US-RPB-ms2005.025 Guide to the Nancy Rubin Stuart Papers 1979-2011 (bulk 1983-1997) Brown University LIbrary Staff. Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Library

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Nancy Rubin Stuart papers Rubin Stuart, Nancy Ms.2005.025 39.5 Linear Feet 38 record center boxes, 2 shoeboxes, 5 document cases, 1 flat box 1979-2011 (1983-1997) The Nancy Rubin Stuart papers include notes, drafts, audio tapes, video scripts, correspondence, and printed materials, chiefly relating to her professional activities as a writer of non-fiction books, magazine articles, and television programs, along with a smaller quantity of personal papers. The material dates from 1979 to 2011. Rubin Stuart (Nancy) Papers Biographical / Historical

Nancy Rubin Stuart (Brown University, M.A.T. 1967) is a writer and journalist who has published under the names Nancy Rubin and (as of 1998) Nancy Rubin Stuart. Among her titles are: The New Suburban Woman: Beyond Myth and Motherhood (1982); The Mother Mirror: How a Generation of Women Is Changing Motherhood in America (1984); John Hays Hammond, Jr.: a Renaissance Man in the Twentieth Century (1987); American Empress: the Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1995); Isabella of Castile: the First Renaissance Queen (1991); Club Dance: the Show, the Steps, the Spirit of Country (1998); and The Reluctant Spiritualist: the Life of Maggie Fox (2005).

 July 1996 Accession Series 1 9 boxes 1982-1994 New Suburban Woman Subseries 1 1982 Research; manuscript 1982-1984 1 Scope and Contents note

Legal-size document case

 Research interviews 1982-1985 2 Research; post-publication; manuscript chapter drafts 1982-1986 3 The Mother Mirror Subseries 2 1984 Manuscript drafts 1982-1987 3 Manuscript drafts 1982-1988 4 Manuscript drafts 1982-1988 5 Scope and Contents note

Letter-size document case (reg.)

 Manuscript drafts 1982-1989 6 Scope and Contents note

Letter-size document case (wide)

 Research 1982-1990 7 Research 1982-1991 8 Research 1982-1992 9 Research notepads 1982-1993 10 Post-publication 1982-1994 11 Research interviews 1982-1994 12 February 1998 Accession Series 2 9 boxes undated Isabella Of Castile : The First Renaissance Queen Subseries 1 Research 13 Research 14 Research 15 Research: oversize photocopies 16 Scope and Contents note

Flat box

 Research and manuscript 17 Scope and Contents note

5 1/2" floppy disks in document case

 Manuscript drafts 18 Scope and Contents note

Foreword, chapters 1-17

 Manuscript drafts 19 Scope and Contents note

Chapters 18-37

 Manuscript drafts 20 Scope and Contents note

Chapters 38-Epilogue

 Manuscripts 21 Scope and Contents note

Edited

 Corrections, deletions; permissions; artwork; notebooks 22 American Empress : The Life And Times Of Marjorie Merriweather Post : archive Subseries 2 Manuscript 23 Printed materials Subseries 3 "Alpha Mu Gamma Presents Nancy Rubin" 1XX Scope and Contents note

1 poster

 January 2002 Accession Series 3 0.5 box 1986-2002 John Hays Hammond monograph Subseries 1 Published copy 1987 23 Reprints of articles and reviews Subseries 2 1987-2001 23 Television and video scripts Subseries 3 1997-2002 23 Miscellaneous fiction Subseries 4 Unidentified manuscript fragments 1986 23 August 2004 Accession Series 4 15.5 boxes 1979-1988 John Hays Hammond monograph/biography for the Hammond Castle Museum Subseries 1 Correspondence, research notes, manuscript 24 "Hammond Project" audiotaped interviews 25 Scope and Contents note

Cassette tapes in shoebox

 American Empress : The Life And Times Of Marjorie Merriweather Post : archive Subseries 2 C.W. Post and General Foods/Postum Cereal 26 C.W. Post and General Foods/Postum Cereal 27 Marjorie M. Post biographical research 28 Marjorie M. Post biographical research 29 Marjorie M. Post biographical research 30 Marjorie M. Post biographical research 31 Marjorie M. Post biographical research 32 Interview transcripts 33 Interview transcripts 34 Book-related correspondence; corrections; releases 34 Releases/permissions; photographs 35 Correspondence Subseries 3 1979-1984 36 1986-1988 37 Journalism Subseries 4 Queries, published projects 1980-1988 37 Article manuscripts 38 Article manuscripts 39 Contracts, financial--RESTRICTED Subseries 5 unspecified 40 Scope and Contents note

Document case

 September 2004 Accession Series 5 0.5 box undated The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox Subseries 1 Manuscript 39 Scope and Contents note

2 cops.

 January 2009 accession Series 6 4 boxes 1992-1997 Isabella Of Castile : The First Renaissance Queen Subseries 1 Marked-up photocopy of typescript of Isabella 41 1 Scope and Contents note

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 Marked-up photocopy of typescript of Isabella 41 2 Scope and Contents note

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 Marked-up photocopy of typescript of Isabella 41 3 Scope and Contents note

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 Marked-up photocopy of typescript of Isabella 41 4 Scope and Contents note

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 Marked-up photocopy of typescript of Isabella 41 5 Scope and Contents note

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 Marked-up photocopy of typescript of Isabella 41 6 Scope and Contents note

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 John Murphy: Publicity 41 7 Literary Agent 41 8 My Publicity Efforts: Isabella 41 9 Paperback 41 10 Original Proposal 41 11 Spanish Institute Party 41 12 Additional Publicity Efforts 1992 41 13 Books Sent File 41 14 Publicity Ideas: Isabella 41 15 Publicists 41 16 St. Martin's Correspondence 41 17 The Mother Mirror Subseries 2 Reprints -- The Mother Mirror 42 1 Muse of the Revolution: photocopy of copy-edited typescript 42 2 Scope and Contents note

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 Muse of the Revolution: photocopy of copy-edited typescript 42 3 Scope and Contents note

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 Muse of the Revolution: "R3" version typescript 42 4 Scope and Contents note

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 Muse of the Revolution: "R3" version typescript 42 5 Scope and Contents note

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 Muse of the Revolution: "R4" version typescript 42 6 Scope and Contents note

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 Muse of the Revolution: "R4" version typescript 42 7 Scope and Contents note

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 Muse of the Revolution: unidentified version "A" typescript 42 8 Scope and Contents note

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 Muse of the Revolution: unidentified version "A" typescript 42 9 Scope and Contents note

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 American Empress : The Life And Times Of Marjorie Merriweather Post : archive Subseries 3 Mt. Vernon 42 10 Mt. Vernon College 42 11 Palm Beach 42 12 Washington Interviews 43 1 Scope and Contents note

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 Washington Interviews 43 2 Scope and Contents note

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 Experts 43 3 Signed Releases 43 4 Scope and Contents note

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 Signed Releases 43 5 Scope and Contents note

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 Signed Releases 43 6 Scope and Contents note

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 Ms. Permissions Okay 43 7 Subsidiary Rights 43 8 Journalism Subseries 4 Child 44 1 Stages of Parenthood 44 2 Parents: Cliques and Bullies 44 3 Parents: Family Rituals 44 4 Parents: Parental Conflicts 44 5 Parents: Peer Pressure 44 6 Markson, Elaine 44 7 Mary Martin biography 44 8 Material relating to book on the Rockettes 44 9 Dennis/Shawn 44 10 Byron 44 11 Miscellaneous 44 12 Stamford Advocate 44 13 Suddenly Single: New York Times 1997 44 14 "Other Voices, Other Selves" 44 15 Travel & Leisure 44 16 Travel & Leisure: Franconia, New Hampshire story 44 17 American Imago 44 18 Biography and Source Studies 44 19 A & E Monthly 44 20 A & E Monthly 44 21 Reprints 44 22 Queries 44 23 Talks, Speeches, Honors 44 24 Speech requests and correspondence 44 25 Old Book Contracts -- D. Abel 44 31 Correspondence Subseries 5 1992 Correspondence 1992 44 26 1993 Correspondence 1993 44 27 1994 Correspondence 1994 44 28 My Correspondence 44 29 My Own Letters and Correspondence 44 30 October 2011 accession Series 7 2 boxes 2 document cases 1983-2007 The Muse of the Revolution: the Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation Subseries 1 Manuscript drafts 2005-2007 45 Scope and Contents note

Document case

 The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox; Club Dance: the Show, the Steps, the Spirit of Country Subseries 2 Manuscript drafts, correspondence, publicity 1983-2006 46 Scope and Contents note

Document case

 Collection information

The Nancy Rubin Stuart papers contain research, notes and manuscript copies of the author's book- and article-length journalism. Her topics include motherhood, marriage, family, architectural preservation, and historical biography, and among her subjects are Marjorie Merriweather Post, Queen Isabella of Spain, Mercy Otis Warren and Margaret Fox. Professional correspondence and article queries are also included in the collection.

The papers are organized into seven series that correspond to the accession chronology.

Series 1 (1982-1994) contains research, primarily photocopies and notes (Box 1, 3) plus audiotaped interviews (Box 2), manuscript drafts (Boxes 1, 3), postpublication documents and correspondence (Box 3) relating to Rubin Stuart's book The New Suburban Woman (1982). This series also contains research, primarily photocopies and notes (Boxes 8-11) plus audiotaped interviews (Box 13), manuscript drafts (Boxes 4-7), postpublication documents and correspondence (Box 12) relating to the book The Mother Mirror (1984).

Series 2 (undated) contains research and manuscript drafts relating to Isabella of Castile : The first Renaissance queen (1991). Boxes 13 to 16 contain research materials, mostly photocopied. Boxes 18 to 21 contain chapter drafts and several copies of the completed manuscript. Box 17 contains additional research and manuscript material on 5 1/2" double sided, double density floppy disks. A manuscript copy of American Empress : The Life And Times Of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1995) is also included, along with a poster advertising one of the author's speaking appearances.

Series 3 (1986-2002) contains miscellaneous published works, including a print copy of the John Hays Hammond biography (Box 23) and manuscripts of various magazine articles. Also included are television and video scripts, most of them on architectural restoration, written for the A & E and HGTV networks (Box 23).

Series 4 (1979-1988) contains the research, interviews and manuscript for the John Hays Hammond biography (Boxes 24-25; also Box 23 for the print copy). Also included in this series are research notes for American Empress : The Life And Times Of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1995); this research is primarily photocopies of primary sources and is arranged roughly in chronological order of Marjorie's life (Boxes 26-32), followed by transcripts of interviews (Boxes 33-34), publisher correspondence and photographs (Boxes 34-35). (See Box 23 for the complete manuscript of the Post biography.) The last component of the series is a collection of Rubin Stuart's professional correspondence, article queries, and manuscripts of various magazine articles (Boxes 36-39).

Series 5 (undated) contains two copies of the manuscript of The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox (2005), one identified as "final edit" (Box 39). (See Box 46 for additional copies.)

Series 6 (1992-1997) contains an edited version of Isabella of Castile : The first Renaissance queen (1991) (Box 41), along with the original proposal and publicity. Also within this series are various draft versions of The Muse of the Revolution: the Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation (2008) (Box 42). Further research notes, interviews and legal documents pertaining to American Empress : The Life And Times Of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1995) are in boxes 42 and 43. The remainder of the series comprises notes and magazine articles, mostly on the subject of parenthood, and several folders of Rubin Stuart's miscellaneous correspondence (Box 44).

Series 7 (1983-2007) contains drafts of The Muse of the Revolution: the Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation (2008)(Box 45). It also contains correspondence and files related to the publication and publicity for The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox (2005) and earlier publications by Stuart including her book Club Dance: the Show, the Steps, the Spirit of Country(Box 46).

Researchers are advised that express written permission to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion or extract from this collection must be obtained from the Brown University Library. Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.

 Preferred Citation

Nancy Rubin Stuart Papers, Ms.2005.025, Brown University Library.

The collection is arranged in seven series:

July 1996 Accession February 1998 Accession January 2002 Accession August 2004 Accession September 2004 Accession January 2009 Accession October 2011 Accession

Arrangement of this collection is determined by accession and reflects the acquisition of collection components over time. Researchers should note that material within individual accessions may overlap with materials in the other accessions. In order to locate all relevant material within the collection, researchers should consult each acquisition described in the Scope and Contents note.

Researchers should also note that arrangement across accessions may not be consistent, depending on the arrangement of materials at the time the collection was received by the library.

Restrictions apply to some personal papers: consult John Hay Library staff for details. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested. Advance notice is required to view born-digital records. Born-digital materials in this collection have not been reformatted yet. Researchers may request access to copies by contacting the John Hay Library with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. Access to original physical digital media is restricted.

 Administrative information

The Nancy Rubin Stuart papers acquired by gift of Nancy Rubin Stuart, 1996-2011.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed under the guidelines of the two-year Basic Processing grant awarded to Brown by the NHPRC. Materials were refoldered as needed and housed in acid free boxes to solidify the integrity of each series. The arrangement devised by dealer predominates.

The collection received in seven accessions since 1996. Further accruals expected.

 Names Warren, Mercy Otis Fox, Margaret Hammond, John Hays Isabella, Queen of Spain, I Rubin Stuart, Nancy Post, Marjorie Merriweather Christine Dunlap Farnham Archive Subjects Biography Motherhood -- History -- 20th century -- United States Authors, American -- Archives -- 20th century Language and Literature Types of Materials Correspondence Contracts Transcripts Proposals Photographs Notebooks Interviews Photocopies Floppy disks Audiocassettes Manuscripts for publication