- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Emery, Steuart M. (Steuart Mackie), 1891-
- Title:
- Steuart M. Emery Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h989r3253
- Dates:
- 1891-1937 (mostly 1904-1937)
- Size:
- 4 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-4
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed matter of American novelist/dramatist Steuart M. Emery.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed matter of Emery. Included are approximately 40 short stories, some of which relate to World War I, such as "Aces of Hate," "The Brand of Silence," and "Skies of Steel"; two plays, Dinner Is Served and The Scalawag; several war poems; scripts from his Lawrenceville School student days; miscellaneous notes and synopses for plays and stories; and tearsheets and clippings of his stories and reviews. There are letters (1909-1922) to his mother, affectionate letters (1930-1936) from "Naomi," and miscellaneous personal and business correspondence. Also present are army documents (1917-1919), income tax returns, publisher's statements and contracts, and photographs of Emery, his family, and an unidentified military training camp. In addition, there are two war stories by Theodore Emery.
- Arrangement
Arranged as follows: manuscripts (short stories, plays, scripts, etc., by title), miscellaneous notes, printed matter, correspondence, documents, photographs.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Emery, Steuart M. (Steuart Mackie), 1891-
Steuart M. Emery was an American journalist, novelist, and dramatist.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Donated to Princeton University by A.P. Clark on March 18, 1964.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Kelly Rafey '16 in 2013
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Steuart M. Emery Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h989r3253
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-4
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- Subject Terms:
- American drama -- 20th century.
American fiction -- 20th century.
Dramatists, American -- 20th century.
Military training camps -- United States -- 20th century.
Novelists, American -- 20th century.
War poetry, American -- 20th century.
War stories, American -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Contracts.
Fiction.
Love-letters -- 20th century.
Photoprints. - Names:
- The Lawrenceville School
