Michener, James A. (James Albert) 1907-1997 creator mixed material monographic eng 55,300 202 6 177 82.6 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(1959), The Source (1965), The Drifters (1971), Kent State; What Happened and Why (1971), and other published and unpublished works.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. Restrictions apply. 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 II Hammerstein, Oscar 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 Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 mm 78032805 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006019 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006019.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006019 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006019.3 Restrictions apply. DLC 781106 20260227111625.0 mm 78032805