- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
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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. 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 copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- 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