Autographs, correspondence and comments on the subject of autograph collecting, solicited and compiled by Madlener for her symposium and article “Contemporary Authors View the Autograph Collector”. Includes many notable writers and personalities including Bennett Cerf, Lin Yutang, W. Somerset Maugham, H.L. Mencken, Upton Sinclair and Thornton Wilder. Also, Madlener’s working papers on this subject, clippings, published articles and information about the history of the National Society of Autograph Collectors (now the Manuscript Society).