Descriptive Summary | |
Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
Creator: | Granger, Mary Lois, approximately 1897-1970. |
Title: | Mary Lois Granger papers |
Dates: | 1918-1935 |
Extent: | 1.5 cubic feet (3 boxes) |
Identification: | MS 0321 |
Mary Lois Granger (ca. 1897-1970), a native of Savannah, daughter of Harvey Granger, was a novelist, poet and essayist. She published three novels: Widow of Ephesus (New York, Putnam, 1926), Wife to Pilate (New York, Payson & Clark Ltd., 1929) and Lucy and Three (New York, Brewer & Warren, 1930). She contributed to literary magazines and newspapers - poetry, descriptive articles, etc. She edited Savannah River Plantations, by the Savannah Writers' Project (Savannah, Georgia Historical Society, 1947).
This collection consists of first manuscripts of her published novels, manuscripts of unpublished novels, essays, drama, scenarios written while at Barnard College, and correspondence of and papers relating to her father, Harvey Granger. Many of these concern the development of highways, notably the Atlantic Coastal Highway. The addendum to this collection relates to interracial cooperation and consists of correspondence, pamphlets, and notes concerning race relations.
Custodial History
Materials were acquired from creator.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], Mary Lois Granger papers, MS 321, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mary Lois Granger, 1968.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Box | Fldr | ||||||||||||
1 | 1 | Items 1-4: Widow of Ephesus, first MS. In Miss Granger's hand | |||||||||||
2 | Items 5-24: Reviews of Widow of Ephesus, 1926-1927 | ||||||||||||
Clippings from literary magazines and newspapers. | |||||||||||||
3 | Items 25-27: Wife to Pilate, first MS. In Miss Granger's hand | ||||||||||||
4 | Items 28-88: Reviews of Wife to Pilate, 1928-1929 | ||||||||||||
Clippings from literary magazines and newspapers, two letters re the book, and a review by Miss Granger on a book by Eleanor Wylie. | |||||||||||||
Item 89: Typescript of Widow of Ephesus | |||||||||||||
Item 90: Typescript of Wife to Pilate | |||||||||||||
Box | Fldr | ||||||||||||
2 | 5 | Items 91-92: Lucy and Three, first MS, originally entitled Light and Shadow. In Miss Granger's hand | |||||||||||
6 | Items 93-128: Reviews of Lucy and Three, 1930 | ||||||||||||
6 | Item 129: TS of Lucy and Three | ||||||||||||
6 | Item 130: TS of unpublished novel, Out Damned Spot | ||||||||||||
6 | Item 131: TS of unpublished novel, Angel Faces | ||||||||||||
10 | Items 148-152: College papers: Drama | ||||||||||||
"Joel the Slayer" (handwritten), "Michael, the Young King" (1919), "The Night Worker" (handwritten, 1920), "The Play of Daniel," "A Picnic" (with Rhoda Hoff). | |||||||||||||
18 | Items 265-187: Letters of condolence, resolutions and clippings re the death of Harvey Granger, 1935, and a photograph and a line drawing of Harvey Granger | ||||||||||||