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Date added: 2018-11-14
1903-2013
(Bulk: 1955-2012)
Creator:
Dies, Harold, 1914-2012
Extent: 9 linear feet (9 boxes)
Harold Dies (1914-2012) was a trustee of the Dreiser Trust from its establishment following Helen Dreiser's death in 1955
to his own death in 2012. The Dreiser Trust managed the income and approved contracts for sale of Theodore Dreiser's published
works. This collection documents Harold Dies' work with the Dreiser trust and includes financial information; agreements,
copyright, correspondence, and royalty statements relating to the works of Helen Dreiser, Theodore Dreiser (bulk), and Paul
Dresser; correspondence relating to the Trust and the estates of family members; legal and court records relating to estates
of family members; some personal material of Harold Dies and members of the Dreiser family (including Gertrude A. Hopkins
Dorn (niece of Theodore Dreiser), Helen Dreiser, Theodore Dreiser, Vera Dreiser, and Paul Dresser (brother of Theodore Dreiser));
and publications using Dreiser material or Dreiser-inspired content.
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