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Guide to the Phil Stong manuscripts

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Collection Overview
Date Span:1945-1961
Creator:Stong, Phil
Extent:1.50 linear feet.
Collection Number:MSC0705
Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Summary:Iowa author best remembered for State Fair (film scripts dated 1945, 1961 and 1962 are here), Stong also wrote several books for children, including The Adventures of "Horse" Barnsby and Hirum the Hillbilly. Both of these, and others, are represented in this collection.

Manuscripts of some of Stong's books are collected here, as well as letters from Stong to various correspondents. The major collection of Stong's papers is at Cowles Library at Drake University in Des Moines. The 2003 addendum contains letters from Mrs. Stong to a college friend, and provides some details her life with Phil Stong.

Access: This collection is open for research.

Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.

Acquisition: Phil Stong gave his manuscripts to the University of Iowa Libraries in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Preferred Citation: Phil Stong Manuscripts, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.

Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Address:Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:319-335-5921
Curator:Greg Prickman
Email:lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Website:http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/

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Film & Television Writing and Directing
English & American Literature
Writers Archive at Iowa
Authors of Books for Children
Study of Theatre Arts and Popular Culture