05435cpcaa2200829 a 4500 mm 78032805 DLC 20260227111625.0 cr ||||||||||| 781106|||||||||||| eng mm 78032805 ms 60001988 DLC dacs DLC DLC L lcmd Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997. James A. Michener papers, 1906-1992 (bulk 1945-1992). 55,300 items. 202 containers plus 6 oversize. 177 microfilm reels. 82.6 linear feet. Restrictions apply. Correspondence, speeches, writings, journal, interviews, scripts, notes, legal and financial papers, awards, biographical material, clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting Michener's literary career, his interest in politics, his art collection, and the adaptation of his works for stage and screen. Includes drafts, notes, background material, and other papers relating to Tales of the South Pacific (1947), The Fires of Spring (1949), The Floating World (1954), Hawaii (1959), The Source (1965), The Drifters (1971), Kent State; What Happened and Why (1971), and other published and unpublished works. Also documented are his association with the Asia Foundation, his newspaper reports from Korea in 1952, his support of John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, his unsuccessful campaign for U.S. representative from Pennsylvania in 1962, his affiliation with the Pennsylvania Commission for Legislative Modernization, his coverage of Richard M. Nixon's visit to China in 1972, and his membership on the U.S. Advisory Commission on Information (1970-1976). Correspondents include David Adickes, Pearl S. Buck, Bennett Cerf, Albert Erskine, Oscar Hammerstein, Teddy Kollek, Hobart D. Lewis, Joshua Logan, Richard Rodgers, David O. Selznick, Helen M. Strauss, and Herman Wouk. Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 22,485. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 2006. Cartoon strip transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Division. Author. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006019 Adickes, David Correspondence. Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 Correspondence. Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971 Correspondence. Erskine, Albert, 1911-1993 Correspondence. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 Correspondence. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007 Correspondence. Lewis, Hobart D. (Hobart Durbin), 1909- Correspondence. Logan, Joshua Correspondence. Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 Film and video adaptations. Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 Stage adaptations. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 Correspondence. Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 Correspondence. Strauss, Helen M. (Helen Marion), -1987 Correspondence. Wouk, Herman, 1915- Correspondence. Asia Foundation. Pennsylvania. Commission for Legislative Modernization. United States. Advisory Commission on Information. United States. Congress Elections. American literature. American literature Film and video adaptations. American literature Stage adaptations. Art Collectors and collecting. Foreign correspondents China. Foreign correspondents Korea. Korean War, 1950-1953 Journalism. Presidents United States Election 1960. Pennsylvania Politics and government 1951 United States Politics and government 1945- Authors. itoamc Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997. Drifters. 1971. Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997. Fires of spring. 1949. Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997. Floating world. 1954. Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997. Hawaii. 1959. Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997. Kent State; what happened and why. 1971. Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997. Source. 1965. Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997. Tales of the South Pacific. 1947. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006019 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006019.3 39965 39965