Van der Veer, Elizabeth
Papers, 1932-1947
Biography:
Elizabeth
Van der Veer was born in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1901. When she was ten, her
family moved to New Orleans where she later attended Sophie Newcomb College and
was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She moved when her family bought
a daily newspaper in Enid, Oklahoma, and then again to Kansas City and another
newspaper. Elizabeth wrote the women's interest columns and assisted her
brothers Ted and Stewart in managing the papers.
The family
moved to Birmingham in 1923 and established the Van der Veer Company advertising
agency, which conducted direct-mail campaigns for local businesses. Elizabeth
lived in Roebuck Springs. During the 1920s and 1930s she wrote stories for
romance magazines.
Elizabeth Van
der Veer died March 6, 1993.
Scope and Content:
Included
in this collection are a few pieces of correspondence sent to Van der Veer by
her publishing agents, newspaper articles both by and about the author, several
issues of the magazines in which her stories appeared, and two photographs of
the author.
Guide to Collection:
File level
guide available in the Archives Department.
Subject Areas:
Authors --
Alabama -- Birmingham.
Journalists
-- Alabama -- Birmingham.
Romance
fiction.
Van der Veer,
Elizabeth, 1901-1993.
Women --
Alabama -- Birmingham.
Collection Number: 1050
Size: ¼ linear foot (1 box)
Source/Provenance: Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton.
Restrictions: Standard preservation and copyright restrictions.
RA/9-24-01
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