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Additional authors

1. Boylston, Hele Dore, 1895-
2. Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961
3. Day, George Parmly, 1876-1959
4. Day, Julian
5. Day, Katharine Briggs Dodge
6. Day, Wilhelmine Johnson
7. De Kruif, Paul, 1890-1971
8. Hackett, Francis, 1883-1962
9. Hand, Learned, 1872-1961
10. Hovey, Carl B., 1875-
11. Keller, Albert Galloway, 1874-1956
12. Kinney, Troy, 1871-1938
13. Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968
14. Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960
15. Miller, Alice Duer, 1874-1942
16. Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
17. Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943
18. Scott, Miriam Finn
19. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
20. Smith, Julia Stockwell
21. Toksvig, Signe, 1891-1983
22. Vaill, Dudley Landon
23. Ward, C. H. (Charles Henshaw), 1872-1935
24. White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985
25. White, Katharine Sergeant Angell

Description

1. 121.2 linear feet (277 boxes).

Summary

1. The Clarence Day Papers document the literary career, business activity, personal life and family background of the author and illustrator. The papers include personal and professional correspondence; notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, galley proofs and publication tearsheets; business and financial records; family papers; news clippings and literary reference files; school and college records; and drawings, photographs, and artifacts. There is extensive material regarding his work as a Yale alumnus, including his publication of Yale Alumni Weekly. Correspondents include such artists, authors and intellectuals as Helen Dore Boylston, Henry Canby, Paul De Kruif, Francis Hackett, Learned Hand, Carl Hovey, Albert G. Keller, Troy Kinney, Sonya Levien, Rose Wilder Lane, Alice Duer Miller, Elsie Clews Parsons, William Lyon Phelps, Harold Ross, Miriam Finn Scott, Upton Sinclair, Signe Toksvig, E. B. White, and Katharine White. The Clarence Day Papers are an important resource for the study of American magazine literature during the 1910s-1930s, and provide essential background information regarding Day's most popular and enduring work, Life With Father. In addition to Clarence Day's own material on Life With Father, Katharine Day's papers in the collection document the posthumous incarnations of the property as a tremendously successful play, motion picture and television series.

Subject

1. Day, Clarence, 1874-1935
2. Nahant (Ship)
3. New York (State) -- Militia -- Regiment, 7th
4. Yale University -- Alumni and alumnae
5. Yale University. Class of 1896
6. Yale University Press
7. The Metropolitan magazine
8. New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
9. American literature
10. American wit and humor
11. Authors and publishers
12. Authors, American
13. Cartoonists -- United States
14. Health resorts -- West (U.S.)
15. Humorists, American -- 20th century
16. Periodicals -- United States
17. Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Naval operations -- Personal narratives
18. World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Personal narratives
19. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
20. West (U.S.) -- Description and travel

Genre/Form

1. Account books.
2. Artifacts.
3. Diaries.
4. Drawings (visual works).
5. Manuscripts for publication.
6. Photographs.
7. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. MssCol 741

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source (note)

1. Wilhelmine Blower, daughter of Clarence Day

Biography (note)

1. Author and illustrator Clarence Day, best known for his book Life With Father, was born in New York City on November 18, 1874. He graduated from Yale College in 1896, then worked in his father's brokerage house and served briefly in the U. S. Navy. In 1898 he was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis. He traveled for some years in search of a cure, then settled in New York, where he became active in the alumni affairs of Yale College and launched his writing career. Day's essays, book reviews, short stories, verses and cartoons appeared regularly during the 1910s-30s in Harper's Magazine, The New Republic, The Metropolitan Magazine, The New York American, and The New Yorker. His first book, This Simian World, was published in 1920. Day achieved his greatest popularity during the 1930s with the publication of Life With Father, a series of comic memoirs of family life. In 1928 he married Katharine Briggs Dodge. Clarence Day died of pneumonia on December 28, 1935.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged.

Author

1. Day, Clarence, 1874-1935.

Title

1. Clarence Day papers, 1796-1993 (bulk 1890-1953).

Restricted access

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Biography

1. Author and illustrator Clarence Day, best known for his book Life With Father, was born in New York City on November 18, 1874. He graduated from Yale College in 1896, then worked in his father's brokerage house and served briefly in the U. S. Navy. In 1898 he was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis. He traveled for some years in search of a cure, then settled in New York, where he became active in the alumni affairs of Yale College and launched his writing career. Day's essays, book reviews, short stories, verses and cartoons appeared regularly during the 1910s-30s in Harper's Magazine, The New Republic, The Metropolitan Magazine, The New York American, and The New Yorker. His first book, This Simian World, was published in 1920. Day achieved his greatest popularity during the 1930s with the publication of Life With Father, a series of comic memoirs of family life. In 1928 he married Katharine Briggs Dodge. Clarence Day died of pneumonia on December 28, 1935.

Finding aids

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/faids/741.pdf

Location of other archival materials

1. Related collections include the H.L. Mencken Papers and The New Yorker Records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library; related collections in other repositories are listed in the finding aid.

Source

1. Gift of Wilhelmine Blower, daughter of Clarence Day, 1996, 2001, 2006.

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1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Authors.

Added author

1. Boylston, Hele Dore, 1895-
2. Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961.
3. Day, George Parmly, 1876-1959.
4. Day, Julian.
5. Day, Katharine Briggs Dodge.
6. Day, Wilhelmine Johnson.
7. De Kruif, Paul, 1890-1971.
8. Hackett, Francis, 1883-1962.
9. Hand, Learned, 1872-1961.
10. Hovey, Carl B., 1875-
11. Keller, Albert Galloway, 1874-1956.
12. Kinney, Troy, 1871-1938.
13. Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968.
14. Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960.
15. Miller, Alice Duer, 1874-1942.
16. Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941.
17. Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943.
18. Scott, Miriam Finn.
19. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968.
20. Smith, Julia Stockwell.
21. Toksvig, Signe, 1891-1983.
22. Vaill, Dudley Landon.
23. Ward, C. H. (Charles Henshaw), 1872-1935.
24. White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
25. White, Katharine Sergeant Angell.

Research call number

1. MssCol 741