The Lillian B. Gilkes Papers comprises the correspondence, writings, research notes, and memorabilia of the American author, educator, and biographer of Cora Crane (b. 1902). The collection not only illuminates Gilkes' professional writings, but also reveals a personal life marked by political activity and connections with radical artists and writers of the early to mid-20th century.
Papers of the novelist, author, and American authority on the Soviet Union. Collection includes manuscripts and/or production records for books on the Soviet Union, including The Cossacks (1945), Crisis in the Kremlin (1954), House Without a Roof (1961), and The Kremlin's Human Dilemma (1967), as well as for the novel Magda (1951) and the autobiographical Green Worlds (1938).