Manuscripts

Abstract The Arthur Jones collection of Evelyn Waugh materials, 1998-2003, consists of correspondence, research materials, and manuscript drafts related to a biography Jones planned to write about Waugh. Arthur Jones was born in Liverpool, England in 1936 and moved to the United States in 1958 following a stint in the Royal Air Force. Jones joined Forbes magazine in 1969 as the European bureau chief then began his 44 year career with the National...

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The Kit Reed collection, 1987-1989, contains correspondence between Reed's editor and publisher regarding her 1989 book Revision, as well as galley proofs and an edited manuscript of her 1987 book Catholic Girls. Kit Reed was born Lilian Hyde Craig on June 7, 1932 in San Diego, California. She began writing stories as a child. Reed graduated from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 1954.

Abstract The Sister Maura Eichner collection of Samuel Hazo materials, 1961-1972, consists of books of poetry, original manuscripts, magazines, and letters sent by Hazo to Sister Maura Eichner at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Sister Maura Eichner was born May 5, 1915 in New York City. She entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1933 and professed vows in 1936. In 1942, she began teaching English at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and remained a beloved faculty member for the next...

Abstract The Theodore Maynard manuscript collection, 1945-1949, consists of original, edited manuscripts of Maynard's Henry the Eighth and Pillars of the Church books. Theodore Maynard was born in India in 1890 to English, Plymouth Brethren missionaries. In 1911, he read G.K. Chesterton's book, Orthodoxy, and began a three year conversion to Catholicism. Maynard's conversion channeled a strong interest in Catholic...