Research Catalog
Charles Hanson Towne papers
- Title
- Charles Hanson Towne papers, 1891-1948, bulk (1902-1945)
- Author
- Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948.
- Bowes, Edward, Major, 1874-1946.
- Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948.
- Faulks, Theodosia P.
- Gale, Zona, 1874-1938.
- Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945.
- Houghton, Carolyn Wells.
- Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.
- Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947.
- Lowndes, Belloc, 1868-1947.
- Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950.
- Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
- Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972.
- Description
- 4.7 linear feet (9 boxes)
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, writings, financial papers, press clippings, photographs, and ephemera.
- Uniform Title
- Harper's bazaar.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints.
- Scrapbooks.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Additional Formats (note)
- available on microfilm;
- Source (note)
- Searle, Mrs. Ora; Carnegie Book Shop
- Biography (note)
- Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an author, editor and popular New York celebrity.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 3014
- OCLC
- NYPW93-A212
- Author
- Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949.
- Title
- Charles Hanson Towne papers, 1891-1948, bulk (1902-1945)
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Additional Formats
- Edgar Snow correspondence available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Biography
- Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an author, editor and popular New York celebrity. From 1924 to 1929 he edited many magazines including Smart Set, Delineator, Designer, McClure's, and Harper's Bazaar. He also wrote poetry, novels, plays, travel essays, song cycles, lyrics for musicals and operettas, memoirs, and newspaper columns; taught poetry at Columbia University; and toured with the Broadway hit, Life With Father. Much of his writing celebrated New York City and he was considered to be the quintessential New Yorker.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Authors.Editors.College teachers.
- Added Author
- Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948.Bowes, Edward, Major, 1874-1946.Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948.Faulks, Theodosia P.Gale, Zona, 1874-1938.Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945.Houghton, Carolyn Wells.Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947.Lowndes, Belloc, 1868-1947.Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950.Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972.
- Added Title
- Harper's bazaar.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 3014