Collection title: Lew Dietz Papers
Collection number: MS 134
Dates of collection: 1950-1976
Size of collection: 1 box
Biography
Lew Dietz, an author and editor, was born in Pittsburgh and graduated from
New York University. He was a resident of Rockport, Maine. Most of his work is
about Maine, and is for both adults and juveniles.
Lew Dietz died in 1997.
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts with corrections of Dietz's books, The Allagash (1968), The
Running Man, A Touch of the Wilderness (1970), and The Year of the Big Cat
(1970), together with the printer's proofs for A Touch of Wilderness and
articles for Ford Motor Company's Ford Times.
Contents of Boxes
Box 325
f1 The Allagash. 346p. Manuscript copy, typed. with notes, corrections, etc.
f2 The Maine Woods by Mail. Article in Ford Times, Jan. 1971, p.36-40.
f3 Old muddy's last outpost. Article in Ford Times, April 1972, p. 15-20.
f4 The Running Man. [1960' s?] 223 p. Typescript. Publ. by Avon.
f5 Touch of wildness. 275p. Typescript with proof readers notations.
f6 Touch of wildness. Printers proof. Two (2) copies.
f7 The Year of the Big Cat. 1st Edition. Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1970. 171 p. Typescript copy-edited. Number 6949 on page 1. FM-4 copy.
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