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Teresa Holloway writings, 1950-1967

 

Summary

Extent:
26.00 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Teresa Holloway writings, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-0-330

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of original manuscripts by Teresa Holloway. Also, a small collection of published stories in magazines along with newspaper clippings about Holloway's career.

Biographical / historical:

"Teresa Holloway (1906-1989), was born in Apalachicola, Florida...She moved to Jacksonvilee in 1939, owning and operating a ginger ale company for four years; from 1947-1967 she worked every biennium as an admistrative assistant in the Florida Senate.She also taught writing workshops at Jacksonville University and Florida Community College. Holloway published 39 novels under her own name and the pseudonyms Elizabeth Beatty and Margaret Vail McLeod. Her popular nurse romance novels for young adults feature a young woman or girl as protagonist. ...As Elizabeth Beatty, Holloway wrote mystieries, such as Jupiter Missile Mystery and Murder at Auction. As Margaret Vail McLeaod and Teresa Holloway, she wrote novels of young women in leadership jobs, such as Captain Jane, River Rescue, and Lady Lawyer. In addition, she scripted TV documentaries featuring Florida....She also wrote numerous features for the Jacksonville newspapers and a political column on the Florida legislature in the 1950s. Her many stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Ford Times, and Alfred Hitchock Mystery Magazine, among others." Quoted from The Book Lover's Guide to Florida, edited by Kevin M. McCarthy. Pineapple Press, Inc., Sarasota, FL. 1992. pp. 33-34.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Teresa Holloway
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Teresa Holloway writings, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-0-330

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA