Finding Aid for the Kathleen Thompson Norris Papers LSC.0946

Finding aid prepared by Manuscripts Division staff, January 1967; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.
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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Kathleen Thompson Norris papers
Creator: Norris, Kathleen Thompson
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0946
Physical Description: 4.0 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1924-1939
Abstract: Kathleen Thompson (1880-1966) was a author who wrote short stories and contributed to magazines. Her published works include: Mother (1911), The Callahans and the Murphys (1924), The foolish virgin (1928), Bread into roses (1937), The Venables (1941), and Family gathering (1959). The collection consists of Norris' literary manuscripts, some with holographic alterations.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Friends of the UCLA Library, purchase, 1967 & 1972.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Kathleen Thompson Norris Papers (Collection 946). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, January 1967.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942335083606533 

Biography

Kathleen Thompson was born on July 16, 1880 in San Francisco, California; briefly attended UC Berkeley; married author Charles G. Norris in 1909; began writing short stories in 1910, and contributed to magazines; published works include: Mother (1911), Josslyn's wife (1918), The Callahans and the Murphys (1924), The foolish virgin (1928), My San Francisco (1932), Bread into roses (1937), The Venables (1941), Through a glass darkly (1957), and Family gathering (1959); she died on January 18, 1966.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of literary manuscripts of novelist Kathleen Thompson Norris, some with holographic alterations.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:
  1. Belle mère, Walls of gold (Box 1).
  2. Lost sunrise, Angel in the house, The runaways (Box 2).
  3. The black Flemings, Bread into roses, Three men and Diana (Box 3).
  4. Maiden voyage, American Flaggs (Box 4).
  5. Rose of the world, Barberry bush (Box 5).
  6. Irish eyes, Red silence, Shining windows (Box 6).
  7. Irish eyes (another typescript), Secret marriage, Beauty and the beast (part 3) (Box 7).
  8. Dedications (Box 8).
  • Norris, Kathleen (Thompson), 1880-1966. Dedications. Berkeley: Printed by Wilder & Ellen Bentley for Charles G. Norris,
    Date: 1936.
    Page proofs, 46pp., hand numbered. With typescript title page. Wrapped in first gathering of Portsmouth Plaza. The Cradle Of San Francisco by Catherine Coffin Phillips, San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1932 [Removed to Jake Zeitlin Graphic Arts Ephemera Collection (Collection 2000). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.].

Related Material

Charles Gilman Norris Papers (Collection 945).   Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Manuscripts for publication
Women novelists, American -- California, Northern -- Archives.
Norris, Kathleen Thompson -- Archives

box 1

Belle Mere, 1931.

General Physical Description note: Carbon, 368pp. Holographic alterations throughout.
box 1

Walls Of Gold, 1933.

General Physical Description note: Two apparently identical carbons, 368pp. each. (Agent's copies?).
box 2

Lost Sunrise, 1939.

General Physical Description note: Original typescript, 391pp. With many holographic alterations.
box 2

Angel In The House, 1933.

General Physical Description note: Original typescript, 323pp. Many holographic alterations.
box 2

The Runaways, 1939.

General Physical Description note: Typescript 385pp.

Scope and Contents note

Apparently for submission to a motion picture company. Title bears superscription in ink, To be published as a serial in Colliers commencing July 1938 and thereafter as a novel by Doubleday Doran.
box 3

The Black Flemings, 1926.

General Physical Description note: Final carbon. 347pp.
box 3

Bread Into Roses, 1937.

General Physical Description note: Carbon, 385pp. Some holographic corrections.
box 3

Three Men And Diana, 1934.

General Physical Description note: Revised typescript, 376pp. With many holographic and typed revisions.
box 4

Maiden Voyage, 1934.

General Physical Description note: Original typescript. 378pp.
box 4

American Flaggs, 1936.

General Physical Description note: Typescript, 408pp., with typed and holographic corrections and additions throughout.
box 5

Rose Of The World, 1924.

General Physical Description note: Final carbon, 409pp.
box 5

Barberry Bush, 1927.

General Physical Description note: Final carbon, 539pp.
box 6

Irish Eyes, n.d.

General Physical Description note: Typescript, 247pp., and carbon on onion skin, 235pp. Different typing, both complete.
box 6

Red Silence, 1929.

General Physical Description note: Final carbon, 369pp.
box 6

Shining Windows.

General Physical Description note: Typescript. 314pp.
box 7

Irish Eyes.

General Physical Description note: Typescript. 205pp.
box 7

Secret Marriage.

General Physical Description note: Typescript. 283pp.
box 7

Beauty And The Beast.

General Physical Description note: Part 3. Typescript (carbon) 391pp.