Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson papers, 1930-1986

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0597
Bib ID:
4078541 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Hobson, Laura Z (Laura Zametkin), 1900-1986
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
67 boxes (67 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Boxes 2-64 and Oversize 1-4 are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Description

Scope and Content

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, drafts, notes, documents, proofs, clippings, printed books, and other related materials. There are typescript drafts, proofs, related correspondence,, and printed copies of each of her books; typescript and tearsheets of her short stories, novelettes, and playscripts; correspondence with readers, agents, and publishers, and files for her promotional work at Time-Life, her newspapare and magazine columns, and her other interests; her daily appointment books; and her financial records. Among the cataloged correspondence are: Roger Nash Baldwin, Moss Hart, Hubert H. Humphrey, Ernest Jones, Clare Boothe and Henry Luce, Thomas Mann, Jo Mielziner, and Dorothy Thompson.

Arrangement

Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Boxes 2-64 and Oversize 1-4 are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of the Laura Hobson Estate, 1986.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Hobson, Laura (Esatate). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/01/86. Accession number--M-86-04-01.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed 06/20/88.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

2020-01-22 Oversize and additon series integrated into existing series. kws

2020-08-21 Added links to digitized material. kws

2020-12-01 Corrected box 1 - moved correspondents from box 2. kws

Biographical sketch

Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson, author and publicist, was an advertising copywriter, 1922-1930; a reporter for several New York papers, 1926-1927. She was married to Thayer Hobson, publisher and author, from 1930 to 1935; in 1932 she began to publish short stories and novelettes; between 1932 and 1935 she did advertising for the B. Altman store; Director of Promotion at Time, Inc., 1935-1940. In 1940 she began to write novels, with "The Trespassers" (1943). Her second novel"Gentleman's Agreement" (1947), became a worldwide success, and she continued as a novelist the rest of her life. She wrote screenplays 1943-1944; was a newspaper columnist, 1953-1954; returned to Time-Life, 1955-1963; began to write magazine columns in 1955; and was an active member of the Writers' War Board, Americans for Democratic Action, The Authors League, and other professional organizations.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Correspondence CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Diaries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sound recordings CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Baldwin, Roger N (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hobson, Laura Z (Laura Zametkin), 1900-1986 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jones, Ernest, 1879-1958 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Thompson, Dorothy, 1893-1961 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Time-Life Books CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Authors, American -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID