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Dreiser mss. II, 1896-1910

Summary Information

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

Creator
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.

Title
Dreiser mss. II, 1896-1910

Collection No.
LMC 1287

Extent
196 items

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
The Dreiser mss. II, consist of manuscripts and realia of Theodore Dreiser, 1871-1945.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Dreiser was born the twelfth of thirteen children in Terre Haute, IN and attended Indiana University in Bloomington briefly before dropping out in 1890. He married Sara White in 1898, and they separated in 1909 although never formally divorced. Dreiser became a renowned author of literary naturalism (other American writers in the movement included Jack London, Edith Wharton, Frank Norris, and Stephen Crane). His best known novels are Sister Carrie (although a commercial failure at the time in 1900), Jeannie Gerhardt (1911), and An American Tragedy (1925). Politically, Dreiser was involved in socialist causes and wrote a non-fiction book, Dreiser Looks at Russia (1928), based on his experiences visiting the Soviet Union. He did not officially join the American Communist Party until shortly before his death in 1945.

Arrangement

Correspondence consists of two groups: letters (1896-1898) from Theodore Dreiser to Sara Osborne (White) Dreiser; and correspondence (1907-1910) of Dreiser as editor of the Delineator. Included also are a letter to Mrs. Dreiser from J.E. Kelly, dated September 18, 1900, and a birthday card from Mrs. Dreiser, August 27, 1904.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondents include: Charles Wayland Bryan; William Jennings Bryan; John O'Hara Cosgrave; Charles Samuel Deneen; George W. Donaghey; Bert Manfred Fernald; Homer Folks; Elmer Gates; John Mark Glenn; Charles Archibald Goodwin; Louise (Closser) Hale; Clara Morris Harriott; Hastings Hornell Hart; Leonard Keene Hirshberg; William Martin Johnson; James Edward Kelly; Mary Holland (McNeish) Kinkaid; William Walton Kitchen; Clare Rodman (Beecher) Kummer; Robert Todd Lincoln; Benjamin Barr Lindsey; William John Locke; Jack London; Harris Merton Lyon; Charles Thomas Agnew MacLean; Seumas MacManus; Thomas Riley Marshall; Edwin Lee Norris; Mary Eleanor O'Donnell; William Church Osborn; John M. Oskison; Frederick Palmer; Grant Richards; Theodore Roosevelt; Hannah (Kent) Schoff; John Franklin Shafroth; James Edward West; Ella (Wheeler) Wilcox; George Warren Wilder; Augustus Everett Willson; Louis N. Wilson; Woodrow Wilson; Charles Erskine Scott Wood; and Eugene Wood.

Other materials in the collection are pen and pencil sketches of Dreiser signed by James Edward Kelly, Edward Martin Taber, and Maud Stumm; a pen sketch of Edmund Clarence Stedman by Kelly; two pencil sketches of William Louis Sonntag by himself; and photographs of Dreiser, Sara Osborne (White) Dreiser; John Paul Dreiser, father of Theodore Dreiser, and others. Printed material includes clippings of poems and articles by or relating to Dreiser from newspapers and periodicals.

Related Material

Related materials exist in the following collections also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana: Dreiser mss. II, Dreiser mss. III, Dreiser mss. IV, and Dreiser mss. V.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Gift. Mrs. Leo J. Vogt, Webster Groves, Missouri. 1957, 1963
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], Dreiser mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing Information
Processed by staff.
Box 1 Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 1, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 2, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 4, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 12, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 16, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 18, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 21, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, June 12, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, June 25, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, July 10, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 14, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 19, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 20, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 23, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, September 1, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, September 11, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, September 21, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, October 4, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, October 11, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, October 16, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, October 18, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, October 24, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, October 31, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, November 4, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, November 14, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, November 15, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, November 17, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, November 24, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, December 1, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, December 26, 1896 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, January 20, 1897 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, January 26, 1897 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, March 24, 1897 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, April 15, 1897 
Box 2 Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, January 24, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, February 1, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, February 7, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, February 16, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, February 23, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, March 2, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, March 5, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, March 26, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, April 4, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, April 6, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 5, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 15, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 24, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, May 30, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, June 8, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, June 10, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, June 20, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, June 22, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, June 27, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, June 30, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, July 3, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, July 18, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, July 27, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, July 29, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 8, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 10, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 11, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 12, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 15, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 24, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 27, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 28, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, August 31, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, September 2, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, September 4, 1898 
Dreiser, Theodore to White, Sara Osborne, September 6, 1898 
Box 3 Correspondence: Kelly, James Edward; with sketch of Dreiser by Kelly, 1900-1906. 
Correspondence: DuBois, Stanley; Dobson, J. A.; Johnston, Charles, 1907. 
Correspondence: including Johnson, William Martin; Locke, William John; Wilcox, Ella (Wheeler); Hirshberg; Leonard K.; Phillips, Elizabeth; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1908. 
Correspondence: West, James E.; Lindsey, Benjamin B.; Hart, H.H.; Dreiser, Theodore; Palmer, Frederick, 1909, Jan.-Mar. 
Correspondence: Locke, William John; Wilson, Woodrow, 1907. 
Correspondence: DuBois, Stanley; Dobson, J. A.; Johnston, Charles, 1909, Apr.-Jun. 
Correspondence: London, Jack; Burke, John (Gov. of North Dakota); Marshall, Thomas Riley (Gov. of Indiana); Norris, Edwin Lee (Gov. of Montana), July 1909. 
Correspondence: Cosgrave, John O'Hara; Osborn, William Church, 1909, Aug.-Dec 
Hirshberg, Leonard K.; Wood, Eugene, 1910. 
Correspondence: O'Donnell, Mary E.; Hale, Louise (Closser); Lindsey, Benjamin B., undated 
Pen and pencil sketches.
Printed matter.
Photographs.
Box 4 Drawing board of Theodore Dreiser.
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