Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

1. American author Dorothy Thomas (1898-1990), was a prolific short-story writer whose work appeared in numerous periodicals, including The New Yorker, Harper's and The Saturday Evening Post. The collection consists of typescripts of three short stories: "Fire Guard," 27 pp., "Happiness Insurance," 15 pp., and "The Parting," 20 pp., the first two with a few manuscript emendations. Also present is a volume containing Thomas' whimsical line drawings of people in scenes imagined or encountered, including some "modern writers." These are sketched in ink in a dummy copy of Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Wine from These Grapes."

Subject

1. Thomas, Dorothy, 1898-1990
2. American literature -- 20th century
3. Authors, American -- 20th century
4. Short stories, American -- 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Drawings.
2. Manuscripts for publication.
3. Typescripts.

Call number

1. MssCol 4644

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Author

1. Thomas, Dorothy, 1898-1990.

Title

1. Dorothy Thomas typescripts and drawings, undated.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Occupation

1. Authors, American

Research call number

1. MssCol 4644