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Series II. Manuscripts and Notes, 1907-1994
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Scope and Content Notes: This series contains manuscripts of works by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Many of the documents are typescripts; some are handwritten. In some manuscripts, parts of pages are pinned to other pages with straight pins. Pins have been left in place to preserve the edited forms of the manuscripts. Also in this series are notes and notebooks related to Mary Roberts Rinehart's writing. In addition to works by Mary Roberts Rinehart, this series contains manuscripts of adaptations of Mary Roberts Rinehart's works by others. Some folders of notes also contain documents written by people other than Rinehart.
Folders are in alphabetical order by title of work, or by subject in the absence of a title. For manuscripts in which the published title is known and is different from the title on the manuscript, the published title is used, with the draft title noted as an alternate title in the scope and content notes for the folder. Larger manuscripts are in alphabetical order in legal-sized document boxes at the end of the series. Notebooks are housed in the last box of the series.
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Box 2
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"America - 1941"
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"Are Our Women Slackers?", circa 1942
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"Are You Voting This Year?"
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The Avenger. A One Act Play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Stanley Marshall Rinehart
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"Bar Harbor - Before and After"
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The Bat - A Play of Mystery in Three Acts by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood - copy 1, circa 1945
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Original folder note: "as revised by Mary Roberts Rinehart in 1945." |
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The Bat - A Play of Mystery in Three Acts by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood - copy 2, circa 1945
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Original folder note: "as revised by Mary Roberts Rinehart in 1945." |
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The Bat - new adaptation and screenplay by Crane Wilbur
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The Bat - adapted for television by Walter Kerr, 1960
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For "The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries" |
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"Before the Drums Beat"
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"Behind the Scenes with the Charity Ball"
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"Being a 'Good Scout,'" circa 1925
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The Breaking Point, 1923
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"Building a Marriage," circa 1942
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"A Cake for Mr. Hitler: A Tish Story"
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"Can Women Stop Crime?"
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"Capital Punishment"
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"The Country's Stepchildren," 1945
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Box 3
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Dangerous Days scenario
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Continuity by Charles Kenyon. |
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"Dear Mr. President"
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"Dinner for the Ambassador"
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"The Door That Would Not Stay Closed"
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"Dorothy Dresses for Dinner"
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"Drama in Everyday Living," circa 1938
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"The Fallacy of Freedom"
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"The Family Pays the Bill," circa 1935
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"The Girl Who Hated to Fish"
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"God's Fool" scenario
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Continuity by J.G. Hawks. |
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"Going Back" and other articles
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"Hazard" circa 1949
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"Hazard" is the published title. Alternate titles include "Dog-sitter," "One Snowy Night." |
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"The Hero" and "The Tragedy" - notes, circa 1928
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"I Speak for Wives," circa 1937
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Alternate title: "The Case for Wives." |
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"If I Had a Daughter"
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"If Only It Were Yesterday" circa 1949
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Alternate title: "The Perfect Alibi" |
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"The Increasing Repute of the Crime Story"
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"The Inside Story"
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The Lark - original motion picture scenario, 1926
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"The Little Lamp"
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"A Lodge in Some Vast Wildnerness"
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"Looking for the Magic Word"
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"The Mad Hatter's Tea Party"
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"The Man Upstairs," circa 1949
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"Marian's Ghost," 1944
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"The Medical Quick Lunch Counter"
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Box 4
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"The Missing Make-up"
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"Mr. Caswell Looks Out the Window"
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"Mrs. Forsyth and the Milkman," circa 1945
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"My Country, Right or Left, My Country," 1936
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"A New First Lady Becomes Hostess for the Nation"
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Draft title: "A New First Lady Enters The White House." |
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"One Night in Spring"
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"The origin of 'The Dog in the Orchard'"
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"Passing the Theatrical Buck"
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"The Pattern," 1941
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"The Philanderer's Wife"
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Power and Glory - [book review]
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"The Right to Live," 1947
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Saturday Evening Post piece
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"The Second Marriage"
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"Sidney's Wife"
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Draft title: "The Empty Room." |
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Draft title: "The Splinter Clue." |
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"Spreading Christmas Through the Year," 1935
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"Strange Journey: A Tish Story"
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"The Street of Seven Stars" - user copy, pages 1-201
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Box 5
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"The Street of Seven Stars" - user photocopy, pages 202-428
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"The Street of Seven Stars" - user photocopy, pages 440-595
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"The Striking Storks," 1907
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Suffrage and voting
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"Taking the Cure in Europe"
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"Thoughts" column
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Collection of short pieces, some of which were published in Mary Roberts Rinehart's "Thoughts" column in
Ladies' Home Journal, circa 1931-32. |
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Three Weeks by Elinor Glyn - [book review], circa 1955
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"Tish Disposes of a Body: a Tish Story"
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Tish - film adaptation by Annalee Whitmore and Thomas Seller, 1941
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"To Mother, With Love"
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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"Two Clues to Murder"
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"The Uselessness of Fear"
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Washington Naval Conference pieces
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Folder contains "New Ways for Old: War Has Ceased to Be a Profitable Business." |
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Washington Naval Conference pieces
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Folder contains "The End of the Pageant." |
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Washington Naval Conference pieces
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Folder contains "The Evidence Against Japan" and "A Liability or an Asset: Which is Japan to Be?" |
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Washington novel - notes
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Includes manuscript: "Confessions of a Congressman as told to Oliver P. Newman." |
Box 5A
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"The Street of Seven Stars"
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Restricted use: very fragile holograph original. See user photocopy in this series. |
Box 6
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"Welcome Home: A Christmas Story," 1953
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"Who Will be Nominated?"
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Draft title: "Since I Lost My Vote." |
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"Willkie Campaign 1940"
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"Women on a Dude Ranch"
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"The Worst Job in the World," 1931
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Draft title: "The Human Side of the Presidency." Folder includes letter from The White House. |
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"The Young Visitor"
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"Your America, and Mine"
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"Your Child and the Movies"
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Box 7
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"The Burned Chair," circa 1949
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Folder includes memorandum with comments on manuscript. |
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"The Frightened Wife"
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"I Want an Island"
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"The Lighted Candle," 1935
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Folder includes author's proofs. |
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"The Little Red Book," circa 1950
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"The Love Affairs of a Freak"
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"The Night of the Party"
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"Parole Refused," 1951
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Poems and stories
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Some are fragile. Titles include "Moving Day," "The Cat at the Dog Show," "The Paces of Pegasus," "The Mother Tree," "To My Mirror," "The Tragedy of a Tatooed Man," "The New Union," "In De Full O' De Moon," "Lilies for Peace," and "Out on the Hills Away." |
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"The Poisoned Pigeons" - copy 1
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Alternate title: "The Dead Pigeons." Typescript and holograph, with pins. |
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"The Poisoned Pigeons" - copy 2
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Alternate title: "The Dead Pigeons." Typescript. |
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The Spider: A Play in One Act
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Box 8
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"A Time for Living"
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This manuscript of Rinehart's life story was intended for her sons. The content of this hand-written document differs from her published autobiography
My Story. The original manuscript is not located in the collection. However, there is a preservation facsimile available for researcher use. |
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"To My Boys" - typed transcription prepared by Charlotte Macleod, 1994
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Untitled short story
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World War I notes
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World War I notes - diary of a German officer killed at the Yser, 1914
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English translation is included in "No Man's Land" by Mary Roberts Rinehart, published as a magazine article and as chapter 9 of
Kings, Queens and Pawns. |
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World War I notes - meeting with Albert I, King of the Belgians
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Forms the basis of "A Talk With the King of the Belgians" by Mary Roberts Rinehart, published as a magazine article and as chapter 5 of the book
Kings, Queens and Pawns. Folder includes envelope given to Mary Roberts Rinehart by King Albert to write on when she interviewed him; the envelope is referenced in chapter 26 of her autobiography
My Story. |
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World War I notes - report draft
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World War I notes - report notes and draft
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Box 9
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World War I notebook -
The Business Year Book, 1915
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World War I notebook - note pad with cover missing
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World War I notebook -
Reporters' Note Book
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World War I notebook -
Letts's Notebook No. 12
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Notes for stories -
240 Page Composition Book
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"Time for Living" and other notes - brown notebook with black tape binding
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U.S. presidency notes - 2 notepads -
Scratch Book, No. 4026
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Autobiographical notes -
Pocket Notes Memo Book
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Autobiographical notes - brown spiral-bound notebook
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