Title

Frank Swinnerton collection of papers, 1912-1978.

Author

Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-
• Forman, Henry James, 1879-1966.
• Hoagland, Clayton.
• Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.
• Mitgang, Herbert.
• Pound, Reginald.
• Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
• Secker, Martin, 1882-1978.
• Secker, Sylvia Hope Gibsone.
• Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
• Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941.
• James B. Pinker and Son.

Description

524 items.

Subjects

• Swinnerton, Frank, 1884- > Portraits
• Correspondence

Genre/Form

Correspondence.

Biography (note)

• Frank Swinnerton was an English novelist, short-story writer, and literary critic.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

• This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Previous owners include Martin Secker.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Swinnerton

Author

Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-

Title

Frank Swinnerton collection of papers, 1912-1978.

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of a typescript, correspondence, legal documents, and a portrait photograph. The typescript is a contribution to a collection of tributes to Max Beerbohm. The bulk of the collection consists of letters from the author, dating from 1912 to 1978, to St. John Greer Ervine, Henry James Forman, Clayton Hoagland, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Reginald Pound, Siegfried Sassoon, Martin Secker, Sylvia Hope Gibsone Secker, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1924 to 1940, between various correspondents, including Carl Van Vechten, Hugh Walpole, and the literary agency James B. Pinker and Son. There are letters to Swinnerton from Herbert Mitgang, dating from 1967 to 1975.

Biography

Frank Swinnerton was an English novelist, short-story writer, and literary critic.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Local Note

Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-

Forman, Henry James, 1879-1966.

Hoagland, Clayton.

Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.

Mitgang, Herbert.

Pound, Reginald.

Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.

Secker, Martin, 1882-1978.

Secker, Sylvia Hope Gibsone.

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.

Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941.

Secker, Martin, 1882-1978. Former owner

James B. Pinker and Son.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Swinnerton