Robert H. Elias papers, 1933-1983.
Collection Number: 14-12-1848

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Robert H. Elias papers, 1933-1983.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-12-1848
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, memoranda, conference agendas, notes, news releases, and reports of Robert Henry Elias, with particular reference to the American Studies Society, the American Historical Association, and the American Civilization Graduate Club.
Creator:
Elias, Robert H.
Quanitities:
.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of English, Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, memoranda, conference agendas, notes, news releases, and reports of Robert Henry Elias, with particular reference to the American Studies Society, the American Historical Association, and the American Civilization Graduate Club. Correspondents and subjects include Harold Loeb, Marion Cummings, Bedelia Croly Falls, e. e. cummings, Saul Bellow, James Gould Cozzens, John Dos Passos, Katherine Anne Porter, Edmund Wilson, Jerome Kern, Huey Long, Henry Miller, Lewis Mumford, Frank O'Connor, John Crowe Ransom, James Thurber, Richard Wilbur, Theodore Dreiser, H. L. Mencken, and Toni Morrison.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Robert H. Elias papers, #14-12-1848. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Loeb, Harold, 1891-1974.
Bellow, Saul.
Cummings, Marion.
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962.
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.
Falls, Bedelia Croly.
Cozzens, James Gould, 1903-1978.
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970.
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980.
Wilson, Edmund, 1890-1972.
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935.
Miller, Henry, 1891-
Morrison, Toni.
O\'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966.
Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974.
Thurber, James, 1894-1961.
Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017.
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
American Studies Society
American Historical Association
American Civilization Graduate Club
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Places:
United States -- Study and teaching.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Marion Cummings Correspondence
1967
Box 1 Folder 2
Marion Cummings
1968
Box 1 Folder 3
Bedelia Croly Falls
1981-1983
Box 1 Folder 4
Harold Loeb
1961-1962
Box 1 Folder 5
American Historical Association
1950-1956
Box 1 Folder 6
American Civilization Graduate Club
1951
Box 2 Folder 1
Saul Bellow
1955
Box 2 Folder 2
James Gould Cozzens
1955
Box 2 Folder 3
e.e. cummings
1961
Box 2 Folder 4
To George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.
1959
Box 2 Folder 5
To John Dos Passos
1958
Box 2 Folder 6
Mrs. Matthew Josephson
1961
Box 2 Folder 7
To Bernhard Kendler
1968
Box 2 Folder 8
To Katherine Anne Porter
1952
Box 2 Folder 9
To Edmund Wilson
1961
Box 2 Folder 10
Correspondence received
1960-1961
Box 2 Folder 11
Epoch Magazine
1947-1952
Box 2 Folder 12
Herbert E. Gaston
1933
Box 2 Folder 13
William Gibson
1959-1960
Box 2 Folder 14
Robert Silliman Hillyer
1961
Box 2 Folder 15
Jerome Kern
1933
Box 2 Folder 16
Bernhard Kendler
1968
Box 2 Folder 17-19
Huey Long
1933-1935
Box 2 Folder 20
Henry Miller
n.d.
Box 2 Folder 21
Lewis Mumford
1958
Box 2 Folder 22
The Nation
1955
Box 2 Folder 23
Frank O'Connor
1954
Box 2 Folder 24
Harriet O'Connor
1954
Box 2 Folder 25-27
Katherine Anne Porter
1952
Box 2 Folder 28
John Crow Ransom
1953
Box 2 Folder 29
Susannah Tarkington
1952
Box 2 Folder 30-31
Helen Thurber
1964-1965
Box 2 Folder 32-36
James Thurber
1944-1958
Box 2 Folder 37
Richard Wilbur
1954
Box 2 Folder 38
Theodore Dreiser (including Richard Lingeman and Robert Fleissner correspondence)
1937-1987
Box 2 Folder 39
H. L. Mencken
1948
Box 2 Folder 40
Toni Morrison
1953, 1965
Box 3 Folder 1-6
John Dos Passos: One Man's Initiation: 1917; Layout, printing proofs, publishing correspondence
1968
Box 3 Folder 7-17
John Dos Passos and others: correspondence
1918-1968