Literary journal. Correspondence (1926–1994) between World Literature Today editors and University of Oklahoma administrators and faculty, and with authors and prospective authors, regarding the operation of the journal, its publishing procedures and standards, and works published. Literary correspondents include Sherwood Anderson, John Dos Passos, Upton Sinclair, Thornton Wilder, and H. L. Mencken. Also included in this collection are specialized files (1926–1951) regarding the flight of authors and playwrights from Nazi Germany and Spain, and their exile in the United States and Mexico; reasons why women have not produced successful plays; and the special writing projects undertaken by prominent authors.