Collection Dates: 1964 -- 1976
3 linear ft.
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Posted to Internet: May 2000
Acquisition Note: Nancy Veglahn donated these manuscripts to the University
of Iowa Libraries as they were finished, beginning in 1971.
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Nancy Crary Veglahn was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on July 17,1937. Her father, Ralph Crary, was an attorney and District Court judge and her mother, Margaret Crary, was an author. She attended the Sioux City public schools and received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Morningside College in 1959. She did graduate work in English at South Dakota State University, where she received her Master of Arts degree. Nancy was married to Don Veglahn on August 24, 1958 and they have two children.
Veglahn has held
a variety of professional-level positions at various institutions of higher
learning. She was an instructor of English at South Dakota State University,
where she also held a job as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. She was also the
Secretary to the Associate Dean at Yale Divinity School from 1959 --1962.
In addition to these professional jobs, she has also had a major writing career.
She has published a number of books including The Tiger's Tail, The Spider
of Brooklyn Heights, South Dakota, Peter Cartwright: Pioneer Circuit Rider,
Follow the Golden Goose, The Buffalo King, The Dance of the Planets, and
many others.
Scope
and Contents
The papers of Nancy
Crary Veglahn consist of three linear feet of literary manuscripts dating
from 1964 -- 1976. They represent her working papers for various books, including
The Tiger's Tail, Follow the Golden Goose and The Dance of the Planets.
Arranged chronologically by title these papers are open for research.
Box List
The Buffalo King
Notes and correspondence, 1970 -- 1971.Typescript with corrections and revisions.
Typescript with corrections and revisions. (2 folders)
Galley Proofs.
Page proofs.
Coils, Magnets, and Rings
Typescript with corrections. Early title: What's new Faraday?Page Proofs.
Dance of the Planets
Outline and notes.Original first draft typescript.
Typescript with corrections and revisions.
Printer's typescript with corrections.
Galley Proofs.
Follow the Golden Goose
Notes and correspondence, 1968 -- 1969.Typescript.
Typescript.
Typescript carbon.
Typescript incomplete.
Getting to Know the Missouri River
Notes.Typescript.
Mysterious Rays
Notes and OutlinesVarious typescript drafts with corrections and revisions.
Peter Cartwright, Pioneer Circuit Rider
Notes and correspondence, 1966.Typescript with corrections and revisions.
South Dakota
Correspondence, 1967 -- 1968Typescript with corrections.
The Spider of Brooklyn Heights
Notes, outlines, and correspondence, 1967.Typescript with corrections.
Swimmers, Take Your Marks!
Outline and typescript.Typescript with corrections.
Typescript photocopy.
The Tiger's Tail
Notes and correspondence, 1964.Typescript carbon of original draft.
Vandals of Treason House
Notes.Typescript with corrections.
Final typescript with editorial corrections.
Typescript
