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Collection Title: Bruce and Nancy Correll Roberts Papers

Collection Number: DG0821

Accession Number: unknown

Inclusive Dates: 1959-1976

Volume: 2.10 cubic ft.

Given By : Bruce Roberts and Nancy Correll Roberts

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

Old Salem in Pictures by Frances Griffin, photographs by Bruce Roberts; McNally and Loftin, 1966.

Preliminary book jacket
Photographs [8]
Proof sheets
Copper plate mounted on wood block

 

Ghosts of the Carolinas by Nancy and Bruce Roberts; McNally and Loftin, 1962.

Photographs
Typescript ["The Night the Spirits Called"]
Typescript ["Tsali, the Cherokee Brave"]

 

An Illustrated Guide to Ghosts and Mysterious Occurences in the Old North State by Nancy and Bruce Roberts; Heritage House, 1959.

Newspaper photograph from Charlotte Observer [used in end papers]
Photographs
Typescript ["The General's Ghost"]
Galley ["The General's Ghost"]
Typescript ["The Unearthly Music of Roan Mountain"]
Galley ["The Unearthly Music of Roan Mountain"]

 

You Can't Kill the Dream: Reflections by Malcolm Boyd, photographs by Bruce Roberts; John Knox Press, 1968.

Research
Review
Correspondence
Photographs

 

A Week in Robert's World: The South by Nancy and Bruce Roberts; Crowell-Collier Press, 1969.

Typescript
Edited typescript
Dummy
Galley
Photographs
Related material

 

America's Most Haunted Places by Bruce Roberts and Nancy Roberts; Doubleday, 1976.

Galley
Final Galley
Typescript
Photographs
Proof
Dummy w/pasted text

This Haunted Land by Nancy Roberts and Bruce Roberts; McNally and Loftin, 1970.

Typescript
Review

David by Nancy Roberts and Bruce Roberts; John Knox Press, 1968.

Typescripts [3]
Tearsheets of David story from Look [May 3, 1966]
Research
Today's Health featuring photographs from David
Publicity
Review
Publisher correspondence
Related material
Photographs

Where Time Stood Still: A Portrait of Appalachia by Bruce Roberts and Nancy Roberts; Crowell-Collier Press, 1970.

Typescript
Reviews
Color separation of map
Dummy w/pasted text
Incomplete typescript
Related material

Sense of Discovery: The Mountain by Nancy Roberts and Bruce Roberts; John Knox Press, 1969.

Typescripts [4]
Galley
Outline for layout
Correspondence
Photographs
Partial dummy
Final typescript
Revised typescript
Press sheets
Text layout
Review
Related material

 

Miscellaneous:

Tear sheets from Look magazine featuring work by Bruce Roberts (1965-1966)

Recording of "Author's Roundtable" featuring Bruce Roberts [on 33 1/3 rpm record]

Photographs of Nancy & Bruce Roberts

Unidentified photographs

Author information/press kit

Newspaper articles by Nancy Roberts re: ghost stories

Correspondence

 


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