Guide to the Kathleen Thompson Norris and Charles Gilman Norris Papers,
1922-1945
Processed by Ralph W. Hansen; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
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The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Kathleen Thompson Norris and Charles Gilman Norris Papers,
1922-1945
Collection number: M0050
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
- Processed by:
- Ralph W. Hansen
- Date Completed:
- 1963 May
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 1999 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Kathleen Thompson Norris and Charles Gilman Norris Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1922-1945
Collection number: Special Collections M0050
Creator:
Norris, Kathleen Thompson, 1880-1966.
Norris, Charles Gilman, 1881-1945.
Extent:
12 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Gift of Kathleen Norris, 1954 and 1963, and purchases, 1982, 1983, and 1986.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Kathleen Thompson Norris and Charles Gilman Norris Papers, M0050, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
Charles Gilman Norris, born 23 April 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, was an American novelist. Norris worked for several magazines
before publishing his first novel in 1915. He wrote primarily novels, but also three poetic dramas. He died in 1945. Kathleen
Thompson Norris, born 16 July 1880, was an American novelist. She worked for several San Francisco newspapers before marrying
Charles Norris in 1909 and moving to New York. She wrote primarily novels, but also short stories and one play.
Scope and Content
Contains manuscripts and correspondence of Kathleen Thompson Norris and Charles Gilman Norris. Also includes photographs and
articles about the two authors.
Access Terms
Norris, Charles Gilman, 1881-1945.
Norris, Kathleen Thompson, 1880-1966.
Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875-1949.
American literature--20th century.
Authors, American.
Manuscripts (for publication)
Related Materials
See also the Felton Vertical File on Kathleen Norris, which contains:
- (1) obituaries of Kathleen Norris
- (2)
Book News Monthly reprint: "Kathleen Norris : the Story of the Career of a Woman Novelist of Rare Charm and Power" by Alice Faith Powell
- (3) Confidential copy of a copyrighted article
Tripe by John Riddell which satirises the Norrises and "Literary Contraception"
Container List
Series 1: Manuscripts of Kathleen Norris
Box 1, Folder 1
The American Flaggs
Physical Description: Revised mss.
Box 1, Folder 2
The American Flaggs
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 1, Folder 3
The American Flaggs
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 1, Folder 4
An Apple for Eve
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 2, Folder 5
April Escapade
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 2, Folder 6-7
The Barberry Bush
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 2, Folder 8
Beauty and the Beast
Physical Description: Carbon
Box 3, Folder 9
Beauty's Daughter
Physical Description: Original as appeared in American Magazine
Box 3, Folder 10
Beauty's Daughter
Physical Description: Revised copy with ink corrections
Box 3, Folder 11
Beauty's Daughter
Physical Description: Revised copy with no corrections
Box 3, Folder 12
Beauty's Progress
Physical Description: Corrected copy
Box 4, Folder 13-17
The Black Flemings
Physical Description: Handwritten original, typescript with corrections, and a clean carbon
Box 5, Folder 18
Bakersfield mss.
Scope and Content Note
Folder of mss. possibly for use as background material for the novel Bread into Roses
Box 5, Folder 19-20
Bread into Roses
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 5, Folder 20a-21
Burned Fingers
Physical Description: Mss. in notebooks
Box 5, Folder 22
Butterfly
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 6, Folder 23
Cat's Cradle
Physical Description: Original mss. in notebook with carbon of corrected copy.
Box 6, Folder 24-27
Certain People of Importance
Physical Description: Rewritten parts in notebook.
Box 7, Folder 28-30
Certain People of Importance
Physical Description: Carbon
Box 7, Folder 31-32
Corner of Heaven
Physical Description: Original mss. in notebooks.
Box 8, Folder 33-34
Dina Cashman
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 8, Folder 35
The Dreadful Night
Physical Description: Carbon
Box 8, Folder 36
Girl Alive
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 8, Folder 37
Heartbroken Melody
Physical Description: Original revised mss. for book publication
Box 8, Folder 38
Hildegarde
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 9, Folder 39
Hildegarde
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 9, Folder 40
Irish Eyes
Physical Description: Corrected mss.
Box 9, Folder 41-42
Lost Sunrise
Physical Description: Original mss. as it appeared in Colliers and a carbon
Box 10, Folder 43
The Love of Julia Borel
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 10, Folder 44-45
Lucretia Lombard
Physical Description: Original mss. and a carbon
Box 10, Folder 46
Lover's Lane
Physical Description: Original mss.
Scope and Content Note
First called the Reckless Lovers
Box 11, Folder 47-48
The Lucky Lawrences
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 11, Folder 49-50
The Secret of Margaret Yorke.
Physical Description: Original and carbon
Box 12, Folder 51-52
Mink Coat
Physical Description: Revised mss. and a portion of a carbon
Box 12, Folder 53
Miss Harriet Townshend
Physical Description: Original mss. in a notebook
Box 12, Folder 54
Mystery House
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 13, Folder 55-56
Native Born. (Little Ships?)
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 13, Folder 57-58
Now and Again
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 14, Folder 61-62
Rose of the World
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 14, Folder 63
The Runaway
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 14, Folder 64
The Sea Gull
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 15, Folder 65-66
Second Hand Wife
Physical Description: Master copy and original mss.
Box 15, Folder 67-68
The Secret of the Marshbanks
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 15, Folder 69
Shining Windows
Physical Description: Carbon copy and revised transcript by Kaufman.
Box 16, Folder 70-71
The Shotwell Street House
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 16, Folder 72-73
Storm House
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 16, Folder 74
Three Men and Diane
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 17, Folder 75
Today's Daughter
Physical Description: Revised original mss.
Box 17, Folder 76-77
Treehaven. Serialized as BLIND YOUTH.
Physical Description: Original mss. and a carbon entitled LIND YOUTH.
Box 17, Folder 78
Walls of Gold
Physical Description: Carbon
Box 18, Folder 79-80
When the Past Speaks
Physical Description: Notebooks of the mss.
Box 18, Folder 81-82
Wife for Sale
Physical Description: Original as it appeared in Colliers and a carbon.
Box 18, Folder 83
Women in Love
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 19, Folder 84-87
The World is Like That.
Physical Description: Original mss. and carbon.
Box 19, Folder 88
You Can't Have Everything
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 19, Folder 89-90
Young Mother Hubbard
Physical Description: Original mss. and galley from Good Housekeeping.
Box 20, Folder 102
Just As If Nothing Had Happened
Box 20, Folder 104
No Place for a Lady. Who Says So?
Box 21, Folder 118
T'Was the Night Before Christmas
Series 2: Manuscripts of Charles G. Norris
Box 22, Folder 1-2
Brick Without Straw
Physical Description: Handwritten mss.
Box 22, Folder 3
The Crackle-Ware Jar
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 22, Folder 4
Flint
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 22, Folder 5-7
Hands
Physical Description: Original mss.
Box 22, Folder 8
Charles G. Norris. TLS & cvr to Mrs. Sloss,
1929 Aug. 20
Box 22, Folder 8
Charles G. Norris. TLS & cvr to Mrs. Sloss re: Seed,
1930 Aug. 6
Box 22, Folder 8
Charles G. Norris. TLS to Mrs. Sloss,
1934 May 1
Box 22, Folder 8
Charles G. Norris. TLS to Nathan Van Patten re: Frank Norris & ms.,
1941 Aug. 22
Box 22, Folder 8
Kathleen Norris. TLS to [R.L.] Wilbur,
1937 Feb.
Box 22, Folder 8
Kathleen Norris. ALS & cvr to Mrs. Sloss,
1943 Dec. [12]
