. p.138-285.
Folder 2:
Take All To Nebraska.
proofs.
Folders 3-6:
That Lonesome Road.
T.D. 417p. originally titled
Conquer We
Must
Folders 7-8:
This Passion Never
Dies.
A.D. p.1-258.
Folder 9:
This Passion Never Dies,
cont. A.D. p.259-433.
Folder 10: Short stories. T and T(carbon)Ds.
Folder 11: Articles. T and T(carbon)Ds.
Folder 12: Notebook for Civil War novel. A&T.D.
Folder 13: ["Waiting for the dam"
- Andersonville section of Civil War novel] T.D. p.412-531.
Folder 14: Untitled fragment re: Civil War. A.D. 15p.
Folder 15: Transcripts of reviews and extracts of reviews of
works by S.K. Winther. T.Ds.
Folder 16:
"Young Author Faces
Success, 1936"
[poem by Read (sp?) Bain] T(carbon)D.S?
3p.
Series:
Box 2
III. Miscellaneous materials
Folder 17: Two photographs of Sophus Keith Winther
Folders 18-19: Newspaper clippings, ca. 1936-1964
Folder 20: Scrapbook of clippings
Box 3 (Oversize folio)
Inscribed photograph of Carlotta O'Neill, Oct. 1933
Inscribed photograph of Eugene O'Neill, Nov. 1933
To Carlotta (inscription to final
longhand script, "Mourning Becomes
Electra") facsimile, no. 30. Inscribed by Carlotta Monterey
O'Neill to Sophus Keith Winther.
