Haines, William Wister
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Scope and Contents
Contains a printer's typescript and correspondence regarding Haines' novel Command Decision. Additional newspaper and magazine clippings are included.
Dates
- Creation: 1888-1990
Creator
- From the Collection: Iowa Author's (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Born on September 17, 1908 in Des Moines, IA. He left Des Moines after graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1926, to attend the University of Pennsylvania. Graduating with a degree in engineering in 1931 he worked as a lineman on a railroad during the Great Depression. Haines joined the U.S. Air Force in 1942 and served three years in Britain. He wrote six novels and is the author of many screenplays. His most famous is “Command Decision” which was a novel that became a play and a film. Haines passed on November 18, 1989 at the age of 81.
Extent
From the Collection: 16.00 Linear Feet (Photographs throughout.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Novelist and screenwriter. This collection contains the manuscript and correspondence for the novel Command Decision.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by William Wister Haines in 1947. Guide posted to Internet in August 2004.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu