Title: Harry Harrison Kroll, Darker Grows the Valley Manuscript

Date/Date Range :   circa 1947
Kroll, Harry Harrison, 1888-1967.
Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

Galley proof (with markings) for Kroll's novel Darker Grows the Valley .

Call number: MS-0006

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection is property of Special Collections.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Harry Harrison Kroll, Darker Grows the Valley Manuscript, MS-0006. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single manuscript.

Born February 18, 1888, in Kokomo, IN, Harry Harrison Kroll received his B.A. (1923) and M.A. (1925) degrees from the George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville. He taught at both Lincoln Memorial University and the University of Tennessee at Martin. He served as faculty head for the English department at LMU from 1926-1928. A prolific novelist and short story writer, Kroll's novel The Cabin in the Cottonwas used as the basis for a 1932 Hollywood film starring Bette Davis.

Galley proof (with markings) for Kroll's novel Darker Grows the Valley.

A copy of the printed book can be found in the rare books collection (PS3521.R566 D3).

• Kroll, Harry Harrison, 1888-1967.
• Authors, American -- Tennessee.