FOLDER LISTING
Box: 1 Folder: 1 "Borealis" - Correspondence and related materials
Date span: 1931, June 10 - 1934, July 12; Undated
Description: Contains 3 ALS & 2 TLS from John C. Powys; Harry A. Bull
(Associate Editor of "Town & Country"); & Kathryn Bourne (of "Harper's
Bazaar") regarding her novel, "Borealis". Also includes invitation to meet the
author; sketch of the novel; & dustjacket.
Box: 1 Folder: 2 "Borealis: Sketch for a Novel" - Original
Manuscript
Date span: 1929
Description: Contains a 177-page typed original manuscript, indexed into 7
parts, of Marguerite Tjader Harris' novel, "Borealis", with holograph
corrections, notations, and additions, as well as a fragment of a manila
envelope from Horace Liveright Publishers.
Box: 1 Folder: 3 "Borealis: Sketch for a Novel" - Carbon Manuscript
Date span: 1929
Description: Contains a 215-page typed carbon manuscript of Marguerite Tjader
Harris' novel, "Borealis", with some holograph corrections.
Box: 1 Folder: 4 "Borealis: Sketch for a Novel" - Carbon Manuscript
Date span: 1930
Description: Contains a 230-page typed carbon manuscript of Marguerite Tjader
Harris' novel, "Borealis", with some holograph corrections, as well as a
fragment of a folder marked "Borealis carbon".
Box: 1 Folder: 5 "Borealis: Sketch for a Novel" - Carbon Manuscript
Date span: 1930
Description: Contains a 230-page typed carbon manuscript of Marguerite Tjader
Harris' (pseudonym, "Greta Carl") novel, "Borealis", with holograph corrections
and notations, as well as a fragment of a folder marked "Borealis".
Box: 1 Folder: 6 "Borealis: Sketch for a Novel" - Carbon Manuscript
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a 211-page typed carbon manuscript of Marguerite Tjader
Harris' novel, "Borealis", with extensive holograph corrections, notations, and
additions.
Box: 2 Folder: 1 "Direction" Magazine - Material re its founding
Date span: 1937, March 17 - 1973, February 10
Description: Contains (2) 6-page typed mansucripts of "Report on the 5th
National Congress of the 'Amis del'Union Sovietique'" by M. Tjader Harris,
1937; the first "dummy" for the magazine, 1937; and a 1973 clipping from "The
New York Times Book Review" section.
Box: 2 Folder: 2 "Direction" Magazine - Original copy of May Issue
Date span: 1939, March 18 - June
Description: Contains the original 53-page copy of the 1939 May issue with
holograph notations, corrections, & additions; a special issue re the
American Writers' Congress, 1939; & correspondence from Frederick E.
Menaker, Hazel Lafarge, & Nicholas Wirth; w/reprint.
Box: 2 Folder: 3 "Direction" Magazine - Material for new writer
contest
Date span: [1939]
Description: Contains layout of an issue of "Direction" with M. Tjader Harris'
holograph notations, corrections, and additions concerning materials on the
magazine's new writers contest for that period.
Box: 2 Folder: 4 "Direction" Magazine - Talks and Broadcast script
Date span: 1944, July 12 and July 24
Description: Contains (1) 7-page radio script of Nancy Craig interview, "Woman
of Tomorrow" program, w/correspondence; (2) 6-page typed mss of "Documentary
Writing"; (1) 3-page typed ms w/holograph notations re War Industries workers;
& (1) 4-page ms on blood bank.
Box: 2 Folder: 5 "Direction" Magazine - Authors' typed Manuscripts
Date span: [1941] See February and Summer Issues, 1941
Description: Contains 10 white envelopes of typed manuscripts, as well as 3
loose manuscripts, of writers who published in "Direction" and are arranged
alphabetically. See item list below.
Box: 2 Folder: 6 "Direction" Magazine - Writers' Correspondence, A to
L
Date span: 1938, April 7 - 1946, October 17; Undated
Description: Contains authors' correspondence regarding the magazine and
arranged alphabetically, (A to L). See item list below.
Box: 2 Folder: 7 "Direction" Magazine - Writers' Correspondence, M to
Z
Date span: 1944, February 12 - 1946, October 17; Undated
Description: Contains authors' correspondence regarding the magazine and
arranged alphabetically, (M to Z). See item list below.
Box: 2 Folder: 8 "Direction" Magazine - Subscriber Correspondence
Date span: 1940 - 1969, December 30
Description: Contains correspondence from subscribers such as: John G. Lorenz;
artist Maurice Becker; Agnes de Lima; The League for Mutual Aid; Office of War
Information; & State Department, International Broadcasting Division.
Includes magazine's 1st stationary.
Box: 2 Folder: 9 "Direction" Magazine - Copyright Material
Date span: 1938, January - May, 1944
Description: Contains correspondence and certificates of copyright registration
for the magazine, "Direction."
Box: 2 Folder: 10 "Direction" Magazine - Financial
Date span: 1938, January 13 - 1946, October 31
Description: Contains correspondence; Connecticut tax returns and assessments;
and business expenditure listings for "Direction" Magazine. Arranged
chronologically.
Box: 2 Folder: 11 "Direction" Magazine - Extra Issues &
Miscellaneous
Date span: 1938, Summer - 1957, Fall
Description: Contains 3 issues of "Direction" (March 1939, February-March 1942,
& Winter, 1942); copy of "The Bulletin of the League of American Writers"
(1938); 2 gallery opening invitationals; & an invitation to "The Highlander
Seminar on the South Thinking Ahead."
Box: 3 Folder: 1 "Mother Elisabeth" - Typed manuscript carbon - Part
I
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a 183-page typed carbon manuscript, Part I, of "Mother
Elisabeth" with holograph corrections and notations.
Box: 3 Folder: 2 "Mother Elisabeth" - Typed carbon manuscript - Part
II
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a 148-page typed carbon manuscript, Part II (p. 184 -
332), of "Mother Elisabeth" with holograph corrections and notations.
Box: 3 Folder: 3 "Mother Elisabeth" - Typed carbon manuscript - Part
I
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a 173-page typed carbon manuscript, Part I, of "Mother
Elisabeth" with holograph corrections and notations.
Box: 3 Folder: 4 "Mother Elisabeth" - Typed carbon manuscript - Part
II
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a 170-page typed carbon manuscript, Part II (p. 174 -
Bibliography), of "Mother Elisabeth" with holograph notations and
corrections.
Box: 3 Folder: 5 "Mother Elisabeth" - Working copy w/deletions - Part
I
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a 136-page typed working copy, Part I (p. 5 - 140a), of
"Mother Elisabeth" with holograph deletions, notations, and corrections.
Box: 3 Folder: 6 "Mother Elisabeth" - Working copy w/deletions - Part
II
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a 181-page typed working copy, Part II (p. 140e - 319),
of "Mother Elisabeth" with holograph deletions, corrections, and notations.
Box: 4 Folder: 1 "Mother Elisabeth" - Original Copy, Second Version -
I
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a 325-page typed original copy, second version, as well
as discarded pages, of "Mother Elisabeth" with some holograph notations and
corrections.
Box: 4 Folder: 2 "Mother Elisabeth" - Discarded pages
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains typed carbon discards with some holograph notations and
corrections.
Box: 4 Folder: 3 "Mother Elisabeth" - Extracts from Various
Versions
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains typed carbon extracts from various versions of tha
manuscript for "Mother Elisabeth" with holograph notations, corrections, and
addditions.
Box: 4 Folder: 4 "Mother Elisabeth" - Extracts of various sections
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains typed carbon extracts of various sections of the
manuscript for "Mother Elisabeth" with holograph corrections and notations.
Box: 4 Folder: 5 "Mother Elisabeth" - Extracts of Manuscript
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains typed extracts of the Manuscript for "Mother Elisabeth"
with holograph notations and corrections.
Box: 4 Folder: 6 "Mother Elisabeth" - Correspondence
Date span: 1955, January 23 - 1970, February 25; Undated
Description: Contains correspondence to M. Tjader Harris regarding her book
"Mother Elisabeth", the founding, and the early years of the Order from some of
the following: Mother Elisabeth, O.SS.S.; Gabriel Bouscaren; and various nuns
of the Order.
Box: 4 Folder: 7 "Mother Elisabeth" - Background material
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains background material for Tjader's book on Mother Elisabeth
& the early days of the Order, which includes manuscripts; extracts from M.
Riccarda's notebook; photocopies of early letters & documents; as well as
comments & materials by Oskar Eklund.
Box: 4 Folder: 8 "Mother Elisabeth" - Related Material - St.
Ansgar's
Date span: 1951, June - 1976, December
Description: Contains 4 issues of "The Bulletin of St. Ansgar's Scandinavian
Catholic League of New York", which contain articles on Mother Elisabeth &
the Order. The Sept., 1952 & June, 1953 issues contain related materials
on the Rev. John La Farge, S.J.
Box: 5 Folder: 1 Correspondence - Personal - (A to Z)
Date span: 1915, August 12 - 1945, September 11; Undated
Description: Contains personal correspondence from the following: E. Inlen
(from Zermatt); "Henri" (?) (with the "Institut Pedalogique du Bas-Rhin");
"Nino" (?) (from Geneva); her father, explorer Richard Tjader; and some
illegible correspondents as well.
Box: 5 Folder: 2 "The V Book" - Typed Manuscript - Ist Part
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a 29-page typed carbon manuscript of "The V Book"
(alternate title, "The Writing on the Wall") with holograph notations,
corrections, and additions. Also includes various manuscript draft versions of
this Ist part.
Box: 5 Folder: 3 "The V Book" - Typed manuscript - IInd Part
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains various typed manuscript portions of "The V Book" with
holograph notations, corrections, and additions. Also includes typed
manuscript of a "V" radio program.
Box: 5 Folder: 4 Articles on Russia - Manuscript and notes
Date span: 1958, July-August - 1961
Description: Contains various typed manuscripts and copies of manuscripts
regarding M. Tjader Harris trip to Russia with holograph notations,
corrections, and additions.
Box: 5 Folder: 5 Articles - Printed
Date span: 1925, August - 1976, December
Description: Contains articles by Marguerite Tjader Harris, which appeared in
the following: "International Studio" (on the artist, Federico Beltran-Masses);
"St. Ansgar's Bulletin" (on Mother Elisabeth's American roots); &
"Diakonia" (on Helen Iswolsky).
Box: 5 Folder: 6 Newsclippings
Date span: 1931, May 2 - 1931, June 31
Description: Contains newsclippings regarding Marguerite Tjader Harris as well
as reviews of her book, "Borealis".
Box: 5 Folder: 7 Photographs
Date span: Undated
Description: Contains a photograph of Theodore Dreiser's death mask.