Showing 97 results

Archival description
84 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects
Sinclair Lewis
917 · Item · 1885
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00917.jpg
  • Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.3 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis, 1880s-1940s
Sinclair Lewis
916 · Item · 1907?
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00916.jpg
  • Dimensions: 5.6 x 3.4 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis, 1880s-1940s
Claude Lewis
217 · Item · March 11, 1907
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00217.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 16.6 x 11.5 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Claude Lewis
221 · Item · 1900-1910?
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00221.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 16.6 x 11.5 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
1415 · Item · 1914-1915?
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 01415.jpg
  • Mary Lewis, first wife of Claude Lewis, older brother of author Sinclair, and two of her children, Virginia and Freeman.
  • Dimensions: 12.3 x 19.9 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Edwin Lewis
938 · Item · 1900-1920
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00938.jpg
  • Dimensions: 20.9 x 15.9 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Edwin Lewis and family
Wells Lewis
935 · Item · 1922
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00935.jpg
  • Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.4 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis. With Grace Hegger Lewis and Wells Lewis
Wells Lewis
918 · Item · 1920-1925
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00918.jpg
  • Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis. With Grace Hegger Lewis and Wells Lewis
Wells Lewis
919 · Item · 1927
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00919.jpg
  • Dimensions: 11 x 7.5 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis. With Grace Hegger Lewis and Wells Lewis
Sinclair Lewis and friend
915 · Item · 1920-1929
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00915.jpg
  • Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.7 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis, 1880s-1940s
Claude Lewis
222 · Item · 1920-1929
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00222.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 25 x 18.9 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Mary Lewis
606 · Item · 1929
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00606.jpg
  • Mary was the first wife of Claude Lewis, who was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 22.8 x 17.4 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Claude B. Lewis
861 · Item · 1930
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00861.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 22.4 x 17.1 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Virginia Lewis
223 · Item · 1930
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00223.jpg
  • Virginia was the daughter of Claude Lewis, older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 22.7 x 17.4 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Claude B. Lewis
910 · Item · 1930
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00910.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 22.2 x 17 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis. Sinclair Lewis. Sinclair Lewis. Claude Lewis family
Virginia Lewis
486 · Item · 1930
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00486.jpg
  • Virginia was the daughter of Claude Lewis, older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 22.7 x 17.4 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Sinclair Lewis
934 · Item · 1930-1939
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00934.jpg
  • Dimensions: 10.3 x 5.8 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis, 1880s-1940s
Claude B. Lewis and family
911 · Item · 1930-1939
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00911.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 24 x 18.9 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Claude B. Lewis and family
912 · Item · 1930-1939
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00912.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 18.4 x 23.5 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Isabel Lewis
544 · Item · 1943
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00544.jpg
  • Isabel was the daughter of Claude Lewis, older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 24.3 x 19 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
5 · Collection · 1942-1945

The 19 letters were written by Sinclair Lewis to Joan McQuary between 1942 and 1945. In the fall of 1942, McQuary met Lewis as a student in his creative writing class at the University of Minnesota. When the class finished in December, Lewis moved to New York City. During his time in Minneapolis, April to December 1942, Lewis nearly completed his novel Gideon Planish.

In these letters, Lewis discussed a wide variety of topics, giving a sense of his life while living in New York City. Lewis elaborated on his search for and described his new apartment at 300 Central Park West. Despite moving to New York City, Lewis longed for his University of Minnesota pupils and Minnesota, urging Joan to visit him in New York City, possibly working for him as a secretary. Lewis often mentioned spending the coming summer in Minnesota.

While in New York City, Lewis finished his novel, Gideon Planish. It was published that spring. Lewis was aware of the reviews he received for his book, noting to McQuary that the “furious attack” by literary critic Mumford Jones “is to be answered by yet more furious letters full of literary sniffing and thumbings of the philological nose…” He also mentioned on several occasions that he was sick of writing. After completing short stories for Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan in the spring of 1943, Lewis said the only writing he wanted to do was checks and luggage labels.

Lewis, Harry Sinclair
15 · Collection · 1939-1947

The 262 letters and 1 poem included in this collection were written by Sinclair Lewis to Marcella Powers between 1939 and 1947. Lewis met Powers in August 1939 when they were both acting in Eugene O’Neill’s play Ah Wilderness! at the Provincetown Theater in Cape Cod. Lewis and Powers began a relationship despite the 36 year age difference between them.

In these letters, Lewis discusses a wide variety of topics - his career, his writing, and his feelings for Powers. During the time of their relationship, Lewis traveled quite a bit throughout the United States giving lectures. He also spent time working in Los Angeles in the motion picture industry and lived in Excelsior and Duluth in Minnesota where he spent much time writing. Lewis also wrote about his social life, including the people that he met, the games of chess that he played, and the books that he read. Many of the letters are very long while others are quite short, with some including cartoons drawn by Lewis.

The letters end in September 1947, shortly after Powers marriage to Michael Amrine. Lewis tells Powers that she will no longer receive an allowance from him, but that if she were ever in need of help that he would be there for her. When Lewis passed away in 1951, Powers was listed in his will.

Lewis, Harry Sinclair
Sinclair Lewis
116 · Item · 1949
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00116.jpg
  • Dimensions: 21.5 x 17.2 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis, 1880s-1940s
608 · Item · 1949
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00608.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 10.1 x 14.4 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis. With Claude Lewis in Europe, 1949
804 · Item · 1949
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 00804.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 8.2 x 12.6 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Sinclair Lewis. Sinclair Lewis. Sinclair Lewis. With Claude Lewis in Europe, 1949
Hubert Irey Gibson
  • 00149.jpg
  • Hubert Gibson was the personal secretary of the author Sinclair Lewis in the fall of 1933, when Lewis collaborated with Lloyd Lewis (no relation) on the play/novel The Jayhawker.
  • Dimensions: 16.9 x 12.6 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Hubert Gibson Collection of Sinclair Lewis. Hubert Gibson. Photographs and Newsclippings
Claude Lewis and a fish
1416 · Item · 1950-1959
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 01416.jpg
  • Claude was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 11.2 x 16.5 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
Helen Lewis
1412 · Item · 1950-1959
Part of Claude Lewis Family Papers
  • 01412.jpg
  • Helen was the second wife of Claude Lewis, who was the older brother of author Sinclair Lewis.
  • Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.5 cm
  • Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
  • Local Identifier: Claude Lewis Family Papers. Images. Claude Lewis family
222 · Collection · 1915-1960

Color copies of letters written by Sinclair Lewis to his oldest brother Fred Lewis.

Lewis, Harry Sinclair
Sinclair Lewis Writings
99 · Collection · 1904-1966

This collection contains photocopies of articles, poetry, and other writings other than books by author Sinclair Lewis. The material was gathered by St. Cloud State University librarian Dwight Burlingame in the early 1970s.

Lewis, Harry Sinclair
19 · Collection · 1969-1978

Edited by Francis and Ludmilla (Mil) Voelker, the papers are centered around the collection, creation, editing, and publishing of three editions of Mass Media: Forces in Our Society. The first edition was a publishing trend-setter, making articles by professionals in all areas of media readily available in one attractively designed source. The second edition received a Certificate of Excellence from the American Institute of Graphic Arts and was selected in the 1975 AIGA Learning Materials Show as one of 50 best designed books published that year.  The third and final edition appeared in 1978.

Voelker, Francis
Ida Compton Papers
32 · Collection · 1947-1985

The Ida Compton papers contain mostly letters written to Ida Kay Compton by Sinclair Lewis and others, dating from 1947 to 1985. Also included are clippings about Sinclair Lewis, including some written by and about Ida Kay Compton. In addition, the papers contain audio recordings of Lewis in the 1940s.

Sinclair Lewis wrote 18 letters and one telegram to Ida Kay Compton from 1947 to 1950. In these letters, Lewis mostly lived or was traveling in Europe. He described the people he was met and his home in Florence. Lewis also wrote about his new secretary, Alex Manson. The remainder of his letters discussed Ida's upcoming visit to Europe in the summer of 1950.

Other correspondence includes letters from Claude and Helen Lewis. Dated mostly around the death of Sinclair Lewis in 1951, these letters chronicle Ida's trip to Minnesota for the memorial service, as well as the disposition of Sinclair's personal property.

Letters written by Mark Schorer, who was writing a biography of Lewis, asked Ida for her memories of Lewis, while letters from Bennett Cerf and Harry Maule discussed an incident involving a confrontation with Sinclair Lewis over World So Wide, a book published in 1951.

Especially noteworthy are letters written by and to Barnaby Conrad, detailing Ida's friendship with Sinclair Lewis. Conrad briefly served as Lewis' secretary in 1947.

Other significant material are the newspaper clippings collected by Ida Kay Compton. Many dealt with the death of Sinclair Lewis, book reviews about publications of Lewis' life, as well as a few about Ida Compton herself, which dated in 1985.

The papers include audio recordings of Lewis from the 1940s and may be the only recordings Lewis' voice that survive. The large vinyl records have been reformatted onto a reel-to-reel tape and an audio cassette.

Compton, Ida L.
John Fischer Papers
103 · Collection · 1985-1987

The papers of John Fischer contain various drafts of two published books. The books are Harold Robbins Presents: High Stakes (1986) and Harold Robbins Presents: Station Break (1987).

The papers show the evolution of the writing of the books, demonstrating how Fluke and Fischmann created, crafted, and revised the stories over time.

Series 1: Harold Robbins Presents: High Stakes (1986)

The series contains three drafts and other material related to the writing of Harold Robbins Presents: High Stakes.

Series 2: Harold Robbins Presents: Station Break (1987)

The series contains three drafts and other material related to the writing of Harold Robbins Presents: Station Break.

Fischer, John
Jon Hassler Papers
101 · Collection · 1976-1987

The papers of Jon Hassler contain various drafts of four published books and one unpublished manuscript, as well as drafts for a play based on a published book.  These are Staggerford (1977), Simon's Night (1979) (including a play based on this book), The Love Hunter (1981), The Book of Brendan (unpublished, early 1980s), and A Green Journey (1985).  There is also a small amount of material, including audio and video, concerning events at St. Cloud State University related to Hassler's gift of material to the University Archives.

The papers show the evolution of the writing of the books, demonstrating how Hassler created, crafted, and revised the stories over time.

Material not in series:

This material includes St. Cloud State events related to the donation by Jon Hassler (including video and audio), as well as clippings, biographical information, and images. Also included here are uncut galley proofs for Staggerford, Simon's Night, and The Love Hunter.

Series 1: Staggerford (1977)

This series contains three drafts, a copy-edited draft and a small amount of material related to Staggerford.

Series 2: Simon's Night (1979)

This series contains mostly three drafts and a copy-edited draft of Simon's Night.

Series 3: Simon's Night: A Play

Two drafts are included in this series of a play based on Simon's Night.

Series 4: The Love Hunter (1981)

Included in this series are five drafts, as well as a copy-edited typescript.

Series 5: The Book of Brendan

Never published, the Book of Brendan served as source material for Grand Opening (1987) and North of Hope (1990).  The books follow the childhood of boy Brendan Foster and his family.

This series includes at least two drafts of this unpublished manuscript, including material separated by chapter.

Series 6: A Green Journey (1985)

Included in this are five drafts of this book, as well as the galley proofs.

Hassler, Jon
Michael T. Hinkemeyer Papers
104 · Collection · 1971-1990

The papers of Michael Thomas Hinkemeyer contain various drafts of many published books, as well as papers of unpublished novels and other ideas.  The collection also includes books that he wrote using pseudonyms Vanessa Royall and Jan Lara. Published books with papers contained in this collection include The Dark Below (1974), Summer Solstice (1976), The Creator (1978), Flames of Desire (1978), Come Faith, Come Fire (1979), The Harbinger (1980), Firebrand’s Woman (1980), Lilac Night (1981), Wild Wind Westward (1982), Seize the Dawn (1983), A Time to Reap (1984), The Passionate and the Proud (1983), Fourth Down, Death (1985), Fires of Delight (1986), Limbo (1986), Soulcatchers (1990), and The Order of the Arrow (1990).

The papers show the evolution of the writing of the books, demonstrating how Hinkemeyer created, crafted, and revised the stories over time.

Series 1: Miscellaneous

This series contains a small amount of material related to Hinkemeyer’s life as well as records related to the donation and events surrounding his gift of papers to St. Cloud State University including audio and video.

Series 2: Published and Unpublished Works

The series contains drafts of many of Hinkemeyer’s published books, as well as other books that have not been published.  The unpublished books include Monahan: An American Tragedy, A Web of Time, Slow Death, and The Coming. A few books have more than one draft. These include original typescripts, handwritten revisions and other corrections.

Also in this series are uncut galley proofs for The Creator (1979) and The Harbinger (1980).

Hinkemeyer, Michael T.