University of Wyoming
Louis Paul (1901-1970), a short story author, was born Leroy Placet and often wrote under the pen name of Louis Paul. He won the O. Henry Award for short story authorship in 1934 and taught at Columbia University during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Collection contains correspondence (1928-1971), including love letters to his wife Mary during the late 1920s, letters written by Louis to Mary while she was in a mental institution from 1947-1948, and photocopies of letters from John Steinbeck; transcript of an interview with Paul (1950); photographs (1904-1953); poetry and popular music scores written by Louis and Mary Paul; research notes on the works of John Steinbeck; and the manuscripts for many of his short stories.
The University of Virginia Alderman Library preserves the original Steinbeck letters which are photocopied in this collection.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Louis Paul at the date of processing.
Finding aid available in repository.
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