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Collection of 28 autograph and typed letters from noted authors to Kyle Crichton
- Title
- Collection of 28 autograph and typed letters from noted authors to Kyle Crichton, 1921-1960.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll m.b. (Crichton, K) A.l.s. from noted authors 1921 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
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- Additional Authors
- Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987.
- Crichton, Kyle, 1896-1960.
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
- Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.
- Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.
- Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962.
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
- Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958.
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
- O'Hara, John, 1905-1970.
- Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979.
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
- Description
- 1; size varies.
- Summary
- Collection contains the following letters: Erskine Caldwell, 5 t.l.s., Jan. 18, 1933 (1 p.), Apr. 7, 1933 (1 p.), Apr. 18, 1933 (1 p.), Mar. 5, 1934 (1 p.), and July 31, 1934 (2 p., 1 leaf, on M-G-M letterhead); William Faulkner, 2 t.l.s., "Friday" (1 p.) and n.d. (1 p.), and 2 a.n.s., both n.d. (1 p. each); Ernest Hemingway, 2 a.l.s., Oct. 12, 1935 (1 p.) and Aug. 2, 1960 (2 p., 1 leaf, on "Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba" letterhead), and t.l.s. with autograph emendations in pencil, Nov. 22, 1935 (1 p.); D. H. Lawrence, 3 a.l.s., Aug. 19, 1925 (2 p., 1 leaf), Aug. 31, 1925 (4 p., 1 leaf), and Sept. 28, 1925 (5 p., 2 leaves); Mabel Dodge Luhan (D. H. Lawrence's secretary), a.l.s., [n.d.] (1 p.); Sinclair Lewis, t.l.s., June 20, 1933 (1 p.); H.L. Mencken, 3 t.l.s., June 26, [1931?] (1 p., American Mercury letterhead), Dec. 12, 1931 (1 p., personal letterhead), and Dec. 24, 1931 (1 p., personal letterhead); George Jean Nathan, 3 t.l.s., Nov. 7, 1921 (1 p., on Smart Set letterhead), Nov. 16, 1921 (1 p., on Smart Set letterhead), and Dec. 20, 1921 (1 p., on Smart Set letterhead); Clifford Odets, a.l.s., Dec. 18, 1935 (1 p., on Group Theatre letterhead); John O'Hara, 2 t.l.s., Dec. 12-31, 1935, with autograph emendations in pencil (2 p.) and June 3, 1960 (1 p.).; S. J. Perelman, t.l.s., Nov. 24, [ca. 1935?] (1 p.); and John Steinbeck, t.l.s., Jan. 2, 1947 (1 p., on personal letterhead).
- Subject
- Note
- Letters are housed in a three-ring binder.
- H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan were co-editors of The Smart Set: a Magazine of Cleverness, to which Kyle Crichton submitted short stories.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Kyle Crichton was a writer and editor at Collier's, a magazine that featured short fiction and leftist political news analysis, and a columnist for The New Masses, a Communist weekly. He was also a novelist and a biographer of the Marx Brothers. Crichton sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Robert Forsythe.
- Call Number
- Berg Coll m.b. (Crichton, K) A.l.s. from noted authors 1921
- OCLC
- 747346202
- Title
- Collection of 28 autograph and typed letters from noted authors to Kyle Crichton, 1921-1960.
- Access
- Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
- Biography
- Kyle Crichton was a writer and editor at Collier's, a magazine that featured short fiction and leftist political news analysis, and a columnist for The New Masses, a Communist weekly. He was also a novelist and a biographer of the Marx Brothers. Crichton sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Robert Forsythe.
- Local Note
- Collection donated by Andrew Crichton, November 2009.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987.Crichton, Kyle, 1896-1960. AddresseeFaulkner, William, 1897-1962.Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962.Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958.Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.O'Hara, John, 1905-1970.Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979.Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.Crichton, Andrew. Donor. Former owner
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll m.b. (Crichton, K) A.l.s. from noted authors 1921