George Sidney Hellman papers, 1888-1958, bulk (1900-1958)

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Creator

Hellman, George S. (George Sidney), 1878-1958.

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• 24 linear feet (50 boxes, 17 v.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

Collection consists of Hellman's correspondence, writings,research notes, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1888-1958, contains his letters to and from fellow students and professors at Columbia University; letters concerning his activities as editor of East & West and as art and manuscript dealer andcollector; as well as correspondence with fellow scholars and publishers regarding his research and writing on Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, and the Seligman family. Also, essays, reviews, plays, novels, speeches, and biographical and autobiographical works (both published and unpublished), scrapbooks of clippings, writings by others (mostly typescripts), photographs, contracts, and memorabilia.

Biographical/Historical Note

George Sidney Hellman (1878-1958), American author and editor, was a rare book, manuscript and art dealer and collector in New York City. He amassed collections of hisown and helped secure major acquisitions for the Pierpont Morgan Library. He founded and edited the literary magazine, East & West, 1900-1901; and from 1919 to 1920 served as director of the American Expeditionary Forces University's School of Fine Arts for servicemen in France.His publications include Washington Irving, Esquire (1925),The True Stevenson (1925), Benjamin N. Cardozo, American Judge (1940), and hundreds of book reviews and magazine articles.

Controlled Access Terms

• Cardozo, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nathan), 1870-1938.
• Hellman, George S. (George Sidney), 1878-1958.
• Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
• Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903.
• Seligman family.
• Columbia University.
• Authors Club (New York, N.Y.)
• East & West (New York, N.Y. : 1900)
• American literature -- 19th century.
• Art -- Collectors and collecting.
• Art -- History and criticism.
• Book collecting.
• Literature -- Societies, etc.
• Photographs.
• Scrapbooks.
• Art dealers.
• Authors.
• Book collectors.
• Editors.

Additional Creator Names

• Davidson, Jo, 1883-1952.
• Erskine, John, 1879-1951.
• Fiske, Abby Morgan.
• Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934.
• Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943.
• Lloyd, Beatrix Demarest.
• Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939.
• Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.
• Stokes, Rose Pastor, 1879-1933.
• Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939.
• Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921.