Susanne George Bloomfield [RG5801.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG5801.AM:  Susanne George Bloomfield

University of Nebraska – Kearney:  Author; Professor of English
Research materials:
Size: 1.0 cu.ft.; 1 box

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Dr. Susanne George Bloomfield received her BA and MA from the University of Nebraska Kearney and her PhD from the University of Nebraska Lincoln in 1988.  She is currently (as of 2012) Professor of English at the University of Nebraska Kearney.  Dr. Bloomfield is the author of three biographies published by the University of Nebraska Press: The Adventures of The Woman Homesteader: The Life and Letters of Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1992), Kate M. Cleary: A Literary Life with Selected Works (1997), and Impertinences: Selected Writings of Elia W. Peattie, a Journalist in the Gilded Age (2005). In the fall of 2007, the University of Nebraska Press published Adventures in the West: Stories for Young Readers, co-edited with UNK English graduate student, Eric Melvin Reed.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists of one box of primary research materials compiled by Dr. Susanne Bloomfield for her book, Kate M. Cleary: A Literary Biography with Selected Works.  The collection contains mostly photocopies of letters and other writings by Kate Cleary, as well as various articles used for background research.  Note:  See the NSHS Library for copies of Kate M. Cleary as well as other publications by Susanne George Bloomfield.

INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. Miscellaneous Stories
2. Cleary Magazine Research
3. From Hubbell Times
4. Biography
5. Hubbell, Thayer Co.
6. Chapter 3
7. Vella Vernell
8. Cleary Scholars and papers
9. Drugs – Research
10. 1st Draft Biography
11. The Midnight Marriage
12. A year at Elgin Insane Asylum
13. Like a Gallant Lady
14. Misc. News Clippings
15. Cleary Poems – Book
16. Cleary – Story of the Day
17. Misc. Published Stories
18. Presentation Show & Tell
19. Original Works to BE Published
20. Cleary Letters
21. Letters to Jim (Marguerite’s)

Subject headings:

Authors — 19th century — Biography
Authors — Nebraska
Bloomfield, Susanne George, 1947-
Thayer County (Neb.) — Biography
Women — Nebraska — Biography

TMM/ak               04-11-2012