Research Catalog

Title

James Sibley Watson/The Dial Papers, 1920-1972 bulk(1920-1929).

Author

Watson, James Sibley.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993.
• Charles, Norman.
• Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935.
• Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.
• Watson, Hildegarde Lasell, d. 1976.
• The Dial.

Description

9.3 linear ft. (31 boxes).

Summary

While the letters and documents in this collection range from 1920 to 1972, the bulk of the material was written between 1920 and 1929. It includes 6 manuscript boxes of incoming correspondence, predominantly Dial-related or addressed to Hildegarde Watson.

Subjects

• Modernist (Literature) > United States
• Publishers and publishing
• The Dial
• Typescripts,
• Watson, James Sibley

Genre/Form

Typescripts

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Source (note)

• Mrs. Nancy Watson Dean

Biography (note)

• In 1919, Scofield Thayer (1890?-1982) and James Sibley Watson, Jr. (1894-1982) bought The Dial, an incarnation of the magazine founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller in 1840.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Processing Action (note)

• Processed

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Watson Dial

OCLC

NYPW02-A141

Author

Watson, James Sibley.

Title

James Sibley Watson/The Dial Papers, 1920-1972 bulk(1920-1929).

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

In 1919, Scofield Thayer (1890?-1982) and James Sibley Watson, Jr. (1894-1982) bought The Dial, an incarnation of the magazine founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller in 1840. An advocate of modernist writers, The Dial proved to be one of the most influential journals of the 20th century. Between 1920 and 1929, it published work by writers such as Gertrude Stein, Paul Valéry, Thomas Mann and Marcel Proust. Its famous November 1922 issue featured T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land;" William Butler Yeats' "The Player Queen;" drawings by Pablo Picasso; "Many Marriages" by Sherwood Anderson; and a "Paris Letter" by Ezra Pound. Scofield Thayer served as editor until 1925 when he left the magazine for health reasons. At that time, Marianne Moore (1887-1972), the 1924 recipient of The Dial Award, took over editorial control with J. S. Watson as publisher. Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) served as an editorial assistant at The Dial, and then as Music Critic from 1927-29.The magazine discontinued publication in 1929 due to financial reasons.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Location of Other Archival Materials

title Yale University

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993.

Charles, Norman.

Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935.

Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.

Watson, Hildegarde Lasell, d. 1976.

The Dial.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Watson Dial