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ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Mary Roberts Rinehart Papers Creator
Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Collection Number SC.1958.03 Extent
14 Linear Feet
(34 boxes)
Date 1831-1994 Date 1831-1970 Abstract Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a popular and prolific American author in the first half of the 20th century. Best known for her mysteries, Rinehart published poems, short stories, plays, articles, essays, memoirs, romances, and novels. Some of her works were adapted for stage, film, radio, and television. The Mary Roberts Rinehart Papers document her career as a writer, her life, her family, and her travels and activities. Digital reproductions of the collection are available online. Language
English
. Author Alice Doolittle. Completion by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez, Kelly McMasters, and Margaret Huang. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Biography
Mary Roberts Rinehart (née Mary Ella Roberts) was born in 1876 and raised in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, now the North Side of Pittsburgh. Mary and her parents, Thomas (Tom) and Cornelia Roberts, lived with Tom's mother and siblings until Mary's sister Olive was born. At 17, Rinehart enrolled in the Pittsburgh Homeopathic School for Nurses. She drew on her experiences nursing patients in the Pittsburgh Homeopathic Hospital in some of her writing. In 1896, shortly after her graduation from nursing school, she married Stanley Marshall Rinehart, a young doctor. In their house in Allegheny City, Mary Roberts Rinehart managed the household, assisted with Dr. Rinehart's medical practice, and began raising their family of three sons: Stanley Marshall Rinehart Jr., born 1897, Alan Gillespie Rinehart, born 1900, and Frederick "Ted" Roberts Rinehart, born 1902.
In the early 1900's, Rinehart began writing in earnest as a way to contribute to the family's income. The poems and short stories of her early career were published in magazines such as Munsey's Magazine and The All-Story . Her first book, The Circular Staircase , was published in 1908. As her popularity grew so did the family's income, and they moved to a large house in Glen Osborne, Pennsylvania around 1912. In early 1915, Rinehart asked her Saturday Evening Post editor to send her to Europe to report on World War I prior to U.S. involvement. Rinehart toured the Belgian front and interviewed Albert I, King of the Belgians, and Queen Mary of England at a time when very few journalists were granted such access. Rinehart returned to Europe in 1918 to report on the war to the War Department and was in Paris on November 11 when the armistice ended the war.
The Rineharts moved to Washington, D.C. during the winter of 1921-22 when Dr. Rinehart accepted a position with the Veterans' Bureau. There, Rinehart continued to write and also became involved in Washington society, hosting and being hosted by presidents, senators, and ambassadors. In summer the family traveled to their cabin at Eatons' Ranch in Wyoming, a part of the country that Mary fell in love with after being invited to join a horse packing expedition out west in 1916. In 1929 her sons Stan and Ted, along with John Farrar, launched Farrar & Rinehart Publishing Company, which would publish many of her works. Dr. Rinehart died in 1931 after a period of poor health. A few years later, Rinehart relocated to New York City, where she would be closer to her sons and their growing families. In 1937 she purchased a large house in Bar Harbor, Maine, and spent summers there until 1947 when her house burned down in a large fire. Rinehart died in 1958 in New York City at the age of 83. She experienced several episodes of poor health during her life, including breast cancer and coronary thrombosis. Despite this, she lived an active, busy life filled with writing, travel, family, and other pursuits.
More detailed information about Mary Roberts Rinehart's life can be found in her autobiography My Story , published in 1931, and My Story: A New Edition and Seventeen New Years (1948), as well as in Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart by Jan Cohn (1980).
Scope and Content Notes The Mary Roberts Rinehart Papers primarily document the writing, publishing, and producing of her literary and dramatic works. They include manuscripts and notes, contracts with publishers and producers, proofs, correspondence with editors and readers, illustrations, and published works, as well as pens and other tools she used in her writing. A variety of items in several series relate to Rinehart's travels and writing in Europe during World War I. Rinehart's family, her travels, and her homes in Glen Osborne, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Eaton's Ranch, Wyoming, and Bar Harbor, Maine, are also represented in the collection, primarily in correspondence and photographs.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into eight series:
Series I. Personal Documents and Ephemera, 1831-1956
Series II. Manuscripts and Notes, 1907-1994
Series III. Proofs, circa 1933-1957
Series IV. Published Works, 1904-1983
Series V. Contracts and Business Records, 1906-1962
Series VI. Correspondence, 1912-1958
Series VII. Photographs and Artwork, 1875-circa 1948
Series VIII. Realia, 1918-1953
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to the University of Pittsburgh by Mary Roberts Rinehart's sons after her death in 1958.
Previous Citation
Mary Roberts Rinehart Papers, 1831-1970, SC.1958.03, Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Mary Roberts Rinehart Papers, 1831-1970, SC.1958.03, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Processing Information
Preliminary processing of this collection was by Charles Aston, Patty Pologruto, Amy Freedman, and Jonah McAllister-Erickson. Processing was completed in 2012 by Alice Doolittle.
Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of the collection are available online.
Subjects Corporate Names Rinehart & Company, Inc Farrar & Rinehart Personal Names Rinehart, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Stanley Marshall Genres Realia Manuscripts (Documents) Works of art Manuscripts for publication Financial records Correspondence Photographs Other Subjects World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories, American Physicians -- Fiction Medical fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, American -- Women authors Women authors, American -- 20th century World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives World War, 1914-1918 -- Press coverage -- United States Women Personal papers Container List Series I. Personal Documents and Ephemera , 1831-1956 Scope and Content Notes This series contains personal documents, travel documents, awards, family papers, and ephemera collected by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Some of the items are from her travels in Europe during World War I.
Rinehart, Wm. - The Remembrance - 1830 , 1831-1837 Containers box 1 , folder 1 Rinehart family - personal papers , circa 1840, 1869 Containers box 1 , folder 2 Hahnemann Medical College - receipts for S.M. Rinehart , 1889-1891 Containers box 1 , folder 3 Cheer Up program1912 Containers box 1 , folder 4 Board of Trade [U.K.] - Notices to Mariners. For "Foreign-going Ships" , 1914 Containers box 1 , folder 5 Campagne de 1914, Ruines d'Ypres - postcards , 1914 Containers box 1 , folder 6 German documents - prayer / hymn booklet for German soldiers and postcard to a German soldier , 1897, 1914 Containers box 1 , folder 7 Mary Roberts Rinehart's travels in Europe during World War I - menus and other ephemera , 1915, 1918 Containers box 1 , folder 8 Democratic National Convention - press ticket - St. Louis, Missouri , June 14, 1916 Containers box 1 , folder 9 U.S. Department of State - special passport for Mary Roberts Rinehart , October 21, 1918 Containers box 1 , folder 10 The Palisades Manufacturing Company - The Army Doctor in War: His Duties and His Heroism Containers box 1 , folder 11 Item 16. Notebook: "CP Diary" , 1918 Containers box 1 , folder 12 Scope and Content Notes Recovered from observation post during Mary Roberts Rinehart's tour of battle fields in France days after the end of World War I. Referenced in chapter 38 of My Story by Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Edgar Allen Poe Award and Pennsylvania Ambassador Citation , 1949, 1956 Containers box 32 , folder 1 U.S. Department of State - passport issued to Rinehart family to travel to the West Indies and Central and South America , January 21, 1916 Containers box 33 , folder 1 U.S. War Office - commission of Stanley Marshall Rinehart to Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States , August 4, 1917 Containers box 33 , folder 2 Hahnemann Medical College - diploma of Stanley M. Rinehart , 1891 Containers map-case 1 , drawer 7 Series II. Manuscripts and Notes , 1907-1994 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.
"America - 1941" Containers box 2 , folder 1 "Are Our Women Slackers?" , circa 1942 Containers box 2 , folder 2 "Are You Voting This Year?" Containers box 2 , folder 3 The Avenger . A One Act Play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Stanley Marshall RinehartContainers box 2 , folder 4 "Bar Harbor - Before and After" , 1947 Containers box 2 , folder 5 The Bat -A Play of Mystery in Three Acts by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood-copy 1circa 1945 Containers box 2 , folder 6 Scope and Content Notes Original folder note: "as revised by Mary Roberts Rinehart in 1945."
The Bat - A Play of Mystery in Three Acts by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood - copy 2circa 1945 Containers box 2 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes Original folder note: "as revised by Mary Roberts Rinehart in 1945."
The Bat - new adaptation and screenplay by Crane WilburContainers box 2 , folder 8 The Bat - adapted for television by Walter Kerr1960 Containers box 2 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes For "The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries"
"Before the Drums Beat" , 1938 Containers box 2 , folder 10 "Behind the Scenes with the Charity Ball" Containers box 2 , folder 11 "Being a 'Good Scout,'" , circa 1925 Containers box 2 , folder 12 "'Bob' Davis" Containers box 2 , folder 13 The Breaking Point 1923 Containers box 2 , folder 14 "Building a Marriage" , circa 1942 Containers box 2 , folder 15 "A Cake for Mr. Hitler: A Tish Story" , 1941 Containers box 2 , folder 16 "Can Women Stop Crime?" , 1933 Containers box 2 , folder 17 "Capital Punishment" Containers box 2 , folder 18 "The Country's Stepchildren" , 1945 Containers box 2 , folder 19 Dangerous Days scenario1919 Containers box 3 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Continuity by Charles Kenyon.
"Dear Mr. President" Containers box 3 , folder 2 "Dinner for the Ambassador" Containers box 3 , folder 3 "The Door That Would Not Stay Closed" , 1941 Containers box 3 , folder 4 "Dorothy Dresses for Dinner" , 1941 Containers box 3 , folder 5 "Drama in Everyday Living" , circa 1938 Containers box 3 , folder 6 "The Fallacy of Freedom" , 1934 Containers box 3 , folder 7 "The Family Pays the Bill" , circa 1935 Containers box 3 , folder 8 "The Girl Who Hated to Fish" Containers box 3 , folder 9 "God's Fool" scenario , 1919 Containers box 3 , folder 10 Scope and Content Notes Continuity by J.G. Hawks.
"Going Back" and other articles Containers box 3 , folder 11 "Hazard" , circa 1949 Containers box 3 , folder 12 Scope and Content Notes "Hazard" is the published title. Alternate titles include "Dog-sitter," "One Snowy Night."
"The Hero" and "The Tragedy" - notes , circa 1928 Containers box 3 , folder 13 "I Speak for Wives" , circa 1937 Containers box 3 , folder 14 Scope and Content Notes Alternate title: "The Case for Wives."
"If I Had a Daughter" Containers box 3 , folder 15 "If Only It Were Yesterday" , circa 1949 Containers box 3 , folder 16 Scope and Content Notes Alternate title: "The Perfect Alibi"
"The Increasing Repute of the Crime Story" , 1930 Containers box 3 , folder 17 "The Inside Story" Containers box 3 , folder 18 The Lark - original motion picture scenario1926 Containers box 3 , folder 19 "The Little Lamp" , 1913 Containers box 3 , folder 20 "A Lodge in Some Vast Wildnerness" , 1929 Containers box 3 , folder 21 "Looking for the Magic Word" , 1934 Containers box 3 , folder 22 "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party" Containers box 3 , folder 23 "The Man Upstairs" , circa 1949 Containers box 3 , folder 24 "Marian's Ghost" , 1944 Containers box 3 , folder 25 "The Medical Quick Lunch Counter" , 1913 Containers box 3 , folder 26 "The Missing Make-up" Containers box 4 , folder 1 "Mr. Caswell Looks Out the Window" , 1941 Containers box 4 , folder 2 "Mrs. Forsyth and the Milkman" , circa 1945 Containers box 4 , folder 3 "My America" , 1926 Containers box 4 , folder 4 "My Country, Right or Left, My Country" , 1936 Containers box 4 , folder 5 "A New First Lady Becomes Hostess for the Nation" , 1929 Containers box 4 , folder 6 Scope and Content Notes Draft title: "A New First Lady Enters The White House."
"One Night in Spring" , 1941 Containers box 4 , folder 7 "The origin of 'The Dog in the Orchard'" , 1940 Containers box 4 , folder 8 "Our House" , 1942 Containers box 4 , folder 9 "Passing the Theatrical Buck" , 1929 Containers box 4 , folder 10 "The Pattern" , 1941 Containers box 4 , folder 11 "The Philanderer's Wife" , 1938 Containers box 4 , folder 12 Power and Glory - [book review]1940 Containers box 4 , folder 13 "The Right to Live" , 1947 Containers box 4 , folder 14 Roses Containers box 4 , folder 15 Saturday Evening Post pieceContainers box 4 , folder 16 "The Scandal" , 1950 Containers box 4 , folder 17 "The Second Marriage" , 1935 Containers box 4 , folder 18 "The Secret" , 1943 Containers box 4 , folder 19 "Sidney's Wife" , 1906-1908 Containers box 4 , folder 20 "Sophie Kerr" Containers box 4 , folder 21 "The Splinter" , 1954 Containers box 4 , folder 22 Scope and Content Notes Draft title: "The Empty Room."
"The Splinter" Containers box 4 , folder 23 Scope and Content Notes Draft title: "The Splinter Clue."
"Spreading Christmas Through the Year" , 1935 Containers box 4 , folder 24 "Strange Journey: A Tish Story" , 1936 Containers box 4 , folder 25 "The Street of Seven Stars"-user copy, pages 1-201 , 1914 Containers box 4 , folder 26 "The Street of Seven Stars"-user photocopy, pages 202-428 , 1914 Containers box 5 , folder 1 "The Street of Seven Stars"-user photocopy, pages 440-595 , 1914 Containers box 5 , folder 2 "The Striking Storks" , 1907 Containers box 5 , folder 3 Suffrage and voting Containers box 5 , folder 4 "Taking the Cure in Europe" , 1932 Containers box 5 , folder 5 "The Tall Tree" , 1935 Containers box 5 , folder 6 "Thoughts" column , 1931-1932 Containers box 5 , folder 7-10 Scope and Content Notes Collection of short pieces, some of which were published in Mary Roberts Rinehart's "Thoughts" column in Ladies' Home Journal , circa 1931-32.
Three Weeks by Elinor Glyn - [book review]circa 1955 Containers box 5 , folder 11 "Tish Disposes of a Body: a Tish Story" Containers box 5 , folder 12 Tish -film adaptation by Annalee Whitmore and Thomas Seller1941 Containers box 5 , folder 13 "To Mother, With Love" Containers box 5 , folder 14 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Containers box 5 , folder 15 "Two Clues to Murder" Containers box 5 , folder 16 "The Uselessness of Fear" , 1935 Containers box 5 , folder 17 Washington Naval Conference pieces Containers box 5 , folder 18 Scope and Content Notes Folder contains "New Ways for Old: War Has Ceased to Be a Profitable Business."
Washington Naval Conference pieces Containers box 5 , folder 19 Scope and Content Notes Folder contains "The End of the Pageant."
Washington Naval Conference pieces Containers box 5 , folder 20 Scope and Content Notes Folder contains "The Evidence Against Japan" and "A Liability or an Asset: Which is Japan to Be?"
Washington novel - notes Containers box 5 , folder 21 Scope and Content Notes Includes manuscript: "Confessions of a Congressman as told to Oliver P. Newman."
"The Street of Seven Stars" Containers box 5A , folder 1-3 Scope and Content Notes Restricted use: very fragile holograph original. See user photocopy in this series.
"Welcome Home: A Christmas Story" , 1953 Containers box 6 , folder 1 "Who Will be Nominated?" , 1932 Containers box 6 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Draft title: "Since I Lost My Vote."
"Willkie Campaign 1940" , 1940 Containers box 6 , folder 3 "Women on a Dude Ranch" , 1927 Containers box 6 , folder 4 "The Worst Job in the World" , 1931 Containers box 6 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes Draft title: "The Human Side of the Presidency." Folder includes letter from The White House.
"The Young Visitor" , 1937 Containers box 6 , folder 6 "Your America, and Mine" , 1932 Containers box 6 , folder 7 "Your Child and the Movies" , 1931 Containers box 6 , folder 8 "The Burned Chair" , circa 1949 Containers box 7 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Folder includes memorandum with comments on manuscript.
"The Frightened Wife" , 1953 Containers box 7 , folder 2 "Great House" Containers box 7 , folder 3 "I Want an Island" Containers box 7 , folder 4 "The Lighted Candle" , 1935 Containers box 7 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes Folder includes author's proofs.
"The Little Red Book" , circa 1950 Containers box 7 , folder 6 "The Love Affairs of a Freak" , 1906 Containers box 7 , folder 7 "The Night of the Party" Containers box 7 , folder 8 "Parole Refused" , 1951 Containers box 7 , folder 9 Poems and stories Containers box 7 , folder 10 Scope and Content Notes 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."
"The Poisoned Pigeons" - copy 1 Containers box 7 , folder 11 Scope and Content Notes Alternate title: "The Dead Pigeons." Typescript and holograph, with pins.
"The Poisoned Pigeons" - copy 2 Containers box 7 , folder 12 Scope and Content Notes Alternate title: "The Dead Pigeons." Typescript.
The Spider : A Play in One ActContainers box 7 , folder 13 "A Time for Living" Containers box 8 , folder 1 "To My Boys" Containers box 8 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes 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.
"To My Boys"-typed transcription prepared by Charlotte Macleod , 1994 Containers box 8 , folder 3 Untitled short story Containers box 8 , folder 4 World War I notes Containers box 8 , folder 5 World War I notes-diary of a German officer killed at the Yser , 1914 Containers box 8 , folder 6 Scope and Content Notes 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 .
World War I notes - meeting with Albert I, King of the Belgians Containers box 8 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes 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 .
World War I notes - report draft Containers box 8 , folder 8 World War I notes - report notes and draft Containers box 8 , folder 9 World War I notebook - The Business Year Book , 1915 Containers box 9 , folder 1 World War I notebook - note pad with cover missing Containers box 9 , folder 2 World War I notebook - Reporters' Note Book Containers box 9 , folder 3 World War I notebook - Letts's Notebook No. 12 Containers box 9 , folder 4 Notes for stories - 240 Page Composition Book Containers box 9 , folder 5 "Time for Living" and other notes - brown notebook with black tape binding Containers box 9 , folder 6 U.S. presidency notes - 2 notepads - Scratch Book, No. 4026 Containers box 9 , folder 7 Autobiographical notes - Pocket Notes Memo Book Containers box 9 , folder 8 Autobiographical notes - brown spiral-bound notebook Containers box 9 , folder 9 Series III. Proofs , circa 1933-1957 Scope and Content Notes This series contains galley proofs and plate proofs of stories and books by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Folders are in alphabetical order by title of work.
"The Inside Story" , 1934 Containers box 10 , folder 1 "The Little General" Containers box 10 , folder 2 The Mary Roberts Rinehart Crime Book -front matter design sheets1957 Containers box 10 , folder 3 The Mary Roberts Rinehart Crime Book -galley proofs, front matter and pages 1-1991957 Containers box 10 , folder 4 The Mary Roberts Rinehart Crime Book -plate proofs-front matter to page 200-5051957 Containers box 10 , folder 5 The Mary Roberts Rinehart Crime Book -plate proofs-pages 1-2001957 Containers box 10 , folder 6 The Mary Roberts Rinehart Crime Book -plate proofs-pages 201-5051957 Containers box 11 , folder 1 "The Mouse: A Tish Story" Containers box 11 , folder 2 The State versus Elinor Norton circa 1933 Containers box 11 , folder 3 "Those That Wait" Containers box 11 , folder 4 "Tish Goes to Jail" Containers box 11 , folder 5 "The Uselessness of Fear" Containers box 11 , folder 6 Series IV. Published Works , 1904-1983 Scope and Content Notes This series contains published works by and about Mary Roberts Rinehart. Most items are clippings from magazines; the series also includes booklets and issues of magazines.
Subseries 1. Works by Mary Roberts Rinehart , 1904-1983 Scope and Content Notes This subseries contains published works written by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Works include romance and crime stories, commentaries and opinion pieces, and autobiographical sketches and travel articles. Clippings are primarily from magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post , Hearst's International - Cosmopolitan , Harper's Bazaar , Good Housekeeping , Ladies' Home Journal , Munsey's Magazine , All-Story Magazine , and The American Magazine . Also in this series are two scrapbooks containing clippings of Mary Roberts Rinehart's early published works.
Works are in alphabetical order by title, primarily grouped in folders by first letter of title. Longer serial works and magazine issues are in their own folders with the full title of the work, in alphabetical order with the other folders. Larger items are in alphabetical order by title of work in an oversize box, Box 32.
A , 1907-1941 Containers box 12 , folder 1 B , 1914-1943 Containers box 12 , folder 2 C , 1906-1944 Containers box 12 , folder 3 "Case is Closed" , 1951 Containers box 12 , folder 4 "Code No. 31" in The Saturday Evening Post vol. 225 no. 4-5 , 1983 Containers box 12 , folder 5 D , 1912-1945 Containers box 12 , folder 6 E , 1930-1945 Containers box 12 , folder 7 F , 1908-1953 Containers box 12 , folder 8 "Four A.M." , 1948 Containers box 12 , folder 9 G , 1910-1932 Containers box 12 , folder 10 "The Great Mistake" , 1940 Containers box 12 , folder 11 H , 1908-1950 Containers box 12 , folder 12 I-J , 1909-1950 Containers box 13 , folder 1 L , 1907-1942 Containers box 13 , folder 2 M , 1908-1949 Containers box 13 , folder 3 Mary Roberts Rinehart: A Sketch of the Woman and Her Work Containers box 13 , folder 4 Scope and Content Notes Includes "My Creed" and "The Detective Story" by Mary Roberts Rinehart and articles by Grant Overton about Mary Roberts Rinehart and her work.
"Mary Roberts Rinehart Shows How Truth is Stranger Than Fiction" - user photocopies Containers box 13 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes Promotional piece about "The After House." Oversize original is in Map Case 1 Drawer 7 in Special Collections Department.
"Miss Pinkerton" , 1932 Containers box 13 , folder 6 "My Story" , 1930-1931 Containers box 13 , folder 7 "The Woman Who Was Myself" , 1930-1931 Containers box 13 , folder 8 Scope and Content Notes Excerpts from "My Story." Includes "Mary Roberts Rinehart's Place in American Fiction" by Grant Overton and a bibliography.
N , 1926-1929 Containers box 13 , folder 9 O , 1916-1944 Containers box 13 , folder 10 P , 1907-1953 Containers box 13 , folder 11 Q-R , 1908-1926 Containers box 13 , folder 12 S , 1907-1950 Containers box 13 , folder 13 Ta-Th , 1910-1953 Containers box 13 , folder 14 "Nat i storbyen" ["That is All"] in Uge-Revyen Nr. 43, 44, 45. 11 Argang , 1953 Containers box 14 , folder 1 "Thoughts" column , circa 1931-1932 Containers box 14 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Collection of short pieces for Mary Roberts Rinehart's "Thoughts" column in Ladies' Home Journal . Most columns have the heading "Thoughts," with subheadings for individual articles within. Other titles of the column include "Put Your Money to Work And Other Thoughts" and "What We Do With Our Tax Money And Other Thoughts."
To-Tw , 1906-1943 Containers box 14 , folder 3 "Twenty-three and a Half Hours' Leave" - shorthand - in The Gregg Writer vol XLIV no. 8 , 1948 Containers box 14 , folder 4 Scope and Content Notes Issue also includes "From History to Mysteries" by Lawrence David Brennan about Mary Roberts Rinehart's secretary, William Sladen.
"Two Army Christmases" in U.S. Army Recruiting News vol. 2 no. 52 , December 25, 1920 Containers box 14 , folder 5 "Two Flights Up" , 1926 Containers box 14 , folder 6 U-V , 1908-1912 Containers box 14 , folder 7 W , 1926-1939 Containers box 14 , folder 8 "The Wall" , 1938 Containers box 14 , folder 9 Y , 1910-1937 Containers box 14 , folder 10 Brown scrap book - clippings of published poems and stories , 1904-1905 Containers box 14 , folder 11 Red scrapbook - clippings of published stories , 1905 Containers box 14 , folder 12 Scope and Content Notes Photostatic copy of "The Detective Story," a poem by Mary Roberts Rinehart, is inserted.
"Dorothy klæder sig om til middag, af" ["Dorothy Dresses for Dinner"] in Hjemmet nr. 8 , February 22, 1955 Containers box 32 , folder 2 "The Frightened Wife" - first of four parts - in The Saturday Evening Post vol. 225 no. 33 , February 14, 1953 Containers box 32 , folder 3 "Het testament van een jonge vrouw" ["The Frightened Wife"] in Panorama 40ste Jaarg. no 45 , November 6, 1953 Containers box 32 , folder 4 "I går var som en lycklig dröm" in Vårt hem Nummer 47 Argang 30 , November 19, 1950 Containers box 32 , folder 5 "Klockan 4 på morgonen" in Vårt hem Nummer 37 Argang 31 , September 16, 1951 Containers box 32 , folder 6 "Phoenix in New England" in Town & Country vol. 103 no. 4322 , July 1949 Containers box 32 , folder 7 "Skandalen" in Vårt hem Nummer 48 Argang 30 , November 26, 1950 Containers box 32 , folder 8 "The Woman Behind the Soldier" in McClure's vol. 50 no. 6 , April 1918 Containers box 32 , folder 9 "Mary Roberts Rinehart Shows How Truth is Stranger than Fiction" Containers map-case 1 , drawer 7 Scope and Content Notes Oversize, fragile. See user photocopies also in this series.
Subseries 2. Works about Mary Roberts Rinehart , 1916-1968 Scope and Content Notes This subseries contains clippings of articles written about Mary Roberts Rinehart. Larger clippings and magazines are housed in an oversize box, Box 32.
Alger, Edwin - "Who's Behind the Name" , November 8, 1930 Containers box 15 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Transcript of radio broadcast on Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Clemens, Cyril- "A Visit to Mary Roberts Rinehart" in Biography vol. 8 no. 47 , 1936-1937 Containers box 15 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Includes draft manuscript and letter from Cyril Clemens.
Landon, Joseph-"Rinehart Novel Appeal" , August 5, 1957 Containers box 15 , folder 3 Scope and Content Notes Television script about Mary Roberts Rinehart's writing of The After House , for the Bell System's Telephone Time program on ABC-TV. Includes photographs of Claudette Colbert as Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Young, JoAnn-"Mary Roberts Rinehart's Psychic Adventures" in Fate vol. 12 no. 9 iss. 114 , 1959 Containers box 15 , folder 4 Articles about Mary Roberts Rinehart , 1916-1938 Containers box 15 , folder 5 Articles about Mary Roberts Rinehart Containers box 15 , folder 6 Magazines with articles about Mary Roberts Rinehart , 1931-1932 Containers box 15 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes Contains issues of Save the Surface Magazine , The Writer , The Writer's Own Magazine .
Magazines with articles about Mary Roberts Rinehart , 1950, 1958 Containers box 15 , folder 8 Scope and Content Notes Contains issues of Cue , Current Biography , Nursing World .
Material related to planned television program about Mary Roberts Rinehart , 1966-1968 Containers box 15 , folder 9-12 Scope and Content Notes Notes, scripts, and correspondence between Tom Ashwell, KDKA-TV producer, and Rinehart sons. Program was never produced. Material donated to University of Pittsburgh by Gordon Ramsey, 1972.
Articles by and about Stanley M. Rinehart, Jr. , 1936, 1954 Containers box 15 , folder 13 Scope and Content Notes Contains issue of Current Biography
Hellman, Geoffrey T.-"Mary Roberts Rinehart" in Life vol. 20 no. 8 , February 25, 1946 Containers box 32 , folder 10 Palmer, Gretta - "I Had Cancer" in Ladies' Home Journal vol. LXIV no. 7 , July 1947 Containers box 32 , folder 11 Clippings of articles about Mary Roberts Rinehart , 1927-1934 Containers box 32 , folder 12 Clippings of articles about Mary Roberts Rinehart , 1934-1938 Containers box 32 , folder 13 Scope and Content Notes Includes issue of Saturday Review of Literature , undated clippings, and milk carton with Mary Roberts Rinehart biography.
Series V. Contracts and Business Records , 1906-1962 Scope and Content Notes This series comprises contracts assigning rights to Mary Roberts Rinehart's works. Documents pertain to serial rights, book publication rights, foreign publication and translation rights, dramatization rights, dramatic production rights, motion picture rights, radio broadcast rights, and television rights. Agreements are between Mary Roberts Rinehart and various companies and individuals, which are generally listed in the scope and content note for each folder. Included with contracts are related correspondence, statements of payment, and other documents. Also included in this series are business records of Mary Roberts Rinehart that record works sold, rights sold, and prices.
Magazine publishing and serial rights , 1921-1924 Containers box 16 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Parties include McClure's Magazine, Inc., Maximilian Elser for Metropolitan Newspaper Service, Robert H. Davis for The Frank A. Munsey Company.
Publication and dramatic rights assigned to The Bobbs-Merrill Company , 1909-1913 Containers box 16 , folder 2 Publishing rights assigned to Houghton Mifflin Company , 1913-1918 Containers box 16 , folder 3 Book publishing rights assigned to George H. Doran Company and Doubleday, Doran & Company , 1915-1928 Containers box 16 , folder 4 Scope and Content Notes Includes contract with Stanley M. Rinehart.
Publication rights asigned to Farrar & Rinehart and Rinehart and Co. , 1929-1952 Containers box 16 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes Includes one book publishing agreement with The Writer, Inc., 1939.
Book publication rights in Great Britain , 1915-1950 Containers box 16 , folder 6 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Smith Elder & Co., Hodder and Stoughton, Cassell & Company, Farrar & Rinehart, Rinehart & Co.
Foreign publication and translation rights , 1915-1944 Containers box 16 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Curtis Brown, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Ullstein Verlag, Casa Editrice A. Monadori, Palladis R.T., Albert Bonnier.
Agreements with Mrs. H.C. (Beatrice) DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, and the DeMille Company regarding dramatic works , 1906-1912 Containers box 16 , folder 8 Dramatization and dramatic production rights , 1906-1916 Containers box 16 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes Parties include T.M. Harton and George M. Harton, C.M. Blanchard and H.W. Brown, Mrs. H.C. DeMille for "Rinehart Roberts" (Mary Roberts Rinehart pseudonym), Henry B. Harris, the Office of Winthrop Ames.
Motion picture rights , 1915-1919 Containers box 16 , folder 10 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, George H. Doran, Famous Players Film Company, Paramount Pictures, Inc., R.L. Giffen, Samuel Goldwyn, Rex Beach, Eminent Authors Pictures, Inc.
Motion picture rights , 1924-1947 Containers box 16 , folder 11 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, First National Pictures Inc., Arthur Maude, Douglas MacLean, Fox Film Corporation, Warner Bros. First National Productions Limited.
Motion picture rights assigned to Warner Bros. Pictures for "One Hour of Glory" and "The Dog in the Orchard" , 1940-1941 Containers box 16 , folder 12 Radio broadcast agreements for The Trumpet Sounds and The Window at the White Cat , 1910-1941 Containers box 16 , folder 13 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Stephens College, Farrar & Rinehart, Funk & Wagnalls Company, Knox Reeves Advertising, Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Television rights , 1952-1956 Containers box 16 , folder 14 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Nathan Kroll, CBS Television, Columbia Broadcasting System, MCA, Curtis Brown, Bischoff-Diamond Corporation, Mercury Publications, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
Dramatic production and motion picture rights to The Amazing Interlude , 1918-1940 Containers box 17 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Edward E. Rose, Klaw & Erlanger, George C. Tyler, Frank C. Reilly
Dramatic production and motion picture rights to The Bat , 1920-1952 Containers box 17 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Avery Hopwood, Lincoln Wagenhals, Collin Kemper, Wagenhals & Kemper, Anna Belle Elliot, Samuel French, Harry Brand, Art Cinema Corporation, Trans-Canada Theatres.
Dramatic production and motion picture rights to The Breaking Point , 1923 Containers box 17 , folder 3 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Wagenhals & Kemper, Lincoln A. Wagenhals, Collin Kemper, Caroline F. Wagenhals, Louise B. Kemper, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
Publication, motion picture, and radio broadcast rights to The Circular Staircase , 1908-1956 Containers box 17 , folder 4 Scope and Content Notes Parties include The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Selig Polyscope Company, The George H. Doran Company, CBS Television.
Correspondence and agreements related to motion picture rights to The Circular Staircase held by Selig Polyscope Company , 1913-1922 Containers box 17 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes Correspondents include Mary Roberts Rinehart, Stanley Marshall Rinehart, George H. Doran, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, R.L. Giffen for Alice Kauser, Wagenhals & Kemper.
Motion picture rights to Long Live the King assigned to Jackie Coogan Productions , 1923, 1955 Containers box 17 , folder 6 Scope and Content Notes Includes related correspondence and clipping.
Motion picture rights to Miss Pinkerton assigned to Warner Bros. Pictures and United Artists Associates , 1932, 1959 Containers box 17 , folder 7 Dramatization and dramatic production rights to Seven Days , 1909-1931 Containers box 17 , folder 8 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Avery Hopwood, Mrs. H.C. DeMille, Wagenhals & Kemper Company, Selwyn & Company, A. Folmer Hansen, Samuel French.
Book publishing, motion picture, and radio broadcast rights to various "Tish" works , 1911-1962 Containers box 17 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes Parties include The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Houghton Mifflin Company, George H. Doran Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, Loew's Incorporated, Edward Rose, Augustus Pitou. Also contains correspondence.
Dramatization and dramatic production rights to various "Tish" works , 1918, 1938 Containers box 17 , folder 10 Scope and Content Notes Parties include Edward E. Rose, Augustus Pitou, Inc., Samuel French.
Documents related to incorporation and dissolution of Mary Roberts Rinehart Incorporated , 1923-1929 Containers box 17 , folder 11 Scope and Content Notes Includes tax returns and correspondence.
Index cards recording the rights to works by Mary Roberts Rinehart Containers box 18 , carton 1 A-F Containers box 18 , folder 1 G-R Containers box 18 , folder 2 S-Y Containers box 18 , folder 3 Notebook recording sales of early works , 1904-1905 Containers box 18 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Notebook was in an envelope with fountain pen. Pen and envelope are in Realia series; photocopy of of explanatory note from envelope is with notebook.
Lists of works with information on rights, use, and potential use , 1926-1938 Containers box 18 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Folder also contains two certificates of copyright registration.
Series VI. Correspondence , 1912-1958 Scope and Content Notes This series includes professional and personal correspondence between Mary Roberts Rinehart and various individuals. Rinehart spent a great deal of time responding to her mail. The series contains carbon copies of many letters written by Rinehart, as well as letters written by Dr. Rinehart and by Rinehart's long-time secretary William Sladen on her behalf. Much of the correspondence is between Rinehart and editors and publishers with whom she had professional relationships over several years, such as George Lorimer of The Saturday Evening Post , Loring Schuler of Ladies' Home Journal , and her sons Stan and Ted Rinehart of Farrar & Rinehart. Also included are letters from readers, some of whom were also public figures in their own right. Highlights include letters from Theordore Roosevelt, other U.S. presidents and their wives, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
A , 1920-1951 Containers box 19 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes George Ade, Franklin P. Adams, Adrian College, American Foundation for the Blind, American Merchant Marine Library Association, American Nurses' Association, Arlington National Cemetery
"The After House" , 1914 Containers box 19 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Includes correspondence between Thomas M.C. Bram and Roger L. Scaife.
Alice Kauser , 1915-1930 Containers box 19 , folder 3 Scope and Content Notes Bulk of correspondence is from R.L. Giffen, Manager, Alice Kauser Motion Picture Department.
Alice Kauser , 1919-1920 Containers box 19 , folder 4 Scope and Content Notes Primarily royalty statements from R.L. Giffen, Manager, Alice Kauser Motion Picture Department.
The Amazing Interlude 1926-1929 Containers box 19 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes Primarily correspondence with Frank C. Reilly. Includes clippings.
American Play Company , 1928-1938 Containers box 19 , folder 6 Ames, Winthrop , 1913-1917 Containers box 19 , folder 7 Ba - Be , 1920-1953 Containers box 19 , folder 8 Scope and Content Notes "Bab" television rights, Irving Bacheller, Belgian medal
Baldwin, Faith , 1948-1956 Containers box 19 , folder 9 Bar Harbor , 1940-1954 Containers box 19 , folder 10 The Bat 1919-1921 Containers box 19 , folder 11 Scope and Content Notes Primarily correspondence with and royalty statements from Wagenhals & Kemper.
The Bat 1921-1922 Containers box 19 , folder 12 Scope and Content Notes Primarily correspondence with and royalty statements from Wagenhals & Kemper.
The Bat 1932-1954 Containers box 19 , folder 13 Scope and Content Notes Primarily royalty statements from Samuel French and Co-National Plays.
The Bat 1920-1953 Containers box 19 , folder 14 Scope and Content Notes Primarily clippings and programs.
Beach, Rex , 1917 Containers box 20 , folder 1 Belasco, David , 1914-1918 Containers box 20 , folder 2 Bl - Bu , 1915-1956 Containers box 20 , folder 3 Scope and Content Notes Maud Ballington Booth, Harold "Hal" Boyle, A.L. Burt Company.
Breen, F.S. and Carolyn/Caroline , 1920-1921 Containers box 20 , folder 4 C , 1919-1956 Containers box 20 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes James Branch Cabell, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Howard Chandler Christy, Irvin S. Cobb, Conference on Crime, George Creel.
Chapman, William Gerard , 1919-1943 Containers box 20 , folder 6 "The Confession" , 1912 Containers box 20 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes Folder includes handwritten confession on which the story is based.
Coolidge, Calvin , October 26, 1923 Containers box 20 , folder 8 Coolidge, Grace (Mrs. Calvin) , 1924-1929 Containers box 20 , folder 9 Cosmopolitan 1937-1946 Containers box 20 , folder 10 Scope and Content Notes Primarily correspondence from Percy Waxman.
Curtis Brown International Publishing Bureau , 1914-1915 Containers box 20 , folder 11 Curtis Brown International Publishing Bureau , 1915-1916 Containers box 20 , folder 12 Curtis Brown International Publishing Bureau , 1916-1917 Containers box 20 , folder 13 Curtis Brown International Publishing Bureau , 1918-1920 Containers box 20 , folder 14 D , 1918-1954 Containers box 20 , folder 15 Scope and Content Notes Richard Harding Davis, Frank Dazey, George H. Doran, Arthur Conan Doyle.
Davis, George N. , 1940-1950 Containers box 20 , folder 16 Davis, Robert H. "Bob" , 1920-1921 Containers box 20 , folder 17 DeMille, Mrs. H.C. (Beatrice) and Cecil B. , 1913-1921 Containers box 20 , folder 18 Disarmament conference , 1921 Containers box 20 , folder 19 Scope and Content Notes Conference is also known as Washington Naval Conference and other names. Folder includes clippings of articles by Mary Roberts Rinehart.
The Door 1930-1931 Containers box 20 , folder 20 Scope and Content Notes Primarily excerpts from fan mail.
E , 1931-1956 Containers box 20 , folder 21 Scope and Content Notes George Eastman, Ekco Products Company, Ely (information about the Rinehart's Washington, D.C. house).
Eisenhower, Dwight , November 9, 1956 Containers box 20 , folder 22 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine 1941-1954 Containers box 20 , folder 23 Essanay Film Manufacturing Company , 1914 Containers box 20 , folder 24 F , 1920-1953 Containers box 21 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Mrs. Albert B. Fall, Federal World Government, Finnish Relief Fund, flying saucers (Edward R. Murrow radio broadcast transcript), French Society of Authors and Composers (Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatique), Frick Art Reference Library.
Farrar & Rinehart , 1934-1945 Containers box 21 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Stanley M. Rinehart Jr., Frederick R. Rinehart (Mary Roberts Rinerhart's sons); John Farrar.
"Finders Keepers" , 1927 Containers box 21 , folder 3 G , 1921-1956 Containers box 21 , folder 4 Scope and Content Notes Alumni Association of George Washington University, Girl Scouts of the United States of America, Denis Green, The Grolier Society, Frank Gruber.
Good Housekeeping 1929-1932 Containers box 21 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes Arthur McKeogh, W. F. Bigelow
Good Housekeeping 1932-1945 Containers box 21 , folder 6 Scope and Content Notes Arthur McKeogh, W. F. Bigelow.
"The Great Mistake" , 1940-1941 Containers box 21 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes Primarily letters from readers, including Zachariah Chafee Jr., George Creel, and Edward Dermot Doyle.
Ha - Hel , 1920-1956 Containers box 21 , folder 8 Scope and Content Notes Moss Hart, Health Colony Club of Pittsburgh, William Randolph Hearst.
Her - Hu , 1919-1956 Containers box 21 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes Joseph Hergesheimer, Louis W. Hill, Frank S. Hogan, Reverend Alleyne Howell.
Hoover, Herbert , 1931-1958 Containers box 21 , folder 10 Scope and Content Notes Includes Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover) and The Hoover Institute and Library.
Hopwood, Avery , 1913-1921 Containers box 21 , folder 11-12 Inaugural Committee , 1929 Containers box 21 , folder 13 J , 1927-1956 Containers box 21 , folder 14 Scope and Content Notes Will James, Junior Literary Guild.
Johnston, Agnes Christine , 1949-1951 Containers box 21 , folder 15 K , 1916-1950 Containers box 21 , folder 16 Scope and Content Notes Kauffman's Department Store, W. Langdon Kihn.
King Features Syndicate , 1939 Containers box 21 , folder 17 L , 1915-1954 Containers box 21 , folder 18 Scope and Content Notes Includes Library of Congress library card, Martin Lamont / Lamont Cinevision, Herbert Lehman, Harold Lloyd, Longines-Wittnauer Watch Company.
Ladies' Home Journal 1917-1931 Containers box 22 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Loring Schuler.
Ladies' Home Journal 1931-1947 Containers box 22 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Loring Schuler.
Ma - Mc , 1929-1954 Containers box 22 , folder 3 Scope and Content Notes University of Maine, Bank of the Manhattan Company, Mark Twain Society.
MacDonald, Roberta, Ruby, and Sydney , 1922-1956 Containers box 22 , folder 4 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation , 1934-1941 Containers box 22 , folder 5 Mi - My , 1939-1956 Containers box 22 , folder 6 Scope and Content Notes Edward R. Murrow, Mystery Writers of America.
Moore, Martin L. and Eva , 1952-1954 Containers box 22 , folder 7 N , 1920-1953 Containers box 22 , folder 8 Scope and Content Notes National Tuberculosis Association, Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin (Anne Paul Nevin), The New England Society of Pennsylvania. Letter from Dr. Stanley J.G. Nowak includes Mary Roberts Rinehart's medical history.
Navy Department , 1917-1918 Containers box 22 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes Josephus Daniels, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Lord Northcliffe , 1915-1930 Containers box 22 , folder 10 Nursing and Red Cross , 1915, 1918 Containers box 22 , folder 11 Scope and Content Notes Croix Rouge de Belgique, American Red Cross, Pittsburgh Training School for Nurses.
O , 1919, 1952 Containers box 22 , folder 12 Scope and Content Notes [Includes correspondence with lawyer about will.]
P , 1918-1956 Containers box 22 , folder 13 Scope and Content Notes Frederick G. Payne, Pennsylvania State Museum, People's Foundation, John Pershing, William Lyon Phelps, ZaSu Pitts, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Plaza Art Auction Rooms, Reginald Pound.
Paramount Pictures , 1947 Containers box 22 , folder 14 The Parker Pen Company , 1930-1953 Containers box 22 , folder 15 Public Domain Commission , 1929-1933 Containers box 22 , folder 16 Scope and Content Notes Full name of commission is Commission on the Conservation and Administration of the Public Domain. Folder includes letter from Herbert Hoover.
R , 1931-1956 Containers box 22 , folder 17 Scope and Content Notes Rinehart, Roberts, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Rolls Royce.
Roberts family history , 1913-1921 Containers box 23 , folder 1 Roosevelt, Theodore , 1916-1918 Containers box 23 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Folder includes autograph letter signed by Theodore Roosevelt, typescript, proof, communications from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (Mrs. Douglas Robinson).
Sa - Si , 1931-1954 Containers box 23 , folder 3 Scope and Content Notes Rafael Sabatini, Salvation Army, Mrs. J. Verner Scaife (Mary), Sherry Netherland Hotel.
Sm - Sw , 1936-1954 Containers box 23 , folder 4 Scope and Content Notes Social Register Association, Social Security Agency, Lawrence E. Spivak, State Department.
Saturday Evening Post 1913 Containers box 23 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes George Lorimer, Churchill Williams.
Saturday Evening Post 1914 Containers box 23 , folder 6 Saturday Evening Post 1915 Containers box 23 , folder 7 Saturday Evening Post 1916 Containers box 23 , folder 8 Saturday Evening Post 1917 Containers box 23 , folder 9 Saturday Evening Post 1917-1922 Containers box 23 , folder 10 Saturday Evening Post 1923-1925 Containers box 23 , folder 11 Saturday Evening Post 1926-1927 Containers box 24 , folder 1 Saturday Evening Post 1927-1929 Containers box 24 , folder 2 Saturday Evening Post 1930-1933 Containers box 24 , folder 3 Saturday Evening Post 1933-1936 Containers box 24 , folder 4 Saturday Evening Post 1937-1940 Containers box 24 , folder 5 Saturday Evening Post 1941-1949 Containers box 24 , folder 6 Saturday Evening Post 1952-1954 Containers box 24 , folder 7 Saturday Evening Post - payment statements1919-1949 Containers box 24 , folder 8 Schwebel, Jacob J. , 1923-1950 Containers box 24 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes Jacob J. Schwebel was the attorney for Avery Hopwood's estate. Folder includes correspondence with Wagenhals & Kemper, Samuel French, Farrar & Rinehart; some documentation of Rinehart v. Kemper lawsuit.
Selwyn & Company , 1914-1917 Containers box 24 , folder 10 Seven Days 1914-1940 Containers box 24 , folder 11 Scope and Content Notes Folder includes correspondence with Jacob J. Schwebel, Elizabeth Marbury, Wagenhals & Kemper, American Play Company.
A scrapbook of clippings of reviews of Seven Days , titled What the Newspapers Say of Seven Days , is shelved in Special Collections, call number PS3535.I73 .S4 1909.
Spadea Syndicate / James V. Spadea , 1953-1954 Containers box 24 , folder 12 Spiritualism , 1921-1926 Containers box 24 , folder 13 Scope and Content Notes Transcripts and notes from seances.
Spiritualism , 1924-1930 Containers box 25 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Includes correspondence with Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Dennis Bradley.
T , 1948-1954 Containers box 25 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Admiral Robert A. Theobald, Theta Sigma Phi.
"Tish" stories , 1938-1943 Containers box 25 , folder 3 Scope and Content Notes Fan mail, review, business correspondence.
"The Trumpet Sounds" , 1926-1931 Containers box 25 , folder 4 "Twenty-three and a Half Hours' Leave" , 1928-1938 Containers box 25 , folder 5 Two Flights Up 1927-1928 Containers box 25 , folder 6 U , 1948, 1953 Containers box 25 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes United World Federalists, Useppa Island Club.
Unknown Containers box 25 , folder 8 Wa - Wil , 1944-1954 Containers box 25 , folder 9 Wagenhals & Kemper , 1913-1923 Containers box 25 , folder 10 Wagenhals & Kemper , 1921-1934 Containers box 25 , folder 11 Wagenhals & Kemper , 1922 Containers box 25 , folder 12 Wagenhals & Kemper , 1922-1923 Containers box 25 , folder 13 Watkins, Ann / Ann Watkins, Inc. , 1925-1931 Containers box 26 , folder 1 Wis - Wy , 1922-1953 Containers box 26 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Fred A. Wish, World Government News.
World War I , 1915-1918 Containers box 26 , folder 3 World War I , 1917-1918 Containers box 26 , folder 4 World War I , 1915-1920 Containers box 26 , folder 5 World War I , 1916-1918 Containers box 26 , folder 6 World War I , 1915, 1918 Containers box 26 , folder 7 World War I-permits and passes , 1915, 1918 Containers box 26 , folder 8 World War I-internal army report on observation trip in France , March 9, 1918 Containers box 26 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes "Report of Observation Trip through S.O.R." to Major Genearl Edwin F. Glenn from Assistant to Chief of Staff, 83d Div., N.A.
World War I , 1918 Containers box 26 , folder 10 Scope and Content Notes Includes photographs, itinerary for tour of hospitals and other facilities.
World War I-Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart , 1917-1918 Containers box 26 , folder 11 Scope and Content Notes Primarily correspondence received by Dr. Rinehart while serving in the U.S. Army.
World War I - family correspondence , 1917-1918 Containers box 27 , folder 1-4 World War II , 1942 Containers box 27 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes Writers' War Board / Writers' War Committee, U.S. Treasury Department.
World War II , 1942-1943 Containers box 27 , folder 6 Scope and Content Notes Writers' War Board, Office of War Information.
World War II , 1943-1944 Containers box 27 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes Writers' War Board.
World War II , 1944-1946 Containers box 27 , folder 8 Scope and Content Notes Writers' War Board, National War Fund.
Y , 1941-1950 Containers box 27 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes Yeatman family - Robert, Martin, Sylvia, Harry.
The Yellow Room 1945-1946 Containers box 27 , folder 10 Scope and Content Notes Letters to and from readers.
Series VII. Photographs and Artwork , 1875-circa 1948 Scope and Content Notes This series contains photographs, drawings, prints, and paintings. Subjects include Mary Roberts Rinehart and her family, other individuals, buildings, and places. The drawings, prints, and paintings are primarily illustrations for Mary Roberts Rinehart's works.
Subseries 1. Photographs and Illustrations , 1875-circa 1948 Scope and Content Notes This subseries contains black and white photographs of Mary Roberts Rinehart, other individuals, buildings, and scenes. Subjects include Dr. Stanely M. Rinehart, Stanley M. Rinehart Jr., Alan G. Rinehart, Frederick R. Rinehart, other family members, and various indentified and unidentified individuals. Many of the photographs are professional portraits of Mary Roberts Rinehart in formal attire. Portrait photographers include Harris & Ewing, Underwood & Underwood, Shelburne Studios, Otto Sarony Co., and Bachrach. Other photographs depict Mary Roberts Rinehart involved in various activities such as swimming and horseback riding. Family photographs include formal family portraits and informal photographs of the Rinehart family; many appear to have been taken out west at Eaton's Ranch and the Rinehart family's cabin there. Also in this subseries are photographs and drawings used as illustrations in Mary Roberts Rinehart's published works.
The series begins with photographs of Mary Roberts Rinehart, followed by photographs of Mary Roberts Rinehart with other individuals, including family members. These are followed by photographs of other individuals, including family members, without Mary Roberts Rinehart. There are also several photographs of buildings, including Rinehart's houses in Glen Osborne, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Bar Harbor, Maine, as well as other images. Larger photographs and prints are housed in oversize boxes, Box 32 and Box 33.
Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait as a young woman in white Containers box 28 , folder 1 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in white Containers box 28 , folder 2-3 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait in white, reading Containers box 28 , folder 4 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits: "Time of production of first play, 'The Double Life,'" , 1908 Containers box 28 , folder 5 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait: "When I went to the war - 1915" , 1915 Containers box 28 , folder 6 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait "At Camp Sherman, in 1917" , 1917 Containers box 28 , folder 7 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait at time of publication of The Breaking Point , circa 1921 Containers box 28 , folder 8 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in western attire at time of publication of The Breaking Point , circa 1921 Containers box 28 , folder 9 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in riding habit Containers box 28 , folder 10 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait indoors with bird Containers box 28 , folder 11 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in sleeveless dress with ornamental sash and pearl necklace Containers box 28 , folder 12 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait in black dress and circlet Containers box 28 , folder 13 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in white flowered dress, standing by window Containers box 28 , folder 14 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait in white flowered dress, seated by fireplace Containers box 28 , folder 15 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait in white dress, fur, and pearls Containers box 28 , folder 16 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in sleeveless black dress Containers box 28 , folder 17 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait in black dress with jewelled pin Containers box 28 , folder 18 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait , 1931 Containers box 28 , folder 19 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits Containers box 28 , folder 20 Mary Roberts Rinehart in fur Containers box 28 , folder 21 Mary Roberts Rinehart in Eastern attire Containers box 28 , folder 22 Mary Roberts Rinehart at typewriter Containers box 28 , folder 23 Mary Roberts Rinehart seated at desk Containers box 28 , folder 24-25 Mary Roberts Rinehart working at desk Containers box 28 , folder 26-27 Mary Roberts Rinehart at desk Containers box 28 , folder 28 Mary Roberts Rinehart in theater seat Containers box 28 , folder 29 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait on garden steps, in hat and coat Containers box 28 , folder 30 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits outside of house Containers box 28 , folder 31 Mary Roberts Rinehart at bird bath Containers box 28 , folder 32 Mary Roberts Rinehart "on the Columbia Highway" , 1916 Containers box 28 , folder 33 Mary Roberts Rinehart outside cabin in Maine , 1924 Containers box 28 , folder 34 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits outside her Washington, D.C. house Containers box 28 , folder 35 Mary Roberts Rinehart outside her Washington, D.C. house Containers box 28 , folder 36 Mary Roberts Rinehart on patio [in Palm Springs, CA?] Containers box 28 , folder 37 Mary Roberts Rinehart outdoors Containers box 28 , folder 38 Mary Roberts Rinehart outdoors in blanket coat Containers box 28 , folder 39 Mary Roberts Rinehart outdoors in white dress and hat, with scarf Containers box 28 , folder 40 Mary Roberts Rinehart with "the little horse which took me on the trip with Howard Eaton" , 1915 Containers box 28 , folder 41 Mary Roberts Rinehart out West Containers box 29 , folder 1 Mary Roberts Rinehart at Eatons' Ranch cabin Containers box 29 , folder 2 Mary Roberts Rinehart on porch with bandaged dog Containers box 29 , folder 3 Mary Roberts Rinehart outdoors with parrot Containers box 29 , folder 4 Mary Roberts Rinehart feeding deer Containers box 29 , folder 5 Mary Roberts Rinehart fishing Containers box 29 , folder 6 Mary Roberts Rinehart at Eatons' Ranch and fishing - negatives Containers box 29 , folder 7 Mary Roberts Rinehart deep-sea fishing - photographs and negatives Containers box 29 , folder 8 Mary Roberts Rinehart hunting Containers box 29 , folder 9 Mary Roberts Rinehart with saddle horse Containers box 29 , folder 10 Mary Roberts Rinehart driving Containers box 29 , folder 11 Mary Roberts Rinehart swimming Containers box 29 , folder 12 Mary Roberts Rinehart on cobble shore Containers box 29 , folder 13 Mary Roberts Rinehart with boat, "in Florida after operation - stormy day" Containers box 29 , folder 14 Mary Roberts Rinehart - trip to Mexico , 1918 Containers box 29 , folder 15 Mary Roberts Rinehart with stunt plane Containers box 29 , folder 16 Mary Roberts Rinehart in Hollywood with DeMille brothers and Douglas Fairbanks Containers box 29 , folder 17 Mary Roberts Rinehart in makeup chair , circa 1925 Containers box 29 , folder 18 Mary Roberts Rinehart on stage set Containers box 29 , folder 19 Mary Roberts Rinehart and others, outdoors in costume Containers box 29 , folder 20 Mary Roberts Rinehart and others, on board the Greyhound Containers box 29 , folder 21 Mary Roberts Rinehart with unidentified individuals , May 18, 1935 Containers box 29 , folder 22 Mary Roberts Rinehart at Tom's Island, with unidentified individuals , July 13, 1935 Containers box 29 , folder 23 Mary Roberts Rinehart seated on steps with unidentified man Containers box 29 , folder 24 Mary Roberts Rinehart - publicity photo with telephone girls at Bar Harbor Club, Maine , 1948 Containers box 29 , folder 25 Mary Roberts Rinehart on tennis court with unidentified child Containers box 29 , folder 26 Mary Roberts Rinehart on beach with unidentified man Containers box 29 , folder 27 Mary Roberts Rinehart in car with policeman and unidentified woman Containers box 29 , folder 28 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait with sister Olive Roberts, as children Containers box 29 , folder 29 Mary Roberts Rinehart with Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart Containers box 29 , folder 30-31 Mary Roberts Rinehart and Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart - trip to Middle East , 1925 Containers box 29 , folder 32 Rinehart family portraits - Mary Roberts Rinehart with young sons Containers box 29 , folder 33 Rinehart family portraits , 1909, 1915 Containers box 29 , folder 34 Rinehart family [in Austria?] Containers box 29 , folder 35 Mary Roberts Rinehart and family - horsepacking expeditions out West Containers box 29 , folder 36-37 Mary Roberts Rinehart and family - horsepacking expeditions out West Containers box 30 , folder 1 Rinehart family with Blackfeet Indian tribe , 1916 Containers box 30 , folder 2 Mary Roberts Rinehart in Hollywood with Alan and Ted Rinehart Containers box 30 , folder 3 Rinehart family portrait - Mary Roberts Rinehart on steps with adult sons Containers box 30 , folder 4 Rinehart family - Mary Roberts Rinehart with son Alan and daughter-in-law Gratia [?] Containers box 30 , folder 5 Rinehart family - silhouettes of various family members on porch Containers box 30 , folder 6 Rinehart family out West Containers box 30 , folder 7 Rinehart family at Eatons' Ranch Containers box 30 , folder 8 Rodeo - Eatons' Ranch? Containers box 30 , folder 9 Rodeos and Rinehart family at Eatons' Ranch - negatives Containers box 30 , folder 10 Rinehart family, outdoors Containers box 30 , folder 11 Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart portrait as a young man Containers box 30 , folder 12 Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in his office in Jenkins Arcade , June 4, 1915 Containers box 30 , folder 13 Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in riding attire Containers box 30 , folder 14 Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart outdoors in suit and hat Containers box 30 , folder 15 Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart fishing and boating Containers box 30 , folder 16 Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart seated by the water Containers box 30 , folder 17 Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart portrait Containers box 30 , folder 18 Stanley M. Rinehart Jr. at Lake Erie as a child , 1899 Containers box 30 , folder 19 Stanley M. Rinehart Jr. [?] as a child, in baseball uniform with teammates Containers box 30 , folder 20 Stanley M. Rinehart Jr. as an adult , 1933 Containers box 30 , folder 21 Rinehart sons as boys on pilings at the shore Containers box 30 , folder 22 Portrait of unidentied Rinehart son Containers box 30 , folder 23 Alan Rinehart as an adult - portrait and candid photographs Containers box 31 , folder 1 Alan Rinehart in western attire Containers box 31 , folder 2 Rinehart family wedding [Alan Rinehart and Gratia Houghton?] , 1925 Containers box 31 , folder 3 Gratia Houghton Rinehart outdoors with parrot and fishing Containers box 31 , folder 4 Gratia Houghton Rinehart with child, possibly Gratia "Topsy" Rinehart Containers box 31 , folder 5 Rinehart family at the beach Containers box 31 , folder 6 Frederick "Ted" Rinehart [?] as an adult, with child Containers box 31 , folder 7 Cornelia Gilleland Roberts (Mrs. Tom Roberts) Containers box 31 , folder 8 Gilleland family gravestones Containers box 31 , folder 9 Thomas B. Roberts portraits , 1875-1878 Containers box 31 , folder 10 Olive Roberts Barton (Mrs. Lowrie Barton) portrait with her daughters Containers box 31 , folder 11 George Doran portrait Containers box 31 , folder 12 General Edwin F. Glenn with horse Containers box 31 , folder 13 Christian R. Holmes portrait Containers box 31 , folder 14 Albert I and Elisabeth, King and Queen of the Belgians Containers box 31 , folder 15 Queen Mary of England Containers box 31 , folder 16 Joseph P. Tumulty autographed portrait Containers box 31 , folder 17 "Rex Beach and one of his specimens from Colombia" Containers box 31 , folder 18 Iguana on trip to Panama , 1916 Containers box 31 , folder 19 Unidentified man and woman at cabin at Eatons' Ranch Containers box 31 , folder 20 Unidentified females Containers box 31 , folder 21 Unidentified males Containers box 31 , folder 22 Buildings - Glen Osborne house Containers box 31 , folder 23 Buildings - cabin, possibly at Eatons' Ranch Containers box 31 , folder 24 Buildings - Massachusetts Avenue house, Washington, D.C. , circa 1927 Containers box 31 , folder 25 Buildings - Washington, D.C. monuments Containers box 31 , folder 26 Buildings - Bar Harbor house Containers box 31 , folder 27 Buildings - unidentified Containers box 31 , folder 28 World War I - European front Containers box 31 , folder 29 World War I - European front and U.S.S. Pennsylvania Containers box 31 , folder 30 Unidentified people and places Containers box 31 , folder 31 Bracker, M. Leone - illustration for The Case of Jennie Brice Containers box 31 , folder 32 Scope and Content Notes Caption: "Lida was all sympathy and sweetness."
Christy, Howard Chandler - sketch of Mary Roberts Rinehart Containers box 31 , folder 33 Preston, May Wilson - illustration Containers box 31 , folder 34 Preston, May Wilson - illustrations Containers box 31 , folder 35 Weber, S.S.S. - illustration for "The Little General" Containers box 31 , folder 36-38 Wittmack, E.F. - "Messrs. Plumb ~ Rinehart and Rinehart Shooting Pheasants in High Silk Hats and Spats." - print Containers box 31 , folder 39 Images used in Improbable Fiction by Jan Cohn Containers box 31 , folder 40 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait with bead necklace and fan Containers box 32 , folder 14 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in fur , 1917 Containers box 32 , folder 15 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in nurse's uniform Containers box 32 , folder 16 Mary Roberts Rinehart on pier with net Containers box 32 , folder 17 Mary Roberts Rinehart in kitchen with chef Containers box 32 , folder 18 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in floral dress, outside Containers box 32 , folder 19 Rinehart family portraits - Mary Roberts Rinehart with three sons as children , 1909 Containers box 32 , folder 20-22 Mary Roberts Rinehart and Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart on horseback, in front of adobe building Containers box 32 , folder 23 Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart portrait in military uniform Containers box 32 , folder 24 Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart portrait Containers box 32 , folder 25 Rinehart family - portraits of two sons (unidentified) as boys Containers box 32 , folder 26 Stanley M. Rinehart, Jr. portrait in military uniform Containers box 32 , folder 27 Stanley M. Rinehart, Jr. portrait Containers box 32 , folder 28 Stanley M. Rinehart, Jr. with son George Herbert Doran Rinehart as a baby Containers box 32 , folder 29 Alan Rinehart portrait in U.S. Marine Corps uniform , circa 1918 Containers box 32 , folder 30 Albert I, King of the Belgians - autographed portrait , 1915 Containers box 32 , folder 31 Stills from Mary Roberts Rinehart plays Containers box 32 , folder 32 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait at time of production of Seven Days , circa 1909-1910 Containers box 33 , folder 3 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait with ermine muff Containers box 33 , folder 4 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in academic regalia at time of receiving honorary doctorate , circa 1923 Containers box 33 , folder 5 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits in fur and pearls Containers box 33 , folder 6 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits , circa 1948 Containers box 33 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes Includes portrait used as frontispiece for My Story: A New Edition and Seventeen New Years .
Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait in dark dress and pearls Containers box 33 , folder 8 Mary Roberts Rinehart portraits at desk Containers box 33 , folder 9 Mary Roberts Rinehart portrait in periwinkle gown - color prints of painting by Howard Chandler Christy Containers box 33 , folder 10 Portrait of unidentified Rinehart son as a young man Containers box 33 , folder 11 Subseries 2. Artwork , 1909-1936 Scope and Content Notes The pieces in this subseries, created as illustratrions for Mary Roberts Rinehart's books and stories, are on display on the third floor of Hillman Library and in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Christy, Howard Chandler - illustration for The Man in the Lower Ten - watercolor , 1909
Christy, Howard Chandler - illustration for The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry - watercolor and charcoal , 1911
Christy, Howard Chandler - illustration for The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry - watercolor and charcoal , 1911
Cootes, F. Graham - illustration for The Window at the White Cat - charcoal and crayon , circa 1918
Fisher, Harrison - illustration for When a Man Marries , 1909
Flagg, James Montgomery - illustration for "Cynara" - watercolor , 1924
Preston, May Wilson - illustration for "That Awful Night" - watercolor , 1910
Preston, May Wilson - illustration for "Tish Goes to Jail" - watercolor , 1936
Ralph, Lester - illustration for The Circular Staircase - charcoal and crayon , circa 1908
Ralph, Lester - illustration for The Circular Staircase - charcoal and crayon , circa 1908
Series VIII. Realia , 1918-1953 Scope and Content Notes This series contains objects that belonged to Mary Roberts Rinehart. They include awards presented to her, mementos from her travels in Europe during World War I, and items from her desk, including those she used in her writing. Specific references to some of the items, such as those obtained during World War I travels, can be found in her writings, such as My Story and Kings, Queens and Pawns . Letters related to some of the awards she received can be found in the Correspondence series. Some of the desktop items, such as the silver inkstand with inkwell and the dial barometer, can seen in photographs in the Photographs, Drawings, and Artwork series. Notable items in the series include a long pair of scissors and a small jar of straight pins. A note with the scissors indicates that Mary Roberts Rinehart often edited her manuscripts by cutting up pages and pinning sections of text together in a different order. Evidence of this practice can be seen in some manuscripts in the Manuscripts and Notes series.
Item 1. Academic hood Item 2. Black Sengbusch dip pen
Item 3. Circular clear plastic paperweight with shells embedded
Item 4. Compass in green dish with clear cover (compass is unattached)
Item 5. Dial barometer and Abercrombie & Fitch clock mounted in metal desktop stand (compass is unattached) Scope and Content Notes "TS JUVENIA FRANCE" engraved on back of clock and barometer.
Item 6. Devotional scapular and medal sewn on to card, with silk case Scope and Content Notes A scapular is referenced in chapter 24 of My Story by Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Item 7. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine award: Bacon pistol and wooden plaque1951
Item 8. Fragment of artillery shell removed from brain of soldier, wrapped in gauze, with explanatory note on envelope Scope and Content Notes Referenced in "The Cause" in Kings, Queens and Pawns by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Item 9. Framed letter and medal of Queen Elisabeth from the Belgian Embassy to honor Mary Roberts Rinehart's service to Belgium , December 10, 1919
Item 10. Glass ashtray with MRR monogram
Item 11. Medal: Monvment Commemoratif De La Bataille De La Marne , 1932
Item 12. Medal: Exposition of Women's Arts and Industries Cancer Award , 1947
Item 13. MWA [Mystery Writers of America] award: cermaic bust of Edgar Allen Poe , 1953 Scope and Content Notes See accompanying Edgar Allen Poe Award certificate in Personal Documents and Ephemera series.
Item 14. Model of circular staircase
Item 15. Narrow sterling silver Grogan Company tray engraved with MRR monogram and ornate floral design
Item 17. Ornate round metal box with hinged lid and inlaid stones and/or colored glass
Item 18. Pair of long scissors with explanatory note on tag and envelope Scope and Content Notes "MRR cut ruthlessly into her yellow paper originals and typed first copies, wrote in and pinned pieces together with common pins."
Item 19. Paperweight commemorating 100th anniversary of Joseph Horne Company , circa 1949
Item 20. Parker fountain pen with explanatory note on envelope Scope and Content Notes Notebook referenced on envelope is in Contracts and Business Records series.
Item 21. Pennsylvania Ambassador citation: engraved aluminum plaque , 1945
Item 22. Plastic cube paperweight
Item 23. Promotional "prescription" for The Doctor , with half of capsule and box Scope and Content Notes Prescription was originally folded inside capsule. Address on box: Stanley D. Mayer, Esq, Fantasy Magazine, 950 Heberton Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Item 24. Sengbusch inkwell - black plastic (lid is cracked) with clear glass jar inside
Item 25. Short glass jar filled with straight pins
Item 26. Silver figurine of horn player with inset stones or colored glass
Item 27. Square glass inkwell with hinged sterling silver Grogan Company lid engraved with monogram and ornate floral design Scope and Content Notes Goes with sterling silver monogrammed inkstand
Item 28. Sterling silver cigarette box with hinged lid and wood interior Scope and Content Notes Contains two cigarette, pencil, and explanatory note: "MRR smoked constantly as she wrote!"
Item 29. Sterling silver Grogan Company inkstand, engraved with MRR monogram and ornate floral design Scope and Content Notes Goes with glass inkwell with sterling silver monogrammed lid
Item 30. Sterling silver letter opener
Item 31. Theta Sigma Phi Achievement Award: ceramic tile (broken) , 1952
Item 32. Wooden crucifix with ivory Christ figure (broken) Scope and Content Notes A crucifix is referenced in chapter 25 of My Story by Mary Roberts Rinehart, and one is depicted on the plate opposite page 563 in My Story: A New Edition and Seventeen New Years .
Item 33. World War I era silver plated box with Richard Caton Woodville battle scene and Rudyard Kipling quote Scope and Content Notes Lid depicts battle scene after R. Caton Woodville, with Rudyard Kipping quote: "Who stands if freedom fall? Who dies if England live?"
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