Stuart David and Sophia Belzer Engstrand Collection, 1929-1961

By Anna Wondrasek and Nicole Connell

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Corresondence

Box 1

Folder 1: Incoming Correspondence: Aeonoff, Adele, 1940

Folder 2: Incoming Correspondence: Agnes, Mary Frances, 1940

Folder 3: Incoming Correspondence: Ames, Elizabeth, 1940

Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence: Anderson, Grace, 1940

Folder 5: Incoming Correspondence: Baker, June, 1940

Folder 6: Incoming Correspondence: Beecham, Barbara E., 1940

Folder 7: Incoming Correspondence: Brehmer, Ernestine Winkelmiller, 1940

Folder 8: Incoming Correspondence: Bruder, Mildred, 1941

Folder 9: Incoming Correspondence: Bushue, [Anna A.], 1940

Folder 10: Incoming Correspondence: Butcher, Fanny, 1942

Folder 11: Incoming Correspondence: Chicago Fiction Guild, 1941

Folder 12: Incoming Correspondence: Chicago Public Library (envelope only), 1942

Folder 13: Incoming Correspondence: Claitor, [Mabel F.], 1940

Folder 14: Incoming Correspondence: Conroy, Jack, 1939

Folder 15: Incoming Correspondence: Druschel, [Freda S.], 1940

Folder 16: Incoming Correspondence: Foster, H., 1941

Folder 17: Incoming Correspondence: Fowles, Bertha, 1940

Folder 18: Incoming Correspondence: Greenman, Walter F., 1940

Folder 19: Incoming Correspondence: Hoffman, Burton C., 1940

Folder 20: Incoming Correspondence: Horan, Kenneth, undated

Folder 21: Incoming Correspondence: Howe, Quincy, 1935

Folder 22: Incoming Correspondence: Joel, George, W., 1940

Folder 23: Incoming Correspondence: Kelley, Ann Irene, 1940

Folder 24: Incoming Correspondence: Kunitz, Stanley J., 1935

Folder 25: Incoming Correspondence: Leisen, Agnes, 1940

Folder 26: Incoming Correspondence: [Leo], 1942

Folder 27: Incoming Correspondence: Matson, Harold, 1940-1949

Folder 28: Incoming Correspondence: Meeker Jr., Arthur, 1941

Folder 29: Incoming Correspondence: Mercer, [Olwen], 1941

Folder 30: Incoming Correspondence: Mohler, Mary, circa 1940

Folder 31: Incoming Correspondence: Morton, Mary, undated

Folder 32: Incoming Correspondence: Munday, Willie, 1940

Folder 33: Incoming Correspondence: Nelson, E. E., 1940

Folder 34: Incoming Correspondence: Price, Marion James, 1941

Folder 35: Incoming Correspondence: Punkay, Edward G., 1941

Folder 36: Incoming Correspondence: Saunders, Ella M., 1941

Folder 37: Incoming Correspondence: Selden, Alice, 1941

Folder 38: Incoming Correspondence: Siegel, Max, 1940

Folder 39: Incoming Correspondence: Simon, Norma Lew, 1940

Folder 40: Incoming Correspondence: Sraak, Majorie K., 1940

Folder 41: Incoming Correspondence: Tallon, Helen, 1940

Folder 42: Incoming Correspondence: Thornsburgh, Zada, 1940

Folder 43: Incoming Correspondence: Whitney, Phyllis, 1940

Folder 44: Incoming Correspondence: Williams, Mary Louise, 1942

Folder 45: Incoming Correspondence: Winser, Ethel Reid, 1941

Folder 46: Outgoing Correspondence: Belzer, Jean, 1934-1961

Folder 47: Outgoing Correspondence: Belzer, Louis, 1940-1941

Folder 48: Outgoing Correspondence: Belzer, [Rose], 1939

Folder 49: Outgoing Correspondence: Borofsky, Lydia, 1958

Folder 50: Outgoing Correspondence: Engstread Family, undated

Folder 51: Outgoing Correspondence: Engstrand, Stephanie, 1940-1961

Folder 52: Outgoing Correspondence: Engstrand, Steven, 1958-1961

Folder 53: Outgoing Correspondence: Leiser, Lester, 1929-1933

Folder 54: Outgoing Correspondence: Simon, Mel, 1958

Series 2: Writings

Sub-series 1: Short Stories

Box 2

Folder 1: Black Angels by Sophia Engstrand, undated

Folder 2: Maria Beech by Sophia Engstrand, undated

Folder 3: Barcarolle by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 4: Death Chooses Her Blossoms by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 5: Deep in A Gully There Was a Shack by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 6: French’s Girl by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 7: How I Came to Visit the Village of Church by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 8: In Solemn Dignity by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 9: Inviolate by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 10: It Gets The Best of Them by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 11: Lead Me Into Beauty by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 12-13: M’Biu by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 14: Maggie Two-Birds by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 15: Need by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 16: No Sick Here by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 17: Poor Men by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 18-21: Poor Men-Incomplete Draft by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 22: The Million Dollar Idiot by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 23-25: The Wickedness of the Thorgensons by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 26: Casanova Was A Sissy by Stuart and Sophia Engstrand, undated

Folder 27: Casanova Was A Sissy by Stuart and Sophia Engstrand, Dan Brenner, undated

Folder 28: Cheap Entry by C. Strickland Moore [Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 29: Fight the Devil With Fire by C. Strickland Moore [Stuart Engstrand], undated

Folder 30: Four Hands Lost by C. Strickland Moore [Stuart Engstrand], undated

Folder 31: Three Hands Lost by C. Strickland Moore [Stuart Engstrand], undated

Folder 32: Using the Unused Doorway by C. Strickland Moore [Stuart Engstrand], undated

Sub-series 2: Novels - Sophia Belzer Engstrand

Box 3

Folder 1: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 1, undated

Folder 2: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 2, undated

Folder 3: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 3, undated

Folder 4: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 4, undated

Folder 5: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 5, undated

Folder 6: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 6, undated

Folder 7: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 7, undated

Folder 8: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 8, undated

Folder 9: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 9, undated

Folder 10: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 10, undated

Folder 11: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 11, undated

Folder 12: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 12, undated

Folder 13: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 13, undated

Folder 14: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 14, undated

Folder 15: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 15, undated

Folder 16: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 16, undated

Folder 17: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 17, undated

Folder 18: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 18, undated

Folder 19: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 19, undated

Folder 20: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 20, undated

Folder 21: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 21, undated

Folder 22: All The Days That Must Pass - Chapter 22, undated

Folder 23: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 1 (pg 1-3), undated

Folder 24: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 1 (pg 3a-25), undated

Folder 25: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 2, undated

Folder 26: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 3, undated

Folder 27: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 4, undated

Folder 28: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 5, undated

Folder 29: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 6, undated

Folder 30: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 7, undated

Folder 31: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 8, undated

Folder 32: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 9, undated

Folder 33: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 10, undated

Folder 34: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 11, undated

Folder 35: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 12, undated

Folder 36: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 13, undated

Folder 37: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 14, undated

Folder 38: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 15, undated

Folder 39: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 16, undated

Folder 40: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 17, undated

Folder 41: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 18, undated

Folder 42: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 19, undated

Folder 43: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 20, undated

Folder 44: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 21, undated

Folder 45: All The Days That Must Pass Draft 2 - Chapter 22, undated

Box 4

Folder 1-3: Emma Bogardus - Part 1, undated

Folder 4-6: Emma Bogardus - Part 2, undated

Folder 7-9: Emma Bogardus - Part 3, undated

Folder 10-12: Emma Bogardus - Part 4, undated

Folder 13: Harriet’s House - Chapter 1, undated

Folder 14-15: Harriet’s House - Chapter 2, undated

Folder 16-18: Harriet’s House - Chapter 3, undated

Folder 19: Harriet’s House - Chapter 3, undated

Folder 20-21: Harriet’s House - Copy 2 - Chapter 2, undated

Folder 22-24: Harriet’s House - Copy 2 - Chapter 3, undated

Folder 25: Miss Munday - an Overview, undated

Folder 26: Morning (as Sophia Belzar) - Part 1, undated

Folder 27-28: Morning (as Sophia Belzar) - Part 2, undated

Folder 29: Morning (as Sophia Belzar) - Part 3, undated

Box 5

Folder 1-2: Peculiar Superstition [Emma Bogardus] - Part 1, undated

Folder 3-6: Peculiar Superstition [Emma Bogardus] - Part 2, undated

Folder 7-10: Peculiar Superstition [Emma Bogardus] - Part 3, undated

Folder 11-13: The Standard of Fools, undated

Folder 14: The Story of Paradise Lost (as Sophia Belzer) Part 1: Chapters 1-3, undated

Folder 15: The Story of Paradise Lost (as Sophia Belzer) Part 1: Chapters 4-5, undated

Folder 16: The Story of Paradise Lost (as Sophia Belzer) Part 2: Chapters 1-3, undated

Folder 17: The Story of Paradise Lost (as Sophia Belzer) Part 2: Chapters 4-6, undated

Folder 18-20: Wyoming Suite, undated

Folder 21-23: Wyoming Suite - Version 2, undated

Folder 24: Wyoming Suite - Version 3, undated

Folder 25-28: [Wyoming Suite] - Version 4, undated

Sub-series 3: Novels - Stuart David Engstrand

Box 6

Folder 1-5: Beyond The Frost, undated

Folder 6: Beyond The Frost - Version 2, undated

Folder 7-11: [Beyond The Frost] - Version 3, undated

Box 7

Folder 1-5: Conceived and Dedicated - Part 1 - Chapter 1, undated

Folder 6-7: Conceived and Dedicated - Part 1 - Chapter 2, undated

Folder 8-12: Conceived and Dedicated - Part 1 - Chapter 3, undated

Folder 13-16: Conceived and Dedicated - Book 2, undated

Box 8

Folder 1-6: Conceived and Dedicated - Part 3 - Chapter 1, undated

Folder 7-8: Conceived and Dedicated - Part 4 - Chapter 1, undated

Box 9

Folder 1-5: Conceived and Dedicated - Part 1 - Chapter 1 - Version 2, undated

Folder 6-9: Conceived and Dedicated - Part 1 - Chapter 2 - Version 2, undated

Folder 10-13: Conceived and Dedicated - Book 2 - Version 2, undated

Folder 14-19: Conceived and Dedicated - Part 3 - Version 2, undated

Folder 20-21: Conceived and Dedicated - Part 4 - Version 2, undated

Box 10

Folder 1-7: First Timber, undated

Folder 8-13: First Timber - Version 2, undated

Folder 14-22: It This Not Ours - Incomplete Draft #1, undated

Folder 23-24: It This Not Ours - Incomplete Draft #2 =, undated

Folder 25: It This Not Ours - Incomplete Draft #3, undated

Folder 26: It This Not Ours - Incomplete Draft #4, undated

Folder 27: It This Not Ours - Incomplete Draft #5, undated

Box 11

Folder 1-7: More Lives Than One - 1st Version, Last Draft, undated

Folder 8-15: More Lives Than One - 1st Version, 1st Draft, undated

Folder 16: [More Lives Than One] - Incomplete Draft #1, undated

Folder 17: [More Lives Than One] - Incomplete Draft #2, undated

Folder 18: [More Lives Than One] - Incomplete Draft #3, undated

Folder 19: [More Lives Than One] - Incomplete Draft #4, undated

Folder 20: [More Lives Than One] - Incomplete Draft #5, undated

Box 12

Folder 1: Night After Night [Overview]

Folder 2-7: Night After Night, undated

Folder 8-13: Night After Night, 1945

Folder 14: [Night After Night] - Incomplete Draft #1, undated

Folder 15: [Night After Night] - Incomplete Draft #2, undated

Folder 16-22: Night After Night - Handwritten Draft, undated

Folder 23-33: Second Growth, undated

Folder 34: Son of the Giant - First Printing, 1950

Box 13

Folder 1-4: The Infant, undated

Folder 5-12: The Infant, 1935-1936

Folder 13-21: The Scattered Seed, 1953

Folder 22-23: The Shacker - Incomplete Draft, undated

Box 14

Folder 1-12: The Shacker - Incomplete Draft #2, undated

Folder 13: The Shacker - Incomplete Draft #3, undated

Folder 14-19: The Shacker, undated

Folder 20-25: The Shacker - Version 2, undated

Folder 26-41: We Can But Feed, undated

Folder 42: We Can But Feed - Incomplete Draft, undated

Sub-series 4: Stage and Screen

Box 15

Folder 1: Heat by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 2-3: King of the Wild Stallions - 1st Draft by Brenda Weisberg, July 29, 1946

Folder 4-12: King of the Wild Stallions - Revised 1st Draft by Brenda Weisberg, August 14, 1946

Folder 13: Medicine by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 14: Shadow of Love by Stuart Engstrand and Jan Leman, undated

Folder 15-21: The Man From New York Novelette by Stuart Engstrand and Sid Theil, July 10, 1947

Folder 22-27: The Man From New York Novelette by Stuart Engstrand and Sid Theil  - Copy 2, undated

Folder 28: The Sling and the Arrow by Stuart Engstrand - Proposal, undated

Folder 29: The Sling and the Arrow by Stuart Engstrand and George Waller Jr., undated

Folder 30: Tokyo Joe by Steve Fisher, 1947

Folder 31: Wyoming Suite by Sophia Engstrand and Jan Leman - Copy 1, undated

Folder 32: Wyoming Suite by Sophia Engstrand and Jan Leman  - Copy 2, undated

Folder 33: Wyoming Suite by Sophia Engstrand and Jan Leman  - Locations, undated

Folder 34: Wyoming Suite by [Sophia Engstrand and Jan Leman]  - Locations, undated

Folder 35: [Wyoming Suite by Sophia Engstrand and Jan Leman], undated

Sub-series 5: Miscellaneous Writings

Box 16

Folder 1: Arizona Lost Mines by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 2: Bank Scene, undated

Folder 3: Book of Poetry by Sophia Belzer, undated

Folder 4: Courage Versus Guts by [Stuart Engstrand], undated

Folder 5: Hiding The Loud Speaker by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 6: Protecting Your Shade Trees (incomplete) by Stuart Engstrand, undated

Folder 7: Selections from a Sonnet Sequence, undated

Folder 8: Suggestions for rewrite of [The Sling and the Arrow], undated

Folder 9: The Ships From The South, undated

Folder 10: The Vat of Life (I), undated

Folder 11: The Vat of Life (II), undated

Folder 12: [The Vat of Life] (I), undated

Folder 13-15: Untitled Manuscript by [Sophia Belzer], undated

Folder 16-17: Untitled Manuscript #1, undated

Folder 18-20: Untitled Manuscript #2, undated

Folder 21: Untitled Manuscript #3, undated

Folder 22: Untitled Manuscript #4, undated

Folder 23: Untitled Manuscript #5, undated

Folder 24: Untitled Manuscript #6, undated

Folder 25: Untitled Manuscript #7, undated

Folder 26: Untitled Manuscript #8, undated

Folder 27: Untitled Manuscript #9, undated

Box 17

Folder 1: Untitled Pages IV [4], undated

Folder 2: Untitled Pages V [5], undated

Folder 3: Untitled Pages V [5] 1.1, undated

Folder 4: Untitled Pages V [5] 1.2, undated

Folder 5: Untitled Pages V [5] 1.3, undated

Folder 6: Untitled Pages V [5] 1.4, undated

Folder 7: Untitled Pages V [5] 1.5, undated

Folder 8: Untitled Pages V [5] 1.6, undated

Folder 9: Untitled Pages V [5] 1.7, undated

Folder 10: Untitled Pages V [5] 1.8, undated

Folder 11: Untitled Pages V [5] 1.9, undated

Folder 12: Untitled Pages  VI [6], undated

Folder 13: Untitled Pages  VI-IX [6-9], undated

Folder 14: Untitled Pages V [5], undated

Folder 15: Untitled Pages VIII-IV [8-9], undated

Folder 16: Untitled Pages XI-XXV [11-15], undated

Folder 17: Untitled Pages XXV-XXVII [15-17], undated

Folder 18: Untitled Pages XXX [30], undated

Folder 19: Untitled Pages XXXVIII-XXXIX [38-39], undated

Folder 20: Untitled Pages XXXX-XXXXI [40-41], undated

Folder 21: Untitled Pages XXVIII-XLIII [28-43], undated

Folder 22: Untitled Pages XXXI-XXXIII [31-33], undated

Folder 23: Untitled Pages XXXV [35], undated

Folder 24: Untitled Pages XXXV-XXXVII [35-37], I-II [1-2], undated

Folder 25: Untitled Pages XXXVII-XXXVIII [37-38], undated

Folder 26: Untitled Pages XXXII-XLI [32-41], undated

Folder 27: Untitled Pages XLIII-XLVI [43-46], undated

Folder 28: Untitled Pages XLVI-XLVII [46-47], undated

Folder 29: Untitled Pages XLVIII [48], undated

Folder 30: Untitled Pages XLIX-LXII [49-62], undated

Folder 31: Untitled Pages LXIII-LXIV [43-46], undated

Folder 32: Untitled Pages LXVI [66], undated

Folder 33: Untitled Pages [LXVII] [67], undated

Folder 34: Untitled Pages LXVIII-LXXII [68-72], undated

Folder 35: Untitled Pages LXXXIII [83], undated

Folder 36: Untitled Pages XXIII-XXVI [23-26], undated

Folder 37: Untitled Pages XVII-XVIII [17-18], undated

Folder 38: Untitled Pages XIX-XXII [19-22], undated

Folder 39: Untitled Pages XXIII [23], undated

Folder 40: Untitled Pages XXIV-XXV [24-25], undated

Folder 41: Untitled Page I, undated

Folder 42: Untitled Pages IV-VI [4-6], undated

Folder 43: Untitled Pages VIII [8], undated

Folder 44: Untitled Pages 1-5, undated

Folder 45: Untitled Pages 1-9, undated

Folder 46: Untitled Pages 10-13, undated

Folder 47: Untitled Pages 14, undated

Folder 48: Untitled Pages 18-31, undated

Folder 49: Untitled Pages 32-36, undated

Folder 50: Untitled Pages 69-71, undated

Folder 51: Untitled Pages 37-49, undated

Series 3: Mixed Materials

Box 18

Folder 1: Pencil Sketch Portrait by T. Karnowski, undated

Folder 2: Pencil Sketch Portrait by unknown artist, undated

Folder 3: Photograph by Maurice Seymour, undated

Folder 4: Personal Writing I, undated

Folder 5: Personal Writing II, undated

Folder 6: Personal Writing III, undated

Folder 7: Personal Writing IV, undated

Folder 8: Personal Writing V, undated

Folder 9: Personal Writing VI, undated

Folder 10: Book Reviews, 1936

Folder 11: The Invaders Book Reviews, 1937

Folder 12: Book Reviews, 1939

Folder 13: Newspaper Clippings, 1940

Folder 14: Newspaper Clippings, 1941

Folder 15: Newspaper Clippings, 1942

Folder 16: Newspaper Clippings, 1943

Folder 17: Newspaper Clippings, 1944

Folder 18: Newspaper Clippings, undated

Folder 19: Cosmopolitan No. 708, June 1945

Folder 20: Cosmopolitan No. 708 copy #2, June 1945

Folder 21: Liberty Magazine, February 1948

Folder 22: Library Magazine - Copy 2, February 1948

Folder 23: The Story of Bishop Hill Colony, 1940

Folder 24: Friends of Literature, 1940

Folder 25: Of Men and Books, 1940

Folder 26: Off the Bookshelf - Miss Munday, 1940

Folder 27: Off the Bookshelf, 1940

Folder 28: Writers’ Conference, 28 November – 2 December, unknown year

Folder 29: WGN Talent Division, undated

Folder 30: Engstrand Marriage Certificate, 1935

Folder 31: Reilly & Lee Co. Contract, 1940

Folder 32: Royalty Remittance Statement - Miss Munday, 1940

Folder 33: Royalty Remittance Statement - Miss Munday, 1 January 1940 – 30 June 1941

Folder 34: Corrected Royalty Statement for Miss Munday, May 1941

Folder 35: Royalty Remittance Statement - Miss Munday, 1 July 1941 – 1 January 1942

Folder 36: Royalty Remittance Statement Wilma Rogers, 1 July 1941 – 1 January 1942

Folder 37: Declaration of Estimated Tax, 1949

Folder 38: Checkbook Log Book, 1959

Folder 39: Russian State Bank Slip, 1961

Folder 40: Kroch’s Bookstores Miss Munday Advertisement, undated

Folder 41: Liberte Deck Plan Tourist Class, undated

Folder 42: Miss Monday Cover, undated

Folder 43: Sophia Belzer Engstrand Lecture Subjects, undated

Folder 44: Stuart David Engstrand Lecture Subjects, undated

Folder 45: The Dial Press Award for Teachers, undated

Folder 46: The Teaching of Poetry, undated

Folder 47: Wilma Rogers Cover, undated

Folder 48: Wilma Rogers Cover - Copy 2, undated

Folder 49: Wilson Bulletin for Librarians Vol. 11 Issue 2, October 1936

Series 4: Published Novels

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