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Collection of 28 autograph and typed letters from noted authors to Kyle Crichton

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Collection of 28 autograph and typed letters from noted authors to Kyle Crichton, 1921-1960.

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TextPermit needed Berg Coll m.b. (Crichton, K) A.l.s. from noted authors 1921Schwarzman 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.
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Added Author
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987.
Crichton, Kyle, 1896-1960. Addressee
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.
Crichton, Andrew. Donor. Former owner
Research Call Number
Berg Coll m.b. (Crichton, K) A.l.s. from noted authors 1921
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