Stuart David and Sophia Belzer Engstrand Collection, 1929-1961 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Stuart David and Sophia Belzer Engstrand Collection, 1929-1961

Predominant Dates:1940-1950

ID: 01/01/MSS00102

Primary Creator: Engstrand, Stuart David (1905-1955)

Other Creators: Engstrand, Sophia Belzer (1908-1963)

Extent: 7.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement:

Series 1: Correspondence

Series 2: Writing

            Subseries: Short Stories

            Subseries: Novels – Sophia Belzer Engstrand

            Subseries: Novels – Stuart David Engstrand

            Subseries: Stage and Screen

            Subseries: Miscellaneous Writings

Series 3: Personal

Series 4: Published Novels

Series 1 and 2 are organized alphabetically by title. Series 3 is organized by a combination of alphabetical and choronological. Series 4 is organized aphabetically by English title and by date printed. If there was a non-English title, it was located with the English equivalent.

Languages: English, Swedish, Danish, Italian, French

This collection contains manuscript drafts and published works, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, and personal documents belonging to Stuart David Engstrand (1904-1955) and Sophia Belzer Engstrand (1908-1963).

See Administrative/Biographical History for more information.

Stuart David Engstrand was born in Chicago in 1904. He was the son of John Engstrand (1871-1948) and Johanna “Hannah” Thompson (1874-1948), who immigrated from Sweden in 1895, and was one of six children. He married Sophia Belzer in 1935.

In 1937, Engstrand published his first novel, The Invaders, which offered commentary on Marxism through the story of American Southwest farmers and the "invaders" who come to organize their labor. In 1947, Engstrand published The Sling and the Arrow, his most well-known work, which tells the story of a man whose struggles with his gender and sexuality contribute to his unconscious attempt to kill his wife. Engstrand also authored numerous short stories, as well as works for the stage and screen. Stuart David Engstrand took his life in 1955 as a result of depression, and is buried in Los Angeles.

Sophia Belzer Engstrand was born in Chicago in 1908. She was the daughter of Louis (1883-1971) and Rose (1885-1971) Belzer, Jewish immigrants from Russia, and was one of six children. She married Stuart David Engstrand in 1935. In 1940, Engstrand published her first novel, Miss Munday, which portrayed the titular school teacher in her quest to balance social convention and personal happiness. Engstrand authored short stories, poetry, and works for the stage and screen, and also served as her husband's editor. Sophia Belzer Engstrand died in Los Angeles in 1963.

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions:

This collection is the physical property of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, may reside with the materials' creators(s) or their heirs.

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library welcomes requests for reproductions made from works in our collections, though restrictions may apply to certain materials. Please contact the library with any questions.

Preferred Citation: Stuart David and Sophia Belzer Engstrand Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Box and Folder Listing

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