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Poultney Bigelow and Louise Osborne Cox correspondence
- Title
- Poultney Bigelow and Louise Osborne Cox correspondence, 1909-1961.
- Author
- Cox, Louise Osborne, 1885-1953.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 23871 box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | box 2 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 23871 box 2 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | box 3 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 23871 box 3 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Additional Authors
- Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954.
- Description
- 1.05 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Summary
- Poultney Bigelow (1855-1954) was a journalist and author. This collection consists primarily of his letters to his friend Louise Osborne Cox, who lived in Watertown, New York, and had a summer home on Grindstone Island. Bigelow's letters date from 1931 to 1950 and are written from his home in Malden-on-Hudson or sometimes during his international travels. Subjects of the letters include Bigelow's social activities; countries he visited; contemporary works of history and literature; sex and censorship; the state of the popular press; and American and European politics. Some recurring topics in the correspondence are Adolf Hitler's leadership of Germany (which Bigelow admired); Lady Chatterly's Lover and Cox's apparent reluctance to read it; the Ends of the Earth club, of which Bigelow was a member; and the beers and ales that Cox supplied to Bigelow, both during and after Prohibition. The collection also contains letters from other correspondents concerning Bigelow (the latest dating to 1961); letters from Bigelow to Cox's daughter, Betty; and letters to Bigelow that came to be in Cox's possession. The latter include a letter from Prince Frederick of Prussia (using the name Count Lingen) and a photocopy of a letter from Rudyard Kipling. The collection also contains newspaper clippings and cartoons (the earliest dating to 1909), articles written by Bigelow, and a photograph of Bigelow.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Source (note)
- Donated by Mary Clark and Gaillard L. Schmidt, 2016.
- Call Number
- MssCol 23871
- OCLC
- 958378995
- Author
- Cox, Louise Osborne, 1885-1953.
- Title
- Poultney Bigelow and Louise Osborne Cox correspondence, 1909-1961.
- Restricted Access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Source
- Donated by Mary Clark and Gaillard L. Schmidt, 2016.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Journalists.
- Added Author
- Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 23871