Browne Popular Culture Library

The Library has manuscript collections containing correspondence, fan mail, literary manuscripts, and galley sheets from many prominent romance writers, including Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Cathie Linz, and April Kihlstrom. (See below for links to available finding aids for some collections.) The Browne Popular Culture Library also houses the archives of the Romance Writers of America, the world's largest non-profit genre organization.

For more information on the BPCL's romance fiction collections, consult the romance fiction page.

PCL MS-174 Becky Barker Collection
1986-2003
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1986 and 2003.

PCL MS-189 Alice Brilmayer Collection
2000-2004
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 2000 and 2004.

PCL MS-164 Dixie Browning Collection
1987-2003.
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1987 and 2003.

PCL MS-149 Pamela Browning Collection
1994, 1996
Notes and a manuscript to one of her novels and correspondence with other romance writers comprise the core of this collection.

PCL MS 205 Ludima Gus Burton Collection
2001-2005
Manuscript and supporting material for novels written between 2000 and 2005.

PCL MS-217 Nancy J. Cohen Collection
1994-2009
The Nancy J. Cohen Collection is comprised of six cubic feet of correspondence, manuscripts, book publicity, articles and conference programs from 1994 to 2009. The manuscripts form the nucleus of the collection and include futuristic romance titles written by Cohen as author Nancy Cane and mysteries created for her Bad Hair Day Series.

PCL MS-169 Linda L. Crockett Collection
1994-1998
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1994 and 1998. Some novels written under pseudonym Linda Castle.

PCL MS-2 Dorothy Daniels Collection
The Dorothy Daniels Collection houses 110 manuscripts of 56 books, 28 synopses, 16 sets of galley sheets and 127 books.

PCL MS-1 Norman Daniels Collection
Norman Daniels is an author who has worked in several genres of popular fiction. Literary manuscripts, television and radio scripts, and printed stories form the core of the collection.

PCL MS-195 Gwynne Forster Collection
1998-2001
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1998 and 2001.

PCL MS-184 Patricia Gaffney Collection
1990-2004
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1990 and 2004.

PCL MS-185 Roberta Gellis Collection
1964-1999
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1964 and 1999. Some work published under the pseudonyms of Max Daniels, Priscilla Hamilton and Leah Jacobs.

PCL MS-198 Shirley T. Hailstock Collection
1995-2000
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1995 and 2000.

PCL MS-23 Florence Hershman Collection
Florence Hershman is an author of the romance genre. The literary manuscript for The Moreland Legacy is the core of the collection. She writes under the pseudonyms, Diana Haviland and Diana Browning.

PCL MS-166 Sylvie Kurtz Collection
1996-2005
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1996 and 2005.

PCL MS-153 Cathie Linz Collection
1987-1998
Notes, galleys to one manuscript and ten original, copy-edited manuscripts comprise the core of this collection.

PCL MS-156 Maumee Valley Romance Writers
1996-2000.
Correspondence, minutes, literary manuscripts, subject files relating to activities of Chapter 126 of the Romance Writers Association, including the organization of two conferences on the writing of romance fiction sponsored in cooperation with the BGSU Browne Popular Culture Library.

PCL MS-181 Kathleen Morgan Collection
1991-1996
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1991 and 1996.

PCL MS-82 Hester Mundis Collection
Manuscript of an article written about gothics.

PCL MS-102 Jerrold Mundis Collection
The Mundis Collection of .2 linear feet consists of the manuscript Echo in a Dark Wind and a set of edits for the manuscript.

PCL MS-168 Linda Varner Palmer Collection
1996-1998
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1996 and 1998

PCL MS-154 Susan Elizabeth Phillips Collection
1982-present
Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a contemporary American author of romance novels beginning with The Copeland Bride in 1982 and followed up to present by numerous award winning books. Her collection is comprised of 10 cubic feet of manuscript drafts, edited copies, galleys, research notes, publicity materials and some fan mail and miscellaneous correspondence mostly pertaining to manuscript editing.

PCL MS-5 Willo Davis Roberts Collection
Roberts was a writer of mystery, suspense, gothic, historical and juvenile novels. Literary manuscripts and galley sheets from seven of her works form the core of this collection.

PCL MS-144 Glenda Sanders Collection
1984-1996
Original typescripts of 27 of her novels, 12 synopses, 12 book cover art forms, and one short story comprise the core of the collection.

PCL MS-193 Darlene Scalera Collection
1999-2002
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1999 and 2002.

PCL MS 206 Valerie Taylor Collection
1992-2003
Manuscripts and supporting material for novels written between 1992 and 2003.

PCL MS-180 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Collection
The Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Collection is comprised of 17 cubic feet of manuscripts and correspondence from 1978-1999. The manuscripts include primarily historic and contemporary horror novels and some western, science fiction, and romantic suspense.

View the A-Z Listing of Manuscript Collections