Kenneth Roberts’ correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and other items are housed at the following locations.
Dartmouth College
Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository
Dartmouth College’s Kenneth Roberts Papers contains a variety of materials related to Roberts’ writing career: “manuscripts, galley proofs, correspondence, diaries, articles, maps, photographs, sketches and research material as well as scrapbooks and letter books, chronicling his career as a reporter and historical novelist. Of note is his extensive research and writing on dowsing, including material related to his company ‘Water Unlimited’.”
Contact Information
6065 Webster Hall
Hanover NH 03755 USA
Email: Rauner.Special.Collections.Reference@dartmouth.edu
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress’ Kenneth Lewis Roberts Papers, 1919-1956, contains 9,400 items from Kenneth Roberts, including “drafts, galleys, notebooks, outlines, and other items pertaining to novels and other writings by Roberts, including for Life and the Saturday Evening Post.” Check out the contents list here.
Contact Information
101 Independence Ave. SE
James Madison Memorial Building, LM 101
Washington, D.C. 20540-4680
(202) 707-5387
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The University of Maine
Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections
The Kenneth Lewis Roberts Papers at the University of Maine houses four “signed typescript letters and one signed handwritten letter.”
Contact Information
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5729
207-581-1686
http://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll
University of New Hampshire
Special Collections, Archives & Museum
The Kenneth Roberts Papers, 1919-1972, at the University of New Hampshire houses one box of materials, which contains material related to Roberts’ work on water dowsing and Oliver Wiswell, various articles from Saturday Evening Post, and other miscellaneous items.
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Yale University
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
The Kenneth Roberts Papers at Yale University at Yale University houses “research notes, handwritten and typescript manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, maps, book covers, dust jackets, publicity, book reviews, study outlines, correspondence, biographical sketches, obituaries, photographs, and bibliographical material documenting aspects of the life and career of the author of Northwest Passage.”
Contact Information
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977
beinecke.library@yale.edu
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