Mollee Coppel Kruger papers
Abstract
Mollee Coppel Kruger (b. 1929) is a Maryland poet, journalist, playwright, and humorist. She attended the University of Maryland, College Park, from 1946 to 1950 and received her degree in Education. From 1967 to 1983, she authored a weekly poetry column, entitled Unholy Writ, which was syndicated nationally in several Jewish periodicals. Kruger has also published six poetry collections under the Maryben Books imprint. Kruger's papers include correspondence, drafts, notes, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, published materials, video tapes, and memorabilia. Notable correspondents in the collection include Cynthia Ozick and Joseph Brodsky. Of particular interest are Kruger's bi-weekly letters home during her time as a student at the University of Maryland.
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Historical Note
Poet, journalist, playwright, and humorist, Mollee Coppel Kruger was born in Bel Air, Maryland, on March 28, 1929, to Jewish immigrant parents, Benjamin and Mary Coppel, and exhibited a flair for verse and the stage from a very tender age. Her first published poem, "May," appeared in the Bel Air Times when she was only twelve, and, by the age of thirteen, she was writing regular letters to the editor of the Baltimore Evening Sun. In high school, Kruger wrote "Teen Topics," a popular column for the Harford Gazette under the pseudonym Suzanne, in addition to serving as editor of several school and extra-curricular publications. By the time of her graduation from high school in 1946, her poem, "No, Woman's Home Companion, I Don't Want to Put My Lipstick on with a Brush," was accepted for publication in Woman's Home Companion. She also won a national prize from Scholastic magazine for her humorous poem called, "Inca Hoots With South America."
Kruger entered the University of Maryland, College Park, in September 1946 to study English and minor in French. As a coed in the immediate post-war era, Kruger witnessed a time of great change on American university campuses, as huge numbers of World War II veterans entered higher education on the GI Bill. Her weekly letters home testify to the productive, often hectic, life of an ambitious young woman. She appeared in University Theater productions of "Night Must Fall" and "Our Town"; wrote a regular column for the campus newspaper, the Diamondback; and served in various editorial capacities for the university humor magazine, Old Line. In 1949, Kruger was inducted into Mortar Board, the most prestigious women's honorary society at the time. She was the first Jewish woman at the University of Maryland to be tapped for membership in the society. Additionally, she was inducted into the journalism honorary, Pi Delta Epsilon.
Upon entering the work force in 1951, Kruger took a position first as a typist-clerk, then as an advertising copy writer at the Baltimore-based Joseph Katz Company. During this time she continued to write poetry and short stories and drafted a novel entitled She Waded in the Water. Much of Kruger's creative writing from this time reflects her experience as a woman in the 1950s office environment. In 1955, she married chemist Jerome Kruger (1927-) with whom she had two sons, Lennard in 1957 and Joseph in 1959. During the 1960s and 1970s, Mollee Kruger was active in a wide variety of literary pursuits from radio and television script writing to plays and poetry. In 1965, she staged a synagogue pulpit drama entitled, "Three Verse Offerings." In 1967, she began a sixteen-year career as a columnist of topical verse for the Jewish Week in Washington, D. C., with her poem, "The Wall-Eyed World," written after Israel's Six Day War with Egypt, Jordan, and Syria ended. The column, "Unholy Writ" quickly gained a following and was syndicated nationally.
Frustrated by several attempts to collect and publish her "Unholy Writ" poems as a book, Kruger and her husband formed the small press, Maryben Books, and, in 1970, brought out her first book, Unholy Writ: Jewish Poems for the Non-Neurotic. In 1973, she published a companion volume, More Unholy Writ, also under the Maryben Books imprint. Several more books were to follow, including Yankee Shoes: A Light Verse Saunter Through Our Second Hundred Years (1975) and Daughters of Chutzpah: Humorous Verse on the Jewish Woman (Biblio Press, 1983).
In 1978, returning to a full-time job after an absence of twenty four years, she became editor of an in-house publication at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), the Standard, which earned her a 1979 Award for Excellence from the Society of Technical Communications. She left in 1980 to concentrate on free-lancing and worked on the beginning of a novel, Warning Out, in collaboration with Nancy Starnes, a co-worker at NBS, and then, with Starnes, researched and outlined a proposal for a non-fiction book of advice for women over fifty.
In 1983 and 1984, while directing her original musical, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, for the state of Maryland's 350th anniversary celebration, Kruger developed spasmodic dysphonia, a voice disorder. This curtailed her teaching, numerous poetry readings, and other public engagements; however, Kruger's literary productivity was not compromised. She compensated for the voice loss by increasing her correspondence with friends and family and turned to writing more serious poetry, including poems like "The Cats of Ahuza," written during the four months she lived in Israel during 1984 when her husband was a visiting professor at the Technion in Haifa. During the second half of the 1980s, she increased her output of articles for local suburban newspapers, published numerous letters to the editors of Maryland and Washington newspapers, and wrote essays and poetry. She also became a founding member of the Montgomery County Commission on the Humanities from 1984 to 1991, and, in 2001, she received the Comcast Achievement in Humanities Award. In 1990, she published her fifth book of poetry, Admiral of the Mosquitoes: Columbus and America in Light and Dark Verse, followed by Ladies First: Rhymes and Times of the Presidents' Wives and Other Female Fantasies (1995), which was adapted into a stage musical by Kruger and Winifred Hyson and ran for six years in Washington, D. C., and Baltimore area venues.
At the 1994 National League of American Pen Women Biennial in New York, she swept the national Letters competition, winning seven awards in various categories: Serious Poetry ("Snowblind"); Short Story ("Superfrog" ) and ("I Never Met a Decade I Didn't Like") ; Petrarchan Sonnet ("On Looking Back" and "Sonnet to a Line in the Book of Job"); Published Non-fiction ("What Rhymes With Sincerely Yours?") originally published in Writer's Digest in 1988; and Journalism ("A Day Even for Uncle Frank") which had been published in the Washington Post in 1993. "Snowblind" was later published in Chesapeake, a regional literary magazine, and "Superfrog" appeared in the Pen Woman magazine. That same year she won the nationwide Miriam Rogers Journalism Award for an article on U.S.O. hostesses during World War II. In a shortened version, this was published in the Washington Post as "Last Waltz on the Way to War" at the end of 1994. An earlier essay, "A Holiday Even for Uncle Frank" had appeared in the Washington Post the previous year. The two latter essays have been incorporated into her memoir-in-progress about growing up in a small Maryland town.
In 2001, when the Electrochemical Society commissioned her to create a commemorative poem for the international scientific organization's 100th anniversary, she wrote "The Body Electric." It was presented at the centennial celebration in Philadelphia and later published in Interface. In 2003, she began working on a revival of Ladies First and a novel entitled The God Bubble, developed from parts of Warning Out, begun in the early 1980s. In 2005, Biblio Press published her sixth book of poetry, A Purse of Humorous Verse for the Jewish Woman. Kruger's memoir, The Cobbler's Last: A True Story of Hard Times, War, and the Journey of a Maryland Girl Who Lived over a Shoe Store on Main Street was published in 2010.
Mollee and Jerome Kruger reside in Rockville, Maryland.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Papers of Mollee Coppel Kruger contain manuscripts from her diverse career as a writer in poetry, prose, theater, broadcasting, and advertising, as well as extensive correspondence, clippings, publications, and ephemera. Additionally, the papers include audio-visual materials and some photographs and artwork. The collection spans the period 1934 to 2010. Writings and correspondence from the 1960s and 1990s constitute the bulk of the collection.
Custodial History and Acquisition Information
Mollee Kruger donated her papers to the University of Maryland Libraries in August 2001. She donated additional materials in April 2002, November 2002, March 2004, April-May 2006, September 2007, October 2007, July 2008, December 2008, August and December 2010.
Processing Information
Processed by Jason Stieber, March 2004. Revised by Ruth M. Alvarez, January 2005, May 2006, October 2007, June 2009. Revised by Anna Yallouris, February 2009, March 2009, March 2010. Revised January and August 2010.
When the collection arrived at the University of Maryland Libraries in October 2001, it was in the rough chronological order imposed by Mollee Kruger. She had created files for events or committees in which she had participated and combined a wide variety of material in each file. These included correspondence, notes, ephemera, and photographs, among others. An attempt was made to preserve this focus on context within the final, processed arrangement of the collection; however, several major alterations to the original order were made.
During processing, most of the correspondence was separated into its own series and arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically within each correspondent heading. All manuscripts of a literary nature were separated and arranged alphabetically first by subheading, such as poetry, play, or short stories, then by title (if one was given) or brief descriptors. The Series II description contains additional information on subheadings and descriptors.
Metal paperclips and staples were removed from materials, which were then housed in acid-free folders and archival manuscript boxes. Two scrapbooks and all works of art were separated and placed in mapcase drawers for flat storage. Many clippings and brittle manuscripts were housed in Mylar sleeves backed with sheets of acid-free paper. Clippings which were not placed in Mylar sleeves were interleaved with acid-free paper. In rare cases, clippings were photocopied, and the originals retained with the copy. Certain scrapbook items were removed from their original bindings and re-housed in Mylar sleeves. In these cases, every attempt was made to preserve the original order of the scrapbook as well as the placement of the objects on the page.
In February 2009, aditional gifts from Mollee Kruger, donated July and December 2008, were incorporated into the collection. As a result of this incorporation, Series VIII: Artwork, Memorabilia, and Audo-Visiual Materials was renamed to reflect the addition of audio materials.
EAD markup created using EAD database in Microsoft Access. Markup completed by Lara D'Agaro, September 2007. Updated by Anna Yallouris, February 2009, March 2010.
Arrangement of Collection
The collection is divided into eight series:
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, 1944-2010 and undated (3.50 linear feet)
This series consists of letters between Mollee Kruger and her family, friends, and literary associates; however, the bulk of the series consists of letters written to Kruger. Most correspondence is of a literary nature, and covers the range of Kruger's creative output. Several illustrious literary figures are represented within this series, including Cynthia Ozick (1928-) and Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996). Some letters are of a personal nature, particularly those written by Kruger to her family while she was an undergraduate at the University of Maryland; this early family correspondence is filed under the heading, "Coppel Family." Letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically within each folder. Where postmark dates are legible, existing envelopes have been retained and filed with corresponding letters.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abramowitz, Molly, 1980 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| The Academy of American Poets, 1996 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Accent, 1951 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Adler, Grete, 1987, 1989 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Aisenberg, Karen, 1972 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Alpert, Carl, 1972 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Alpha Epsilon Phi, 1949 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Alpher, Frieda, undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Alter, Robert, 1967 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Alvarez, Beth, 2000-2002 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Alvarez, Beth, 2003-2005 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Alvarez, Beth, 2006-2008 and undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| American Jewish Times-Outlook, 1968 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| American Jewish World, 1970 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, 1974 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Arlington-Fairfax Jewish Congregation, 1976 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Ashenofsky, Hilda, 1980 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Auld, Marion, 1945 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Ausabel, Nathan, 1965 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| Aylward, Mary Lakeman, circa 1976, 2003 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
| Bailey, Monette, 2006 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
| Baldinger, Elly, undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 22 | |
| Baltimore Jewish Times, 1970 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 23 | |
| Banes, Daniel, 1973 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 24 | |
| Barr, Samuel, 1979 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 25 | |
| Baum, Michael, 1981 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 26 | |
| Beaudoin, Lee, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 and undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 27 | |
| Beck, Mary Beth, 1997-2000, 2002, 2007 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 28 | |
| Becker, Bill, 1992 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 29 | |
| Behrman House, Inc., 1966, 1971 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 30 | |
| Benderly, H.C., 1966 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 31 | |
| Bennett Sheldon Brown, Virginia, 1980, 1985-1987 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 32 | |
| Bennett Sheldon Brown, Virginia, 1988-1990 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 33 | |
| Bennett Sheldon Brown, Virginia, 1991-1992 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 34 | |
| Bennett Sheldon Brown, Virginia, 1993-1994 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 35 | |
| Bennett Sheldon Brown, Virginia, 1995-1997 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 36 | |
| Bennett Sheldon Brown, Virginia, 1998-2001 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 37 | |
| Bennett Sheldon Brown, Virginia, 2002-2008 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Berle, Gustav, undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Berman, Edith Anne, 1972 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Berman, Mimi, 1970 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| Bermont, Hubert, 1969 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Beth Israel Mikro Kodesh Sisterhood, 1976-1977 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| Beth Sholom Sisterhood, 1971 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
| Beth Tikva, 1976 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| Beth Tikva Sisterhood, 1970, 1976 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
| Beth Torah Congregation, 1975 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 10 | |
| Biblio Press, 1980-1989 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 11 | |
| Biblio Press, 2001-2006 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 12 | |
| Biblio Press, 2007 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 13 | |
| Blate, Samuel, 1983 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 14 | |
| Blatt, Leslie, undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 15 | |
| Block, Naomi, 1973 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 16 | |
| Bloom, Albert, undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 17 | |
| Blumberg, Shirley, undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 18 | |
| B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations, 1973 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 19 | |
| B'nai B'rith, John F. Kennedy Lodge no. 2484, 1973 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 20 | |
| B'nai B'rith Lecture Bureau, 1977 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 21 | |
| B'nai B'rith Bay Chapter, Great Neck, New York, 1976 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 22 | |
| Bookson, H., 1974 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 23 | |
| Botsford, Harriet M., 1982 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 24 | |
| Bragin, Barney, 1986-2004 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 25 | |
| Bravman, David, 1971 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 26 | |
| Brinn, Chris and Ruth, 2004-2007 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 27 | |
| Brodsky, Jospeh, 1992 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 28 | |
| Bronx House, 1976 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 29 | |
| Brower, Carol, 1969 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 30 | |
| Brown, Virginia Bennett Sheldon -- (see Bennett Sheldon Brown, Virgina) | series 1 | box 2 | folder 31 | |
| Business Week, 1973 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 32 | |
| Buxbaum, Martin, 1969 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 33 | |
| Calfee, Ken -- (Includes photograph), undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 34 | |
| California Jewish Voice, 1971 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 35 | |
| Cashdan, Rabbi Louis, 1973 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 36 | |
| Catholic University, 1966-1967 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 37 | |
| Cedrone, Lou, 1968, 1974-1975 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 38 | |
| Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission, 1988-1989 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 39 | |
| Clinton, William and Hillary, 1993 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 40 | |
| Cogan, David, 1984 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 41 | |
| Cogen, Charles, 1976 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 42 | |
| Cohen, Bea, undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 43 | |
| Cohen, Bertram, 1984 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 44 | |
| Cohen, Frank, 1981 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 45 | |
| Cohen, Rabbi Hillel A., 1973 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 46 | |
| Communiqué Public Relations, 1976 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 47 | |
| Congregation Beth Ora, 1966 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 48 | |
| Congregation Beth Yeshurun, 1969 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 49 | |
| Congregation Shaarei Zedek Sisterhood, 1973 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 50 | |
| Conrad, Tippy, 1994 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 51 | |
| Coppel, Eleanor -- (Letter in verse, untitled), 1944 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 52 | |
| Coppel, Harold, 1945 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 53 | |
| Coppel, Marcia, 1995, 2003, 2005 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 54 | |
| Coppel, Miriam and Stan, 1996, 2000 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 55 | |
| Coppel family, 1946 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 56 | |
| Coppel family, 1947 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| Coppel family, January-May 1948 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| Coppel family, September-December 1948 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| Coppel family, January-May 1949 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| Coppel family, September-December 1949 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Coppel family, January-June 1950 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Coppel family -- (Inventory of letters), 1946-1950 [2001] | series 1 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Cuomo, Mario, 1991 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
| [Covertsman?], Bernard, 1982 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 9 | |
| Darner, Josephine, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 10 | |
| Davidson, Mina, 1991 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 11 | |
| Dayton Jewish Chronicle, 1978 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 12 | |
| Diamant, Anita, 1980 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 13 | |
| Dodek, Miriam Selker, 1976 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 14 | |
| Donahue, Mary, 1977 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 15 | |
| Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 16 | |
| Drachman, Gertrude, 1986 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 17 | |
| Duncan, Douglas, 1992 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 18 | |
| Earl, Sylvia, 1976 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 19 | |
| Editors, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1994-1995, 2004 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 20 | |
| Eisenhauser, Louis C., undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 21 | |
| El Al, Israel Airlines, 1971 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 22 | |
| Ellie, 1975, 1976 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 23 | |
| Ellison, Connie, 1983 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
| Elster, [S.?], 1970 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
| Ethnic Heritage Festival, 1984 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
| Evers, Dora, 1974 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
| Ezekiel, Sarah, circa 1960 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
| Falbo, Edna, 1983 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
| Fisch, Harold, 1984 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
| Flaharty, Jeanine, 1984 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 8 | |
| Forman, Elaine, 1985 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 9 | |
| Fortune, 1974 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 10 | |
| Fosler, Scott, 1985 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 11 | |
| Frank, Adam, 1973 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 12 | |
| Frankel, Erna, undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 13 | |
| Friedman, Samuel, 1975 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 14 | |
| Frielicoff, Morris, 1971 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 15 | |
| Friendly, Alfred, 1972 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 16 | |
| (Gazette Newspapers), undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 17 | |
| Gerber, Edwin, 1989 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 18 | |
| Getz, Betty, 1945 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 19 | |
| Geyer, Marion and Jim, 1981 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 20 | |
| Gilchrist, Charles, 1983, 1985 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 21 | |
| Glaser, Michael, 1984, 1992, 2002, 2005 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 22 | |
| Goldberg, Beatrice, 1969 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 23 | |
| Goldberg, Charles, 1975 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 24 | |
| Goldstein, Louis L., 1992 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 25 | |
| Gonzalez, Jose, 1973 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 26 | |
| Good Housekeeping -- (Letter in verse, "Why Girls Grow Wrong"), 1965 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 27 | |
| Gore, Louise, 1975 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 28 | |
| Governer of Maryland, Office of the, 1983, 1992 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 29 | |
| Graphicopy, 1970 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 30 | |
| Greenberg, Samuel, 1983 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 31 | |
| Gross, David C., 1975, 1986-1987 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 32 | |
| [Gurowitz?], Jack, 1973 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 33 | |
| Guy, Gertrude M., undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 34 | |
| H.W. Budemeier Company, 1958-1959 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 35 | |
| Ha'am: UCLA's Jewish Student Newspaper, 1973 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 36 | |
| Haberman, Rabbi Joshua, 1972 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 37 | |
| Hadassah, 1974-1976, 1992, 1994 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 38 | |
| Hadassah, Greater Washington Area Chapter, 1967, 1970, 1973, and undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 39 | |
| Hall, Cherrie, 1974-1975 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 40 | |
| Hammerman, Anne, 1974 and undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 41 | |
| Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1966 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 42 | |
| Harlequin, 1952 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 43 | |
| Harr, Barbara, 2001, 2002 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 44 | |
| Harting, Claire, circa 1992 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 45 | |
| Hartman, Ann, 1989, 1991 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 46 | |
| Hawkins, Earle T., 1945 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 47 | |
| Hay, Jacob, 1968 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 48 | |
| Hayes, Bernice, 1964 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 49 | |
| Hebrew College, 1971 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 50 | |
| Henkin, Rose and Harry, 1975-1977 and undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 51 | |
| Hill, Lori, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, and undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 52 | |
| Hoare, Jim and Terry, undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 53 | |
| Hochstein, Anne, 1970 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 54 | |
| Hochstein, Joseph Moses, 1976 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 55 | |
| Hoffman, Milton, 1974 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 56 | |
| Hoof, David, 2001 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 57 | |
| Horowitz Bros & Margareten, 1971 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 58 | |
| Host Enterprises, Inc., 1970 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 59 | |
| "How to Be A New Breed of Female Over 50" -- (About), 1982 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 60 | |
| Hyson, Winifred, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000-2002, 2004, 2006-2007, and undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 61 | |
| Hughes, Betty, undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 62 | |
| Inkling, 1985 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 63 | |
| Issacson, Julius, 1970 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 64 | |
| Isenstein, Robert, 1969 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 65 | |
| Ishee, Stella, 1992 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 66 | |
| "Itzhak", 1974 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 67 | |
| "Jackie", 1945 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 68 | |
| Jerusalem International Book Fair, 1975 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 69 | |
| Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh, 1969, 1971 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 70 | |
| Jewish Community Center of Baltimore, 1974 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 71 | |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 1967, 1971-1977, 1983 and undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 72 | |
| Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 1975, 1976 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 73 | |
| Jewish Community Center of Prince George's County, 1965-1966, 1969 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 74 | |
| Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington, 1969 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 75 | |
| Jewish Exponent, 1975 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 76 | |
| Jewish Floridian of Miami Beach -- (Includes poetry manuscript, "High Holiday Tickets," "Kol Nidre," "Shofar," "A Yom Tov Parable," "FHA Approved," "Yom Kippur"), 1988 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 77 | |
| Jewish Identity Center, 1976-1977 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 78 | |
| Jewish Publication Society of America, 1965-1966 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 79 | |
| Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 1986-1987 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 80 | |
| Jewish Voice, 1971 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 81 | |
| Jewish Week, 1967, 1969, 1972-1973, 1975, 1977, 1983-1984, 1986, 1995, 2005 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 82 | |
| Joseph Katz Co., 1951 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 83 | |
| Kagen, Dot, 1975 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 84 | |
| Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, 1970 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 85 | |
| Kaplan, Mashe, 1980 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 86 | |
| Karbank, Herby, 1969 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 87 | |
| Krasnow, Rose, 1992 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
| Karton, Gert, 1982 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
| Kaufman, Aviva, 1972 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
| Keller-Mathers, Susan, 2003, 2004 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 4 | |
| Klavan, Gene, 1975 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
| Koenick, Harry, 1994 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 6 | |
| Kramer, Clara, 1980 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 7 | |
| Krantz, David E., 1994 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 8 | |
| Krantz, Florence, 1994 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 9 | |
| Krantz, Hazel, 1994 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 10 | |
| Kroll, Frances, 1983 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 11 | |
| Kronstadt, Henry, 1980, 1986 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 12 | |
| Kruger, Isaac, 2000, 2001, 2003 and undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 13 | |
| Kruger, Jerry, 1954 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 14 | |
| Kruger, Len, 1975, 1994, 2001, 2003 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 15 | |
| Kruger, Theodor H., 1976 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 16 | |
| Kubin, Jacquie, 1998 and undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 17 | |
| Lansburgh's -- (Department store?), 1955 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 18 | |
| Leffler, Merrill, 2005, 2006 and undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 19 | |
| Leggett, Isiah, 1988 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 20 | |
| Leidman, Sam, undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 21 | |
| Lerner, [?], 1982 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 22 | |
| Levin, Blanche, 1976 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 23 | |
| Levin, Rabbi Martin N., 1973 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 24 | |
| Levin, Sybil-Francis, undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 25 | |
| Lewis, [T.?], 1967 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 26 | |
| Library of Congress, 1975, 1989, 1994, 1995 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 27 | |
| Lichtenstein, Stan, 1988, 1993, 1994 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 28 | |
| Lighten Up -- (About), 1987-1988 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 29 | |
| Lightman, Rose, 1972 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 30 | |
| Lipman, Rabbi [?], 1967 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 31 | |
| Lowry, Charles, 2000, 2002, 2003 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 32 | |
| Lucas, D., 1973 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 33 | |
| Mademoiselle, 1978 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 34 | |
| Mager, Irving, 1970 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 35 | |
| Magorian, Ros, 1988 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 36 | |
| Manischewitz, B., Company, 1971 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 37 | |
| Maryland Commission for Women, 1989 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 38 | |
| Maryland Executive Department, 1968 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 39 | |
| Maryland Historical Press, 1988 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 40 | |
| Maryland Humanities Council, 1991, 2002 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 41 | |
| Maryman, Martha Bradley, 1976 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 42 | |
| McDonnell, Mary Francis, 1968 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 43 | |
| McLane, Merle, 1988 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 44 | |
| McPherson, Joe, 1985 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 45 | |
| Melrod, Miriam, undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 46 | |
| Messinger, Sandra, 1980 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 47 | |
| Meyer, Brigitte, 1976 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 48 | |
| Meyer, Gene, 1998-2000 and undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 49 | |
| Meyerson, Eva, 1984 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 50 | |
| Micah Publications, 1976 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 51 | |
| Miller, Jerilee, 1994 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 52 | |
| Miller, Rabbi Clifford, 1972 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 53 | |
| Minsky, Karen, 1973 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 54 | |
| Mizrachi Women's Organization of America, 1969 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 55 | |
| Montgomery College, 1980-1982 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 56 | |
| Montgomery County Arts Council, 1981, 1988 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 57 | |
| Montgomery County Bicentennial Commission, 1976 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 58 | |
| Mongtomery County Council, 1984-1985, 1987-1988, 1991 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 59 | |
| Mongtomery County Government, 1988, 1990 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 60 | |
| Montgomery County Jewish Community, Inc., 1966, 1968 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 61 | |
| Montgomery County Sentinel, 1968 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 62 | |
| Montgomery Journal -- (Letter in verse, "No More Satanic Verses"), 1989 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 63 | |
| Morella, Constance, 1982-1992 and undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 64 | |
| Mortar Board, 1949 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 65 | |
| Mortar Board, Inc., 2000 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 66 | |
| Mount Vernon Players, 1957 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 67 | |
| Nathan, Jay, 1991 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 68 | |
| National Council of Jewish Women, 1975 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 69 | |
| National First Ladies' Library, 1998 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 70 | |
| National League of American Pen Women, 1989-1994 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 71 | |
| National League of American Pen Women, 1995 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 72 | |
| National League of American Pen Women, 1996-1997 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 1 | |
| National League of American Pen Women, 1998-1999 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 2 | |
| National League of American Pen Women, 1999-2000 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 3 | |
| National League of American Pen Women, 2001, 2006, 2007 and undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 4 | |
| National Young Judea, 1956 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 5 | |
| New York Times, 2006 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 6 | |
| North Shore Jewish Community Center, 1976 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 7 | |
| Novak, Michael, 1977 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 8 | |
| Novick, Henye, 1983 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 9 | |
| Offices of the County Executive, 2000 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 10 | |
| Ogburn, Pat and Fielding, 1976 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 11 | |
| Ohr Kodesh Congregation, 1996, 2006 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 12 | |
| Ottenstein, Victor, 1974 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 13 | |
| Ozick, Cynthia, 1971 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 14 | |
| Pemsler, J. Paul -- (Includes letter in verse, "A Crowded Field"), 1991, 1995 and undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 15 | |
| Penn, Nettie, undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 16 | |
| Perlmutter, Elsie K., 1976 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 17 | |
| Phi Sigma Sigma, 2000 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 18 | |
| Pitt, Babette, 1992 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 19 | |
| Plotl, Cecilia and Albert, 1972 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 20 | |
| Polsky, Barry, undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 21 | |
| Porath, Rabbi Tzvi H., 1964, 1968, 1970-1972, 1975-1976, and undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 22 | |
| Pourbaix, M., 1979 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 23 | |
| Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland -- (About), 1983-1985 and undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 24 | |
| Pyle, Ruth Mowbray, 1996 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 25 | |
| Rabinowitz, Rabbi Stanley -- (Includes letter in verse, "From One Reconstructionist to Another"), 1967, 1975 and undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 26 | |
| Radcliffe, Donnie, 1996, 1997 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 27 | |
| Raimo, Antonio, 1976 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 28 | |
| Richter, Ida, undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 29 | |
| Rieser, Ruth, 1982-1983 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 30 | |
| "Rita", undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 31 | |
| Ritzenberg, Phillip, 1987 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 32 | |
| Rockville Gazette, 1982 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 33 | |
| [Rodman, Hannah Read?], 1976 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 34 | |
| Roque, Alicia, 1988 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 35 | |
| Rose, Fannye, 1974 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 36 | |
| Rosenbaum, Belle, 1986-1987 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 37 | |
| Rosenberg, Bernard, 1966 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 38 | |
| Rosenfield, Leonora, 1972 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 39 | |
| Rosenwald, Kurt, 1970 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 40 | |
| Rossen, Rae, 2003, 2005-2007 and undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 41 | |
| Rowen, Hobart, 1974 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 42 | |
| Sacharow, Cecilia, 1983 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 43 | |
| Sage, Selma, 1975 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 44 | |
| Sager, Dot, undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 45 | |
| Savage, Norton, 1981 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 46 | |
| Schaeffer, William Donard, 1989, 1991 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 47 | |
| Schaeffer, Charles, 1950, 1992-1993, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, and undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 48 | |
| Scheifer, Hermine, 1983 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 49 | |
| Schocken Books, Inc., 1967 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 50 | |
| Schulich, Lillian, 1977 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 51 | |
| Schulman, Joan, undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 52 | |
| Schultz, Virginia, 1989, 1992 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 53 | |
| Schuman, Samuel, 1982 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 54 | |
| Scully, Joan, undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 55 | |
| Seidman, Matilda, 1970, 1977, 1979-1980 and undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 56 | |
| Senators, 1965, 2002-2004 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 57 | |
| Sentinel [Chicago], 1971 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 58 | |
| Sethi, Robbie, 1985-1987, 1989 and undated | series 1 | box 6 | folder 59 | |
| Shaare Zedek Hospital, 1976 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 1 | |
| Sheer Press, 1987 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 2 | |
| Sherry, Henry, 1983 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 3 | |
| [Shleier?], Debra, undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 4 | |
| Sies, Nancy, 1996-1999, 2004 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 5 | |
| Silver Spring Maryland Hadassah, undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 6 | |
| Simpler, Adéle Pratt, 1993 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 7 | |
| Sisterhood of Adas Israel Congregation, 1971 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 8 | |
| Sisterhood of Ohr Kodesh Congregation, 1975 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 9 | |
| Sisterhood Temple Israel, 1976 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 10 | |
| Smelkinson, Kay, 1971 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 11 | |
| Solis-Cohen, D. Hays, 1966 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 12 | |
| Solomon, Haim, 1969 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 13 | |
| Spector, Margie and Harry, 1993 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 14 | |
| Spissler, Sophie, undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 15 | |
| St. John, Robert, 1973 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 16 | |
| St. Petersburg Jewish Community Center, 1971 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 17 | |
| Staehle, R.W., 1977 and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 18 | |
| [Stamer?], Dick, 1982 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 19 | |
| Stamp, Adele H., 1949 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 20 | |
| Stein, Sheila, 1970 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 21 | |
| Stern, Faith, 1996 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 22 | |
| Stern, Grace Polk, 1990 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 23 | |
| Sternstein, Rabbi Joseph P., 1972 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 24 | |
| Stoner, Marlene, 1986 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 25 | |
| Striar, Robert, 1987 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 26 | |
| Sun [Baltimore], 1951, 1955-1956 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 27 | |
| Taice, Sarah, 1980 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 28 | |
| Tarmon, Asher, undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 29 | |
| Tham, Hilary, 1987 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 30 | |
| Tolley, Lynne, 1992 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 31 | |
| Topol, Barbara, 1971 and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 32 | |
| Tuchtan, Achilles, 1975 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 33 | |
| Turkos, Anne, 2001-2010 and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 34 | |
| Ulig, Herb, 1977 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 35 | |
| United Synagogues of America, 1974 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 36 | |
| University of Maryland, 1946, 1949, 1977, 1995, 1987, 1997, 2002, 2003, and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 37 | |
| Valley Cities Jewish Community Center, 1971 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 38 | |
| Visions, 1987 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 39 | |
| Walden, Mark, 2005 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 40 | |
| Wallace, Bob, 1985 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 41 | |
| Warner, John, 1975 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 42 | |
| Washington Jewish Week, 2005 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 43 | |
| Washington Post, 1980, 1987-1990, 1993-1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2006 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 44 | |
| Washingtonian, 1967-1968 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 45 | |
| Weinstein, Bunny, undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 46 | |
| Weiss, Alexander, 1980 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 47 | |
| Wellens, Michelle, 2002-2004, and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 48 | |
| The White House, 1968, 1976, 1995-1997, and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 49 | |
| Willard, Hal, 1969, 1975, and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 50 | |
| Winston, Martha, 1974 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 51 | |
| Wittmer, Felix, 1975 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 52 | |
| Wohl, Ron, 1980s | series 1 | box 7 | folder 53 | |
| Wolff, Egon, 1978 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 54 | |
| Women's Home Companion, 1946 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 55 | |
| Women's League for Conservative Judaism, 1976 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 56 | |
| Yess, Mary, 2002 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 57 | |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, 1971 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 58 | |
| Yoder, Edwin, 1976 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 59 | |
| Young Judea, 1956 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 60 | |
| Young Judea, 1971 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 61 | |
| Youth, Helen, 1981 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 62 | |
Series 2: Writings, 1938-2009 and undated (4.00 linear feet)
This series contains manuscripts, research materials, notes, and fragments, and published work by Mollee Kruger. All materials in this series are arranged alphabetically first by genre subheading, then by title (if one was given) or brief descriptors. Subheadings include the following: Advertising, Nonfiction, Notebooks, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Scripts (Musical), Script (Radio), Scripts (Television), and Short Stories. In the absence of official titles, brief descriptors were assigned based on Kruger's own file headings or annotations on the material. Many of Kruger's published poems appear in "Series V: Clippings" and are filed in chronological order under the "By Kruger" or "By Coppel" subheadings.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising -- (Deluxe Saddlery) -- [Scrapbook], 1952-1954 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Advertising -- (Deluxe Saddlery) -- [Scrapbook], 1953-1954 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Advertising -- (Fish Dry Cleaners), 1954 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Advertising -- (H.W. Buddemeier Company), 1959 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Advertising -- (Impact Advertising Agency), 1981 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Advertising -- (Joseph Katz Company), 1952-1954 and undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("A Boy Named Jerry"), ca. 2002 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Autobiography"), 2001 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Nonficition -- (Bel Air Girl Scouts) -- [Newspaper], 1943 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Nonficition -- ("Bicentennial Minutes"), 1987 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Bicentennial Minutes") -- [Notes and research materials], 1987-1989 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Brain Children for Sale!") -- [Classified Advertisement draft], 1956 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| Nonfiction -- (The Cobbler's Last), 2010 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Nonfiction -- (The Complete Guide for the College Girl), 1969 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("A Constitutional Vigil") -- [Proposal], 1987 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Dr. Bernardo Kotelanski: A Happy Heart"), undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Nonfiction -- (Elementary school speech), circa 1941 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Hello, Young Writers Whoever You are"), undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("How to Be a New Breed of Female Over 50") -- [Book proposal], 1982 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("How to Be a New Breed of Female Over 50") -- [Notes and research materials], undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("How to Be a New Breed of Female Over 50") -- [Notes and research materials], undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("How to Be a New Breed of Female Over 50") -- [Notes and research materials], undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("How to Be a New Breed of Female Over 50") -- [Notes and research materials], 1982 and undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("How to Be a New Breed of Female Over 50," "Little Murders") -- [Ms.], circa 1982 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("How to Be a New Breed of Female Over 50") -- [Interviews], undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("How to Be a New Breed of Female Over 50") -- [Interviews], 1982 and undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("How to Be a New Breed of Female Over 50") -- [First draft], undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Is Your Child's Nursery School Immoral?"), 1953 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| Nonfiction -- (Job hunting) -- [Unpublished article], 1950-1951 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| Nonfiction -- (Journal Entries), 1972 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| Nonfiction -- (Memoir of high school freshman initiation), 1946 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Millinery Moments," The Pen Woman, pp. 9-11), Fall 2007 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 10 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Montgomery County Bird and Blossom Contest") -- [Notes and research], 1998, and undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 11 | |
| Nonfiction -- (National Bureau of Standards farewell speech), 1980 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 12 | |
| Nonfiction -- (National Bureau of Standards report drafts), 1979 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 13 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Preface to the Letters: 1946-1950") -- [About Coppel Family correspondence], 2001 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 14 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Scientific Paper") -- [Includes poem, "Aria for a Famous Scientist"], 1977 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 15 | |
| Nonfiction -- ("Time Capsule Project"), 1984 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 16 | |
| Nonfiction -- (Untitled Essays) -- [Includes the poem, "Tea for a Twosome"], 1955-1956 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 17 | |
| Notebooks -- (Poems), 1939-1950 | series 2 | box 2 | folder 18 | |
| Notebooks -- (Short story and correspondence drafts), circa 1952-1956 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Drafts (ch. 2, 6, 7, 9)], 1987 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Second drafts and notes], 1986-1988 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Third drafts], 1987 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Third drafts], 1987 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Fourth draft (ch. 14-26)], 187 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Drafts (ch. 1, 3-5)], undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Drafts (ch. 11, 13, 15)], undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Chapters critiqued by Hoof], undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 9 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Fragments], undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 10 | |
| Novels -- (The God Bubble ) -- [Draft ("Follow the Fleam")], undated | series 2 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
| Novels -- (She Waded in the Water) -- [Drafts], 1951-1952 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
| Novels -- (She Waded in the Water) -- [First drafts (notebook)], 1950-1952 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
| Plays -- ("Ad Agency"), 1950s | series 2 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
| Plays -- ("The Ballad of High Entropy" -- [Drafts], 1964 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
| Plays -- ("The Ballad of High Entropy") -- [Notes], undated | series 2 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
| Plays -- ("The Board Meeting"), 1960s | series 2 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
| Plays -- ("Bright Flame of Liberty") -- [Adapted by Nancy Wilson from Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland], undated | series 2 | box 4 | folder 8 | |
| Plays -- ("The Dowry of the Sabbath Bride"), 1960s | series 2 | box 4 | folder 9 | |
| Plays -- ("Extra! Extra! President McKinley is Dead"), 1977 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 10 | |
| Plays -- (Fragment), undated | series 2 | box 4 | folder 11 | |
| Plays -- ("Goody-Two-Shoes"), 1980s | series 2 | box 4 | folder 12 | |
| Plays -- ("Have You Seen the Muffin Man..."), 1956 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 13 | |
| Plays -- ("Kuddel Muddel") -- [See also script (television), "Mr. Lincoln and the Peddler"], 1962 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 14 | |
| Plays -- ("The Lance and the Scroll"), 1960s? | series 2 | box 4 | folder 15 | |
| Plays -- ("The Liberated Sabbath Queen"), 1960s | series 2 | box 4 | folder 16 | |
| Plays -- ("Love of Copy"), undated | series 2 | box 4 | folder 17 | |
| Plays -- ("Master of Dreams"), 1967 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 18 | |
| Plays -- ("The Pincushion"), 1970-1980s | series 2 | box 4 | folder 19 | |
| Plays -- ("Pins and Needles: a Children's Musical"), 1960s? | series 2 | box 4 | folder 20 | |
| Plays -- ("The Prison"), 1972 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 21 | |
| Plays -- ("The Putty Bungalow"), 1957 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
| Plays -- ("Three Verse Offerings") -- [The Amidah: The Muted Note, Poetry of the Golden Age of Spain, The Poetry of the Bible], 1965 and undated | series 2 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
| Plays -- ("The Unbroken Chain"), 1963 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
| Plays -- ("Washington Gossip"), 1980s | series 2 | box 5 | folder 4 | |
| Poetry -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes), 1990 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
| Poetry -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes) -- [Forward], 1990 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 6 | |
| Poety -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes) -- [Mockup], circa 1990 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes) -- [Research materials], 1990-1992 and undated | series 2 | box 5 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry -- ("The Ballad of Joe McCain"), undated | series 2 | box 5 | folder 9 | |
| Poetry -- ("The Body Electric") -- [Research material and notes], 2002 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 10 | |
| Poetry -- (Daughters of Chutzpah, 1983 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 11 | |
| Poetry -- ("The Dear Ruin") -- [also published in Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln: A Commemorative Collage, 2009, located in MC9 DR11], 2008 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 12 | |
| Poetry -- (Domestic verses), 1950-1970? | series 2 | box 5 | folder 13 | |
| Poetry -- ("The Ducat's Other Side"), undated | series 2 | box 5 | folder 14 | |
| Poetry -- (Entered in a 1990s contest), 1989-1991 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 15 | |
| Poetry -- ("Face on a Penny") -- [also published in Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln: A Commemorative Collage, 2009, located in MC9 DR11], 2008 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 16 | |
| Poetry -- (The Georgetown Poetry Review), 1987 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 17 | |
| Poetry -- ("Henry Harford"), 1985 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 18 | |
| Poetry -- (Housewife poems), 1955-1956 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 19 | |
| Poetry -- ("In Search of the Bobcat or Riding the XPS Express") -- [Drafts], 2002 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 20 | |
| Poetry -- (Ladies First), 1995 | series 2 | box 5 | folder 21 | |
| Poetry -- (Ladies First) -- [Dummy Book], undated | series 2 | box 5 | folder 22 | |
| Poetry -- (Light verse about the theater), 1960s | series 2 | box 5 | folder 23 | |
| Poetry -- (Local poems), 1960s | series 2 | box 6 | folder 1 | |
| Poetry -- ("Look Under the Third Tearsheet from the Left"), circa 1952 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 2 | |
| Poetry -- (Love poems, serious), 1950-1959 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 3 | |
| Poetry -- ("Make Bright the Arrows: A Song of Entebee"), 1976 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 4 | |
| Poetry -- ("Marcelle's Amulet of Bruxelles"), circa 1989 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 5 | |
| Poetry -- ("Marry, Merry Maryland"), 1980s | series 2 | box 6 | folder 6 | |
| Poetry -- ("May"), 1942 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry -- ("Mes Devoirs Au Sujet De Chouettes"), undated | series 2 | box 6 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry -- (More Unholy Writ), 1973 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 9 | |
| Poetry -- ("The Muted Note"), 1966 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 10 | |
| Poetry -- (Notes and drafts), undated | series 2 | box 6 | folder 11 | |
| Poetry -- (Notes and drafts), undated | series 2 | box 6 | folder 12 | |
| Poetry -- (Occasional Poems), 2004 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 13 | |
| Poetry -- ("Ode at Woolworth's Fountain"), 1952 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 14 | |
| Poetry -- (Parody of Leight Hunt), 1946 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 15 | |
| Poetry -- (Poems- miscellany), 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1989 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 16 | |
| Poetry -- (Poems to 1945) -- [Compiled 1946-1950], 1942-1945 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 17 | |
| Poetry -- (Poetry for Children), 1955, and undated | series 2 | box 6 | folder 18 | |
| Poetry -- ("A Psalm of Praise [Including Gruesome Detials]"), 1999 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 19 | |
| Poetry -- (A Purse of Humorous Verse for the Jewish Woman), 2005 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 20 | |
| Poetry -- ("This is a prayer for our daughter..."), 1987 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 21 | |
| Poetry -- ("A Tatterdemalion Epithalium"), undated | series 2 | box 6 | folder 22 | |
| Poetry -- ("To An Ambiguous Line in the Book of Job"), undated | series 2 | box 6 | folder 23 | |
| Poetry -- ("To the Twenty-First Century"), undated | series 2 | box 6 | folder 24 | |
| Poetry -- (Typescripts), 1950s, 1954 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 25 | |
| Poetry -- (Unholy Writ), 1970 | series 2 | box 6 | folder 26 | |
| Poetry -- ("Unholy Writ") -- [Column typescripts), 1967-1984 and undated | series 2 | box 6 | folder 27 | |
| Poetry -- (Yankee Shoes), 1975 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 1 | |
| Poetry -- (Yankee Shoes) -- [Notes and research], 1973-1975 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 2 | |
| Scripts -- ("A Garage Sale for the Mind"), circa 2003 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 3 | |
| Scripts -- (National Council of Jewish Women Program) -- [Author-Book Tea] | series 2 | box 7 | folder 4 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- ("Eighteenth Anniversary of the State of Israel"), 1966 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 5 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- (Ladies First), 1996 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 6 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- ("Proposal for Original Jewish Folk Musical"), 1981 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 7 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- (Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland) -- [Drafts], 1984 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 8 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- (Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland) -- [Research and notes], 1983-1984 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 9 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- (Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland) -- [Research and notes], 1983-1984 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 10 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- (Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland) -- [Research materials], 1934,1983-1984 and undated | series 2 | box 7 | folder 11 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- (Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland) -- [Schedules and press materials], 1983-1984 and undated | series 2 | box 7 | folder 12 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- (Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland) -- [Scripts and director's notes], 1983-1984 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 13 | |
| Scripts (Musical) -- ("Under the North Portico"), 1995 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 14 | |
| Scripts (Radio) -- ("The Haunted Land"), 1955 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 15 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- ("Chanukah"), circa 1965-1966 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 16 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- (Chanukah program), 1961 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 17 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- (Dr. Samson Benderly), 1963 | series 2 | box 7 | folder 18 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- ("Elie Wiesel"), 1960s | series 2 | box 8 | folder 1 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- ("Maestro, Music Please"), circa 1965 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 2 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- ("Mr. Lincoln and the Peddler") -- [See also play, "Kuddel Muddel"], 1963 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 3 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- ("Poetry of the Bible") -- [Notes], circa 1964 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 4 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- ("Poetry of the Golden Age of Spain"), 1960s | series 2 | box 8 | folder 5 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- (Poetry of the post-Biblical period), 1964 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 6 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- ("The Seder"), 1961 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 7 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- ("Twenty-Fourth Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising"), 1967 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 8 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- (Yiddish Literature), 1963 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 9 | |
| Scripts (Television) -- ("Yom Hamoreh"), 1962 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 10 | |
| Short Stories -- ("The Broomed Witch's Spume"), 1955 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 11 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Demons") -- [Drafts], undated | series 2 | box 8 | folder 12 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Have You Seen the Muffin Man..."), 1956 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 13 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Last Waltz on the Way to War"), circa 1994 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 14 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Let's Give It a Whirl"), circa 1954-1955 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 15 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Lilace"), 1953 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 16 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Namesakes"), undated | series 2 | box 8 | folder 17 | |
| Short Stories -- ("I Never Met A Decade I Didnt Like") -- [Drafts and notes], undated | series 2 | box 8 | folder 18 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Old School Tie"), 1953-1954 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 19 | |
| Short Stories -- ("On the Map"), undated | series 2 | box 8 | folder 20 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Sandy the Sleuth (or) How to Get a New Principal in One Easy Lesson"), 1945 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 21 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Something From the Oven", 1996 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 22 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Superfrog") -- [Drafts], undated | series 2 | box 8 | folder 23 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Ten Little Non-Jews/"Fievel is a Genius"), circa 1954-1955 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 24 | |
| Short Stories -- ("That Bloom in the Spring") -- [Later published as "Forsythia"], 1953-1954 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 25 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Too Much to Eat"), 1940-1941 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 26 | |
| Short Stories -- ("Twenty Degrees Cooler Outside"), 1953 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 27 | |
| Short Stories -- ("A Visit With the Ambassador's Lady"), circa 1971 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 28 | |
| Short Stories -- (Writing correspondence course) -- [Outlines and drafts], 1955-1956 | series 2 | box 8 | folder 29 | |
Series 3: Records, 1934-2008 and undated (3.00 linear feet)
This series primarily consists of records from Mollee Kruger's small press business, Maryben Books, and includes mailing lists, order forms, and publicity relating to her books published under this imprint. Also included are personal papers, such as her appointment book from 1969, biographical materials, calendars, check stubs from awards, and early report cards. Finally, this series contains minutes, notes, and memos from the various committees and events in which Kruger took part. The headings and descriptors that were used to arrange this series alphabetically are based on Kruger's own file headings or annotations.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achievement in the Humanities Award -- (Includes application and correspondence), 2001-2003 and undated | series 3 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Appointment Book, 1969 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Baltimore Sunpapers application, 1954 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Biblio Press -- (Orders and invoices), 1984-1985, 1989, 2007 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Biblio Press -- (Publicity and notes), 1983, 1985, 2004-2006, and undated | series 3 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Biographical Information, undated | series 3 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Book Reviewers, undated | series 3 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Book sales and payments for poems, 1985 and undated | series 3 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Calendars, 1988, 1997-2000 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Calendars, 2001-2005 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Check stubs from prizes, 1946, 1948 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Commission on the Humanities -- (Minutes), 1990 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| Daughters of Chutzpah -- (Publicity), 1983 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Directories, 1993, 2000-2001 and undated | series 3 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Directories -- (Who's Who), 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000-2007, and undated | series 3 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Dystonia Courage Award, 1997-1998 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Fan Mail -- (Thank you and congratulatory letters), 1963, 1974-1976, 1978-1979, 1982-1983, 1987-1988, 1990-1993, 1995-1999 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| 50th Anniversary Reunion -- (University of Maryland), 2000 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| The God Bubble) -- (Reviews), undated | series 3 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Governor's Arts Award application, 2002 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Honoring the Life and Works of Mollee Kruger -- (University of Maryland), 2003 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| Honoring the Life and Works of Mollee Kruger -- (University of Maryland), 2003 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Jacqueline Kennedy Festival, 2002 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| Job hunting materials -- (Includes notes for She Waded in the Water), 1951-1952, 1977, 1982, and undated | series 3 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
| Ladies First) -- (Performances), 1994-2002, 2004-2005, 2008 and undated | series 3 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| ( Ladies First ) -- (Expenses) -- [Lee Beaudoin's Records], 1995-1999, 2000-2001, 2004 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
| Light verse class -- (Montgomery College), 1981-1982 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 10 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes, completed orders), 1991-1992 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 11 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes, publicity), 1988-1992 and undated | series 3 | box 2 | folder 12 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes, publicity and printing orders), 1990-1993 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 13 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes, reading at Friends School, Baltimore, MD), 1995 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Classified ads), 1976 and undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Expenses), 1995-1995 and undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Jewish Folk Arts Festival Reading Marathon- drafts and publicity), 1987 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Ladies First, publicity), 1994-1995 and undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Mailing list), undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Monographs on publicity and self-publication), 1960 and undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Maryben Books -- (More Unholy Writ, publicity), 1970, 1973-1974 and undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Orders and invoices), 1970-1978 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 9 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Orders and invoices), 1981, 1983-1996, 2006 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 10 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Orders and invoices), undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 11 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Publicity and notes), 1972-1976 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 12 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Salesbook), 1992 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 13 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Unholy Writ, publicity), 1967-1971 and undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 14 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Wholesalers), 1973-1974 and undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 15 | |
| Maryben Books -- (Yankee Shoes, publicity), undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 16 | |
| Maryland 350 Committee of Montgomery County -- (Minutes), 1983-1984 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 17 | |
| Maryland 350 Committee of Montgomery County -- (Letters to the future project), 1984, 1989 and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
| Maryland 350 Committee of Montgomery County -- (Letters to the future project), 1984, 1989 and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
| Maryland Commission for Women Hall of Fame, 2003, and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
| Montgomery County Humanities Commission, 1984-1991 and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
| Montgomery County Humanities Commission, 1984-1991 and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
| Montgomery County Humanities Commission, 1984-1991 and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
| Montgomery County Humanities Commission, 1984-1991 and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
| Montgomery County Humanities Commission, 1984-1991 and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 8 | |
| Montgomery County Humanitiesd Commission -- (Frostburg Conference report), 1987-1989 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 9 | |
| Montgomery County Senior Citizen Writing Contest, 1989-1990 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 10 | |
| National Bureau of Standards, 1978-1979 and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 11 | |
| National Bureau of Standards Alumni Association, 1991-1993 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 12 | |
| National League of American Pen Women, 1977-1978, 2001 and undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 13 | |
| National League of American Pen Women -- (Centennial Celebration), 1995-1997 | series 3 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
| National League of American Pen Women -- (Executive Board), 1994-1997 | series 3 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
| "No Class" Reunion -- (University of Maryland), 1989-1990 | series 3 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
| "No Class" Reunion -- (University of Maryland), 1990 | series 3 | box 5 | folder 4 | |
| "No Class" Reunion -- (University of Maryland) -- [Responses], 1989-1990 | series 3 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
| Notebook, undated | series 3 | box 5 | folder 6 | |
| Notebook -- (Planner), 1999-2001 | series 3 | box 5 | folder 7 | |
| Notes and fragments, undated | series 3 | box 5 | folder 8 | |
| Publishers and Directors -- (Responses), 1952-1954, 1970, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, and undated | series 3 | box 5 | folder 9 | |
| "A Qualitative Study of Women of Extraordinary Creative Achievement", 2004 | series 3 | box 6 | folder 1 | |
| Rehearsal schedule -- ("Master of Dreams"), 1968 | series 3 | box 6 | folder 2 | |
| Report cards, 1935-1944 | series 3 | box 6 | folder 3 | |
| Spadmodic Dysphonia -- (Voice materials most usable), 1991, 1993, 1999 and undated | series 3 | box 6 | folder 4 | |
| Spasmodic Dysphonia -- (Voice notes and materials), 1986, 1989, 1998, 2000, and undated | series 3 | box 6 | folder 5 | |
| University of Maryland grades, 1948-1949 | series 3 | box 6 | folder 6 | |
| The Writer's Center, 1977-1978, 1992-1994, 2002, 2006 | series 3 | box 6 | folder 7 | |
| Young Judea Leader's Council -- (Roster), 1955-1956 | series 3 | box 6 | folder 8 | |
Series 4: Photographs, 1942-2010 and undated (1.50 linear feet)
This series contains all original photographs in the collection. During processing, photographs originally filed with manuscript materials were moved to this series, and photocopied facsimiles were placed in their original locations. The photographs are arranged in chronological order.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mollee Coppel, 1942 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Mollee Coppel, 1948 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| University Publications Staff Party, 1949 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| MCK labeled: "Mollee being served elaborate meal by University of MD dining room staff after she wrote critical column about cafeteria food and service", 1949 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| On verso: "Mortar Board Initiation-1950, U. of Md.--Rossborough Inn, Mollee--Top row, third from right", 1950 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| On verso: "Mollee--setting up TV commercial at WBAL TV in Baltimore, Katz agency, circa 1952-1953 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| On verso: "Picture taken for the Baltimore Evening Sun article on Kruger's poetry", 1956 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Mollee Kruger in Jewish Social Service Agency play ("The Room Upstairs"), circa 1963 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Mollee Kruger in Jewish Social Service Agency play ("The Room Upstairs"), circa 1963 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| On verso: "Dressed as Emma Lazarus and some other 19th century types", 1975 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| On recto: Left to Right, "Poetry Reading at Jewish Community Center, Rockville MD. 11/14/76, Mollee at Podium at Book Fair, Autographing books, Mollee with cousin Florence Ottenberg (at book signing), Mollee Kruger, Community Fair, founding member of Montgomery County Humanities Commission", 1976, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Maryland 350 Committee, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| On verso: "Mollee giving talk", circa 1980s | series 4 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 22 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 23 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 24 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 25 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 26 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 27 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 28 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 29 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 30 | |
| Scenes backstage and onstage, Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland, 1984 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 31 | |
| On verso: "DC Branch NLAPW meeting Sep 26, 87. Pen Arts Bldg, Washington, D.C. Jerry Kruger reading my prize wining story "Forsythia", 1987 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 32 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 33 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 34 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 35 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 36 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 37 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 38 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 39 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 40 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 41 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 42 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 43 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 44 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 45 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 46 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 47 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 48 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 49 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 50 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 51 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 52 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 53 | |
| "No Class" Reunion, University of Maryland, 1989-1990 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 54 | |
| MCK labeled: "recognition certificate for service to Mont. County Commission on Humanities, Feb. 1991", February 1991 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 55 | |
| MCK labeled: "recognition certificate for service to Mont. County Commission on Humanities, Feb. 1991", February 1991 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 56 | |
| "Bel Air High School Reunion Badge", 1991 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 57 | |
| On recto: "Reading--"Admiral of the Mosquitoes" Writer's Center, November 15, 1992, Len Kruger, Cynthia Folcarelli, Jerry Kruger, Mollee Kruger", 1992 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 58 | |
| "Visit to Annapolis", 1992 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 59 | |
| "Visit to Annapolis", 1992 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 60 | |
| "Visit to Annapolis", 1992 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 61 | |
| "Visit to Annapolis", 1992 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 62 | |
| "Visit to Annapolis", 1992 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 63 | |
| "Visit to Annapolis", 1992 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 64 | |
| "Visit to Annapolis", 1992 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 65 | |
| "Visit to Annapolis", 1992 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 66 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 67 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 68 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 69 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 70 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 71 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 72 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 73 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 74 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 75 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 76 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 77 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 78 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 79 | |
| Ladies First performance, [Photographs were removed from Miriam and Stan Coppel correspondence, August 28, 1996], circa 1996 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 80 | |
| Mollee Kruger, publicity shot, 1998 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 81 | |
| On verso: "Montgomery County Executive Bldg--Poetry Gallery, Rockville, MD., display of Poem "Fin de Siecle" and bio of writers", circa June-August 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 82 | |
| On verso: "Montgomery County Executive Bldg--Poetry Gallery, Rockville, MD., display of Poem "Fin de Siecle" and bio of writers", circa June-August 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 83 | |
| On verso: "Montgomery County Executive Bldg--Poetry Gallery, Rockville, MD., display of Poem "Fin de Siecle" and bio of writers", circa June-August 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 84 | |
| On verso: "Montgomery County Executive Bldg--Poetry Gallery, Rockville, MD., display of Poem "Fin de Siecle" and bio of writers", circa June-August 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 85 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, MCK labeled: "Mollee Kruger as the Muse of History in Ladies First", November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 86 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 87 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, MCK labeled: "Lea Beaudoin reads 'Another Phantasmagoria' poem as mime Mollee Kruger becomes dancer Isadora Duncan married to hefty President William Howard Taft in whimsical 'What If' First Ladies part of Ladies First", November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 88 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, MCK labeled: "Lea Beaudoin reads 'Another Phantasmagoria' poem as mime Mollee Kruger becomes dancer Isadora Duncan married to hefty President William Howard Taft in whimsical 'What If' First Ladies part of Ladies First", November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 89 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 90 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 91 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 92 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 93 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, MCK labeled: "Lee Beaudoin as Martha Washington accompanied by Mary Beth Beck in 'Ladies First: A White House Odyssey' ", November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 94 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 95 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, MCK labeled: "Lee Beaudoin as Eleanor Roosevelt in 'Ladies First: A White House Odyssey' ", November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 96 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, MCK labeled: "Lee Beaudoin as an early First Lady accompanied by Mary Beth Beck in 'Ladies First: A White House Odyssey' ", November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 97 | |
| Scenes onstage at the Rockville Senior Center, Ladies First, November 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 98 | |
| University of Maryland, 1950 class reunion, On verso: "Standing Liza and Charlie Schaeffer, Zuckermans, Mollee Kruger, Jerry Kruger, Ginie Brown, Bill Brown", 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 99 | |
| University of Maryland, 1950 class reunion, On verso: Second row--4 Mortar Boards--Anne Sipp, Lynn Rossman, Mollee Kruger, Helen White", 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 100 | |
| University of Maryland, 1950 class reunion, On verso: "Jerry and Mollee Kruger", 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 101 | |
| University of Maryland, 1950 class reunion, On verso: "Mollee Kruger and friend", 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 102 | |
| University of Maryland, 1950 class reunion, On verso: "Luncheon U. of MD. 50th reunion", 2000 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 103 | |
| Mollee Kruger and Winifred Hyson, February 2001 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 104 | |
| Mollee Kruger and Winifred Hyson, February 2001 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 105 | |
| Mollee Kruger and Winifred Hyson, February 2001 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 106 | |
| Mollee Kruger and Winifred Hyson, February 2001 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 107 | |
| MCK labeled: "Comcast 2001 Achievement in the Humanities Award, Dec. 2001--Indian Spring Country Club", December 2001 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 108 | |
| Photographs from "Garage Sale of the Mind," Kogol Theater, University of Maryland, College Park -- (On compact disc), 9 March 2003 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 109 | |
| Anne Turkos, Mollee Kruger, and Beth Alvarez, "'The Cobbler's Last' reading, August 1, 2010, Ring House, Rockville, MD", 2010 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 110 | |
| Ken Calfee, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 111 | |
| Jerry and Mollee Kruger with state of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 112 | |
| Jerry and Mollee Kruger with state of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 113 | |
| Mollee Kruger -- (Negative), undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 114 | |
| Mollee Coppel and Betty Getz, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 115 | |
| Mollee Kruger, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 116 | |
| Mollee Kruger, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 117 | |
Series 5: Clippings, 1946-2010 and undated (5.00 linear feet)
This series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings by or about Mollee Kruger or collected by her in the course of her career. Clippings dated before Kruger's marriage are arranged under the categories "About Coppel," "By Coppel," and "Collected by Coppel." All folders are arranged alphabetically, and all clippings are arranged chronologically within each folder. For a complete list of copies of articles from Kruger's nationally syndicated newspaper column, "Unholy Writ," see clippings.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About Coppel -- (Awards and Profiles), 1948-1950, 1955 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| About Coppel -- (Senior Scholastic), 1946 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| About Kruger -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes), 1990-1992 and undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| About Kruger -- (Awards and profiles), 1956, 1967, 1970, 1975-1976, 1981-1989, 1993-1995, 1997, 2001-2003, 2009, and undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| About Kruger -- (The Cobbler's Last), 2010 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| About Kruger -- (Daughters of Chutzpah), 1983-1984 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| About Kruger -- ("Do-it-yourself publishing arrives"), 2010 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| About Kruger -- (First Lady Players), 1996-1998, 2001-2002 and undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| About Kruger -- ("Garage Sale of the Mind"), 2003 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| About Kruger -- ("Kuddel Muddel"), 1962 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| About Kruger -- (Lighten Up), 1987-1988 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| About Kruger -- ("Mollee Kruger: Never at a Loss for Words"), 2002 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| About Kruger -- (Motar Board Alumnae), 1977 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| About Kruger -- ("Mr. Lincoln and the Peddler"), 1963 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| About Kruger -- ("The Muted Note"), 1966-1967 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| About Kruger -- (Plays and readings), 1966, 1971, and undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| About Kruger -- (Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland), 1983-1984 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| About Kruger -- ("The Putty Bungalow"), 1957 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| About Kruger -- ("The Reluctant Debutante"), 1959 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| About Kruger -- (Television programs), 1961, 1964 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
| About Kruger -- (Time capsule project), 1984 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
| By Coppel -- (Diamondback and Old Line articles), 1949, 1951-1952 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 22 | |
| By Coppel -- ("Girl Scout News," Hartford Gazette) -- [From Scrapbook, 1938-1945], circa 1938-1945 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 23 | |
| By Coppel -- ("Ode to the Ghost That Walks Media or All Hell is Going to Break Loose"), 1951 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 24 | |
| By Kruger -- (Articles), 1968-1969, 1978-1980, 1982, 1988, 1993-1994, 1998, 2002, and undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 25 | |
| By Kruger -- ("A Day Even For Uncle Frank"), 1993, 1994 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 26 | |
| By Kruger -- (Jewish Week articles) -- [From clipping scrapbook], 1968-1971 and undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 27 | |
| By Kruger -- (Jewish Week articles) -- [From clipping scrapbook, vol. 2], 1968-1970 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 28 | |
| By Kruger -- (Jewish Week [Washington] articles), 1968-1970 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 29 | |
| By Kruger -- (Letters to the editor), 1982, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992-1993 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 30 | |
| By Kruger -- (Poetry), 1982-1983, 1985, 1988-1989 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 31 | |
| By Kruger -- ("Turning 40"), 1982 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 32 | |
| By Kruger -- ("Unholy Writ" column), 1970, 1977-1979 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 33 | |
| By Kruger -- ("Unholy Writ" column, Chicago Sentinel) -- [Located in MC 12, DR 6], 1969 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 33 | |
| By Kruger -- ("Unholy Writ" column, Dayton Jewish Chronicle) -- [Located in MC 12, DR 6], 1969-1972 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 34 | |
| By Kruger -- ("Unholy Writ" column, Kansas City Jewish Chronicle) -- [Located in MC 12, DR 6], 1969-1972 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 35 | |
| By Kruger -- ("Unholy Writ" column, Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh) -- [Located in MC 12, DR 6], 1969-1972 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 36 | |
| By Kruger -- ("Unholy Writ" column, Jewish Week, Washington D.C) -- [Located in MC 12, DR 6], 1968-1982 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 38 | |
| By Kruger -- ("Unholy Writ" column, unknown publication), 1967-1969, 1973, 1976 and undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 39 | |
| By Kruger -- (University of Maryland 50th Anniversary Reunion), 2000 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 40 | |
| By Kruger -- (Washington Post articles), 1969, 1994 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 41 | |
| By Kruger -- ("You Still Have a Chance to Say Hello to Folks in the Year 2034"), 1984 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 42 | |
| Collected by Coppel -- (Clippings), undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 43 | |
| Collected by Kruger -- (Maryland 350 Committee of Montgomery County), 1983-1985 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 44 | |
| Collected by Kruger -- (Clippings), 1957, 1983, 1990, 1998, 2003 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 44 | |
| Collected by Kruger -- (Spasmodic Dysphonia), 1985, 1987, 1989-1991, 1998, and undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 46 | |
| Reviews -- (Admiral of the Mosquitoes), 1991 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 47 | |
| Reviews -- (Ladies First), 1995-1996, 2004 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 48 | |
| Reviews -- (More Unholy Writ), 1973 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 49 | |
| Reviews -- (A Purse of Humorous Verse for the Jewish Woman), 2005 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 50 | |
| Reviews -- (Unholy Writ, 1970 and undated | series 5 | box 1 | folder 51 | |
Series 6: Printed Matter, 1998-2008 and undated (0.50 linear feet)
This series consists of programs, pamphlets, flyers, brochures, and minor publications collected by Mollee Kruger. The series is arranged alphabetically by title or descriptors based on Kruger's own file headings or annotations, although the category, "Programs" was created to bring these materials together.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Adios -- (Bel Air High School class reunion of 1946), 1996 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Ethnic Heritage Festival, 1984 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Hadassah award, undated | series 6 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| "In Her Own Writ: Women's Words, Wit, and Wisdom, Maryland Women's History Resource Packet", 1989 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Jewish Folk Arts Society, 2005 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Ladies First -- (Brochures and flyers), 2002 and undated | series 6 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Ladies First -- (Insert), undated | series 6 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Maryland 350 Committee, "Bicentennial Celebrations", 1983 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Maryland 350 Committee of Montgomery County -- (Final report), 1984 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Mortar Board Alumnae, 1977-1978 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| National League of American Pen Women -- (Programs and brochures), 1991, 2001, 2004, 2007, and undated | series 6 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Press releases about monologues, lectures, presentations, and plays, 1971 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland -- (Brochures and flyers), 1983-1984 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Programs -- (The Cheverly Players, "Night Must Fall"), undated | series 6 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Programs -- (Class of 1950 Reunion, University of Maryland), 2000 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Programs -- (The Cobbler's Last, readings), 2010, 2011 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Programs -- (Collected by Kruger), 1955, 1995 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Programs -- (Commencement Exercises, University of Maryland), 1950 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Programs -- (D.C. Recreation Department Department, One Act Play Tournament), 1960 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| Programs -- (Honoring the Life and Work of Mollee Coppel Kruger), 2003 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
| Programs -- (Jewish Book Fairs), 1983 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
| Programs -- (Ladies First), 1995-1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, and undated | series 6 | box 1 | folder 22 | |
| Programs -- ("The Muted Note"), 1967 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 23 | |
| Programs -- (Monologues, lectures, presentations, plays), 1961-1980, 2007-2008, and undated | series 6 | box 1 | folder 24 | |
| Programs -- (Theatrical activities), 1961-1965 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 25 | |
| Programs -- (Tisha B'Av, "The Prison"), 1972 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 26 | |
| Programs -- ("The Unbroken Chain"), 1963 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 27 | |
| Programs -- (University of Maryland, May Day), 1950 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 28 | |
| Programs -- (University Theatre, "Night Must Fall"), 1948 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 29 | |
| Programs -- (University Theatre, "Our Town"), 1948 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 30 | |
| (Take Hold) -- (Poems by Merril Leffler), 1997 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 31 | |
Series 7: Serial Publications, 1945-2007 (1.00 linear foot)
This series contains Kruger's collection of periodicals, most of which feature pieces by or about Kruger. All serial publications are arranged alphabetically by title.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellarion, 1945-1946 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Chesapeake, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Diamondback -- [Located in MC9, DR11], 1949-1950 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Dystonia Dialogue, 1997-1998 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Friends, 1996, 2001 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Harlequin, 1951 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| The Jewish Week, 1980, 1982 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Library Issues, 2002, 2003 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Light of Temple Israel, 1958 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Lighten Up, 1988 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Maryland, 1950 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Montgomery County Jewish Center Bulletin, 1966 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| The Montgomery County Story, 1999 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| NBS Standard, 1963 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| NBS Standard, 1978-1980 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| "The New Writers," vols. 1 and 2, 1975-1976 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| News Tidbits, 1981 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Ohr Kodesh Congregation Bulletin, 1998 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Old Line, 1948-1949 | series 7 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| Old Line, 1949-1950 | series 7 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Outlook, 2006 | series 7 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Pen Woman, 1990-1994 | series 7 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Pen Woman, 1995 | series 7 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| Pen Woman, 1996-1998 | series 7 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Pen Woman, 2007 | series 7 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| "The Que Sheet," The Kensington Players, 1961 | series 7 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
| Tide: Newsmagazine of Sales and Advertising -- (Includes poem, "Ode at Woolworth's Fountain," pg. 60), 1952 | series 7 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| Writer's Digest, 1988 | series 7 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
Series 8: Artwork, Memorabilia, and Audio-Visual Materials, 1945-2008 and undated (6.50 linear feet)
The artwork, memorabilia, and audio-visual materials that comprise this series are arranged under these three headings. Under artwork, there are twelve drawings and caricatures on paper of Mollee Kruger, drawn by Allen Cohen and Clyde Maybee and arranged alphabetically by artist. Memorabilia includes pins, scrapbooks, school yearbooks, and other objects and mementos, arranged alphabetically by title or brief descriptor based on Mollee Kruger's own file headings or annotations. Finally, the series contains three reel-to-reel audio tapes of Kruger's plays and poetry readings performed on Jewish Community radio programs, one audio cassette recording of poetry readings from Daughters of Chutzpah, one video cassette recording and three audio cassette recordings of performances of Kruger's original musical, Ladies First, three video cassette recordings of "A Garage Sale of the Mind: Mollee Kruger's Lifetime of Verses, Vagaries and Vices," and one video cassette recording of Kruger's Achivement in the Humanities Award interview.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artwork -- (Caricatures of Mollee Coppel and other drawings by Conrad Bauer and Clyde Maybee) -- [Located in MC9, DR11], 1953-1954 | series 8 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Artwork -- (Portrait of Mollee Coppel by Allen Cohen) -- [Located in MC9, DR11], undated | series 8 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Memorabilia -- (El Adios), 1946 | series 8 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Jerusalem International Book Fair), 1975 | series 8 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Maryben Books, signs) -- [Located in MC9, DR11], 1987 and undated | series 8 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Memorabilia -- (National League of Pen Women award certificates), 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993-1994, 1996, 1999 and undated | series 8 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Memorabilia -- (National League of American Pen Women ribbon and pen), undated | series 8 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Memorabilia -- (1st year of marriage), 1955-1956 | series 8 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Pins), 1980 and undated | series 8 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Prithee, Happy Birthday, Maryland scrapbook), 1984 | series 8 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Rockville City Proclamation) -- [Located in MC9, DR11], 1992 | series 8 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Scrapbook), 1938-1945 | series 8 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Scrapbook), circa 1960s-1980s | series 8 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Scrapbook), circa 1960s-1980s | series 8 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Scrapbook) -- [Located in MC9, DR11], 1946-1950 | series 8 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Memorabilia -- ("Teen Topics" scrapbook), circa 1945-1947 | series 8 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Terrapin, vol. 47), 1948 | series 8 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Terrapin, vol. 48), 1949 | series 8 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Terrapin, vol. 49), 1950 | series 8 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Memorabilia -- (Writing Awards and Certificates), 1976, 1979, 1984, 1987-1988, 1991, 2000, 2002 and undated | series 8 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland Diploma) -- [Located in MC9, DR11], 1950 | series 8 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland Notebooks) -- [American Literature to 1900], undated | series 8 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland Notebooks) -- [CL 101 (Comparative Literature)], undated | series 8 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland Notebooks) -- [Comp. Lit 103 (Comparative Literature)], undated | series 8 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland Notebooks) -- [English 115, Shakespeare], undated | series 8 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland Notebooks) -- [English 134, Victorian Literature], undated | series 8 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland Notebooks) -- [English 135, Victorian Literature], undated | series 8 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland Notebooks) -- [French 104], undated | series 8 | box 3 | folder 9 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland Notebooks) -- [French 161], circa 1948 | series 8 | box 3 | folder 10 | |
| Memorabilia -- (University of Maryland term papers and exam questions), 1948-1950 | series 8 | box 3 | folder 11 | |
| Memorabilia -- (White House tea napkin), 1979 | series 8 | box 3 | folder 12 | |
| Audio-Visual -- (Achievement in the Humanities Award interview) -- [Video cassette, Comcast], 2001 | series 8 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
| Audio-Visual -- (Daughters of Chutzpah, poetry reading on WEVD radio program) -- [Audio cassette] -- [Located in Box 5], 1981 | series 8 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
| Audio-Visual -- ("A Garage Sale of the Mind: Mollee Kruger's Lifetime of Verses Vagaries and Vices") -- [Master and sub-master video cassettes], 2003 | series 8 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
| Audio-Visual -- ("A Garage Sale of the Mind: Mollee Kruger's Lifetime of Verses Vagaries and Vices") -- [Use copy cassette], 2003 | series 8 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
| Audio-Visual -- (Ladies First) -- [Video cassette, DV Productions, Inc.], 2001 | series 8 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
| Audio-Visual -- (Ladies First, performances) -- [3 Audio cassettes], 1995-1996 and undated | series 8 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
| Audio-Visual -- ("Putty Bungalow") -- [Audio tape, 7.5 in/s], 1960 | series 8 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
| Audio-Visual -- (WRC TV Jewish Community hour, "Religious Freedom and the Feasts of lights," and "Shall We Have a Seder") -- [Audio tape, 7.5 in/s], 1961-1962 | series 8 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
| Audio-Visual -- (WRC TV Jewish Community hour, "Yom Homoreh") -- [Audo tape, 7.5 in/s], 1963 | series 8 | box 5 | folder 4 | |
| Audio-Visual -- (WTOP TV Jewish Community hour, "Mr. Lincole and the Peddlar") -- [Audio tape, 7.5 in/s], 1963 | series 8 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
Related Material
A great deal of Kruger's early correspondence and writings relate to her time at the University of Maryland as a coed immediately after World War II. As such, these papers provide an intimate portrait of a young Jewish woman at a dynamic point in the university's history. The University of Maryland maintain primary and published material from this time, much of which is of value to anyone studying historical issues of gender and ethnic diversity on the University of Maryland, College Park, campus. Additionally, the Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, located in Baltimore, maintains a public collection of documents, photographs, and objects relating to Maryland Jewry. The collections of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, located in Washington, D.C., include organizational records, business and family papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textiles, and ritual objects documenting the history of the Jewish community in Washington, D.C., and the surrounding suburbs from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
For other related archival and manuscript collections, please see the following subject guides.
Selected Search Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the University of Maryland Libraries' Catalog. Researchers desiring related materials about these topics, names, or places may search the Catalog using these headings.
Subjects
- Jewish College Students -- Maryland -- College Park -- History -- Sources
- Jewish Women Authors -- Archives
- Kruger, Mollee -- Archives
- Maryben Books -- Archives
- University of Maryland, College Park -- Students -- History -- Sources