Virginia Myers Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-0210

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

The Virginia Myers Papers consist of manuscripts for four novels by Virginia Myers, as well as personal professional correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1942-1998, undated

Extent

1.84 Cubic Feet (4 archives boxes.)

Creator

Myers, Virginia, 1918- (Person)

Scope and Contents

The Virginia Myers Papers include manuscript materials for four of Myers’ works. Included in this collection is correspondence with editors, publishers, literary agents and others concerned with the publishing business. Personal correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning Ms. Myers work are also included. The strength of this collection lies in the correspondence that contains information pertinent to the business and editorial aspects of publication during the post WWII years.

Researchers interested in the romance genre, as well as in the craft of romance writing and publication across decades, will find this collection useful.

Biographical / Historical

Virginia Ann Myers was born August 17, 1918, in Eugene Oregon to G. E. Myers, office manager, and Hazel Hope Myers, office worker. She graduated from San Fernando (California) High School in 1949 and went to work in the county welfare office soon after.

Ms. Myers’ first published work came at the age of twenty-nine and was a short story for Story Magazine entitled “The People Who Find the Bodies.” Three books followed within four years: Angelo’s Wife, This Land I Hold, and Escape from Morales. In between books, Ms. Myers wrote several short stories for various magazines and a fairly successful radio suspense script, “The Trap.” Later, Winds of Love (1979) and Come November (1980) were published under the Candlelight Ecstasy label of Dell Publishing.

Ms. Myers gave up writing several years while working for the textbook publisher Ginn and Company. After retiring, she again took up the pen and published Vessels of Honor (1995) and Helpmate (1998).

In 1985 Ms. Myers received the Romance Writers of America Golden Treasure Award. (Later known as the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award).

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright and other restrictions may apply to the materials in this collection. Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.