Guide to the Turbesé Lummis Fiske Papers M0189

Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999 ; revised 2019
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Turbesé Lummis Fiske Papers
creator: Fiske, Turbese Lummis.
Identifier/Call Number: M0189
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1929-1948

Scope and Contents

Typescripts and correspondence. Correspondence is almost solely literary, relating to works represented in the collection. Typescripts include plays and short stories.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Turbese Lummis Fiske Papers (M0189) Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Provenance

Gift of Keith Lummis, l969.

Conditions Governing Use

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Note that material is stored off-site and must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Manuscripts (for publication).
Fiske, Turbese Lummis.

 

Series 1. Works of Turbesé Lummis Fiske

box 1, folder 1

Untitled fragments, typescript and carbon typescript, 42 pp

box 1, folder 2

The Chouans, a play

Physical Description: Autograph manuscript, partially typescript, 181 pp.
box 1, folder 3

“A Friend Out Of the Darkness”

Physical Description: Typescript, 27 pp.
box 1, folder 4

“Grampa Charley”

Physical Description: Carbon typescript, 49 pp.

Scope and Contents note

(p. 1 of typescript missing).
box 1, folder 5

“The Little House, the Sacred Door”

Physical Description: Typescript, 21 pp.
box 1, folder 6

Mahala stories. 5 different drafts: Typescript, 19 pp.;

 

Typescript and carbon typescript, each 17 pp. (plus additional carbon copy of pp. 2-4, 6-9, 11, 12, 14, 15)

 

Carbon typescript, 28 pp.;

 

Typescript, 34 pp. (entitled “The Pattern Of Judgment”);

 

Carbon typescript, 21 pp. (entitled “The Unforgotten Shawl”)

box 1, folder 7

“Michael Of the Point”

Physical Description: Typescript, 27 pp.
box 1, folder 8

“They Went To Buy a Grindstone”

Physical Description: Carbon typescript, 22 pp.
box 1, folder 9

The Way Of the Cooky Jar, a comedy in three acts

Physical Description: Typescript with autograph corrections, 82 pp.
 

Series 2. Correspondence

box 1, folder 10

General file, including letters to, from, or about, the following:

 

Unidentified (15)

 

Abbott, George, (3) 1938

 

Adventure, (2) 1935

 

Argosy 1930

 

Barkow 1946

 

Blair, Nan; See Folder 1 - 11

 

Blue Book, (6) 1929-1935

 

Brandt, Erb, (4). 1929-1930

 

Chambrun, Jacques, (6) 1934-1936

 

Chappell, Delos, literary agency, (2) 1937

 

Clarke, Frances E. 1939

 

Connelly, Marc 1937

 

Country Gentleman, (3) 1937

 

Crouse, Russell 1941

 

Curtis Brown, Limited; See Folder 1 - 12

 

Darr, Mrs. 1946

 

Dick, Sheldon, (3) 1931-1932

 

Doubleday, Doran and Company, (7) 1929-1937

 

Esquire undated

 

Esteban 1946

 

Federal Theatre Project, (2) 1938

 

Glassell, Steven A. 1946

 

Golden, John, literary agency, (2) 1937-1938

 

Good Housekeeping, (9) 1929-1939

 

Haraszthy 1946

 

Harper's Magazine 1938

 

Hearst Magazines 1939

 

Hilton 1929

 

Hodge, Zabrah Preble 1932

 

Hopkins, Arthur, (4) 1936

 

Houghton, Mifflin Company, (3) 1934-1939

 

Knibbs, Olive, (2) 1946

 

Ladies' Home Journal; See Folder 1 - 13

 

Lavender, Rosemary, (6) 1945-1946

 

Leussler, Harrison, (2) 1946

 

Liberty, (3) 1938-1939

 

Lotz, P. Henry 1948

 

Lummis, Jordan 1946

 

Lummis, Keith 1946

 

Mac, Sandy 1946

 

McCall Company, (3) undated, 1930

 

McLain, Don, (2) 1946

 

Elisabeth Marbury, Inc., literary agency 1936

 

Marconel Corporation 1937

 

Martin, Belle, (5) 1948

 

Miles 1946

 

Moore, Irving undated

 

Brock Pemberton Little Theatre 1938

 

Pictorial Review, (3) 1935

 

The Playhouse Company Inc. 1939

 

Popular magazine 1930

 

Purcell 1946

 

Red Book, (3) 1929-1930

 

Redemann 1946

 

Reynal and Hitchcock 1941

 

Rhodes, Rosemary undated

 

San Diego Union 1946

 

Saturday Evening Post; See Folder 1 - 14

 

Schaffer, Bela, (3) 1946

 

Security First National Bank Of Los Angeles 1932

 

Stalcup 1946

 

Teaboldt, Harrie and Mae 1946

 

The Theatre Guild, Incorporated 1937

 

Van der Veer, Judy, (3) 1947-1948

 

Wann, Louis 1948

 

Warner Brothers, (2) 1933

 

Westerberg, Iwar Sigurd 1946

 

Whittlesey House 1948

 

Woman's Home Companion; See Folder 1 - 15

box 1, folder 11

Blair, Nan, (20) 1935-1939

box 1, folder 12

Curtis Brown, Ltd., (13) 1929-1939

box 1, folder 13

Ladies' Home Journal, (26) 1929-1938

box 1, folder 14

The Saturday Evening Post, (18) 1929-1939

box 1, folder 15

Woman's Home Companion, (18) 1932-1939

 

Series 3. Works Of Others

box 1, folder 16

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, poems, typescript, 20 pp. and index