Guide to the Gail And Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection,
1841-1993.

Collection Number: 4690

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection, 1823-1995.
Collection Number:
4690
Quantity:
227 items.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Letters by noted authors, many on the subject of writing. Authors represented include: Louisa May Alcott, James Baldwin, Paul Bowles, Pearl Buck, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Samuel Clemens, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Theodore Dreiser, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, Zane Grey, Alex Haley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, Thomas Mann, Henry Miller, Margaret Mitchell, Vladimir Nabokov, Ezra Pound, Rod Serling, G.B. Shaw, John Steinbeck, William M. Thackeray, Kurt Vonnegut, H.G. Wells, E.B. White, and William Wordsworth.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Letters by noted authors, many on the subject of writing. Authors represented include: Louisa May Alcott, James Baldwin, Paul Bowles, Pearl Buck, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Samuel Clemens, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Theodore Dreiser, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, Zane Grey, Alex Haley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, Thomas Mann, Henry Miller, Margaret Mitchell, Vladimir Nabokov, Ezra Pound, Rod Serling, G.B. Shaw, John Steinbeck, William M. Thackeray, Kurt Vonnegut, H.G. Wells, E.B. White, and William Wordsworth. Also an additional gathering of letters by famous literary figures.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Baldwin, James, 1924-
Bowles, Paul, 1910-
Buck, Pearl S.(Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
Eliot, T. S.(Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.
Grey, Zane, 1872-1939.
Haley, Alex.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.
London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
Serling, Rod, 1924-
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Vonnegut, Kurt.
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

Subjects:
Authorship.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Cite As:
Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection, #4690. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
May 22, 1962
Albee, Edward : Typed letter to Mr. Allen. Lexington, VA.
Box 1 Folder 1
Regarding drama critics.
Feb. 10, no year
Alcott, Louisa May : Autograph letter to Mr. Wendell Phillips.
Box 1 Folder 2
Nov. 15, 1943
Ambler, Eric : signed letter to John Davenport, Esq.. APO 512
Box 7 Folder 1
Ambler bemoans his intellectually deprived situation (in the Army), "Nobody here reads anything but The Stars and Stripes…"
Rudin # B-1
Aug. 19, 1963
Ambler, Eric : Typed letter to Donald McCormick, Esq.. Los Angeles CA
Box 7 Folder 2
Discusses the inspiration behind his book, The Mask of Dimitrios.
Rudin # B-2
Jul. 15, 1995
Anderson, Jack : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. New York, NY.
Box 7 Folder 2A
Feb. 9, 1959
Anderson, Maxwell : signed letter to Mr. Benson. Stamford, CT
Box 7 Folder 3
Anderson sternly lectures a young writer and tells of his own writing history.
Rudin # B-3
ca. 1920s
Anderson, Sherwood : signed letter to Frederick O'Brien.
Box 7 Folder 4
Anderson dispenses advice to O'Brien about writing.
Rudin # B-4
Jan. 2, 1923
Anderson, Sherwood : Autograph letter to Lois Wright.
Box 1 Folder 3
Regarding personal life.
Dec. 21, c. 1923
Anderson, Sherwood : Autographed letter to Frederick Harrold. New York, NY.
Box 13 Folder 1
In answer to a complimentary letter from a fan. In a presentation portfolio.
Rudin # B-5A
Mar. 29, 1926?
Anderson, Sherwood : Typed letter to Publicity Department- Boni and Liveright. New Orleans, LA
Box 7 Folder 5
Letter to his publisher offering an autobiographical sketch of himself.
Rudin # B-5
Jul. 28, 1983
Anderson, Sherwood : Typed letter to Miss Frieda Meredith Dietz. Marion, VA.
Box 1 Folder 4
Regarding Southern Literary Messenger.
Aug. 24, 1959
Asimov, Isaac : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. West Newton, MA.
Box 1 Folder 5
Regarding education and writing.
May 12, 1983
Asimov, Isaac : Signed postcard to Sean A. Hicks. New York, NY.
Box 1 Folder 6
Regarding desire to write.
Jul. 24, 1985
Asimov, Isaac : Typed letter to Reverend William Ward. New York, NY.
Box 7 Folder 6
Letter to a clergyman who wants to read all of his books. He informs him that he has written 327 of them!
Rudin # B-6
Aug. 29, 1911
Atherton, Gertrude : Typed letter to AD Wright. San Francisco, CA.
Box 13 Folder 2
Atherton discusses her work and her position on women's rights. Located in a presentation portfolio.
Rudin # B-6A
May 30, 1951
Auden, Wystan : Autograph letter to Harvey Breit. Napoli, Italy.
Box 1 Folder 7
Regarding dislike of being photographed, personal views on writing.
Oct. 29, 1953
Baldwin, James : Typed letter to Samuel L. Blumenfield. Paris, France.
Box 7 Folder 7
Baldwin complains that he doesn't think his book was properly advertised; he is in the process of finishing a play; and he indicates that he isn't drinking any more than normal.
Rudin # B-7
Oct. 8, 1955
Baldwin, James : Typed letter to Samuel L. Blumenfield. Paris, France.
Box 7 Folder 8
Baldwin discusses the theme and characters of his new book "Giovanni's Room" and fears censorship by his publishers - Included is a first edition of the book. (Book is catalogued individually).
Rudin # B-8
No date
Baldwin, James : Signed card.
Box 1 Folder 8
Regarding struggle vs. satisfaction.
Aug. 8, 1995
Barker, A.L. : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley.
Box 7 Folder 8A
Jan. 23, 1919
Barrie, James : Signed letter to Nicholas Murray Butler. The Athenaeum S.W.
Box 7 Folder 9
"Dear Brutus" is an allegory.
Rudin # B-9
Mar. 29, 1993
Belitt, Ben : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Bennington VT.
Box 7 Folder 9A
Oct. 26, 1958
Bell, Clive : Signed letter to Wesley Hartley. Charleston, Firle, Sussex.
Box 7 Folder 10
Gives his opinions on education and schools.
Rudin # B-10
May 13, 1959
Bell, E.T. : Autograph letter to Wesley Hartley. Pasadena, CA.
Box 1 Folder 9
Regarding education and writing.
Dec. 13, 1955
Bellow, Saul : Typed letter to Samuel Goldberg.
Box 7 Folder 11
He writes of his divorce, his inability to think in NY and the publication of his novelette.
Rudin # B-11
Bellow, Saul : Autographed letter.
Box 7 Folder 12
Working draft of his 1976 Nobel Prize acceptance speech; included are instructions from Svenska Handelsbanken on how to obtain his prize money.
Rudin # B-12
Aug. 2, 1957
Bemelmans, Ludwig : Typed letter to Mr. Hartley. Paris, France.
Box 1 Folder 10
Comparing being a writer to having a disease.
Dec. 7, 1928
Benchley, Robert : Typed letter to Dearest Mother. Hollywood, CA.
Box 7 Folder 13
Benchley writes of the weather, what he is working on in CA and what his future plans will be.
Rudin # B-13
Nov. 20, 1933
Benet, William Rose : Typed letter to Mr. Harlan Umansky. New York, NY.
Box 1 Folder 11
Regarding rejection of aspiring poet Umansky.
Aug. 13, 1922-Dec. 3, 1922
Benson, E.F. : Letters to Miss Carey. Norfolk, Rye, London.
Box 7 Folder 14
Group of four letters plus manuscript responding to a request to read and comment on short story submissions.
Rudin # B-13A
1958, 1974
Bentley, Phyllis : Typed letters to Wesley Hartley. Halifax.
Box 7 Folder 14A
Jul. 23, 1949
Betjeman, John : Typed letter to "Assistant Secretary". Berkshire.
Box 1 Folder 12
Regarding experience with periodicals.
Apr. 14, 1904
Bierce, Ambrose : Autograph letter to Lella Cotton. Washington D.C.
Box 1 Folder 13
Regarding death of Lella's father.
Jan. 8, 1913
Bierce, Ambrose : Typed letter to Walter Neale. Washington, DC.
Box 7 Folder 15
He responds to his publisher regarding the typographical errors in the final printed version of the recently published "Collected Works".
Rudin # B-14
Dec. 3, 1957
Bishop, Morris : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Ithaca, NY.
Box 7 Folder 15A
Oct. 29, 1958
Blackmur, R.P. : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Princeton, NJ.
Box 7 Folder 15B
Jun. 27, 1979
Borges, Jorge Luis : Typed letter to John Norbutt. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Box 7 Folder 16
Borges tells how to write work of "lasting importance".
Rudin # B-15
Nov. 25, 1958
Bottome, Phyllis : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley.
Box 7 Folder 16A
Oct. 30, 1958
Boucher, Anthony : Typed letter to Mr. Hartley.
Box 1 Folder 14
Regarding education and writing.
Feb. 18, 1981
Bowles, Paul : Typed letter to Mr. Vance Morgan. Tangier, Morocco.
Box 1 Folder 15
Regarding a turning point in his literary life.
Bradbury, Ray : Typed letter to Nard. Los Abgeles 64, CA.
Box 7 Folder 17
"I don't have to discover [Christ] anew, since He discovered me, a long while back."
Rudin # B-16
Jul. 17, 1983
Bradbury, Ray : Typed letter to Sean Hicks. Los Angeles, CA.
Box 1 Folder 16
Regarding desire to write.
Oct. 25, 1959
Bretnor, Reginald : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Berkeley, CA.
Box 1 Folder 17
Regarding education and writing.
1958, 1975
Bridge, Ann (Kate Willert) : Two autographed letters to Wesley Hartley.
Box 7 Folder 17A
May 16, 1878
Bryant, William Cullen : Autograph letter to Earl Marble. Long Island, NY.
Box 1 Folder 18
Regarding biographical information.
Jun. 14, 1989
Buchwald, Art : Typed Manuscript. New School, NYC.
Box 14 Folder 13
Regarding a panel discussion of Jewish Humor.
Rudin # B-17
Nov. 11, 1932
Buck, Pearl S. : Autographed letter to John Walsh.
Box 7 Folder 18
Buck writes to her publisher and future husband asking his advice about receiving an honorary degree and about speaking to a negro women's group.
Rudin # B-19
1933
Buck, Pearl : Typed manuscript.
Box 1 Folder 19
On the Writing of Novels.
Jan. 21, 1943
Buck, Pearl S. : Typed letter to Miss Tremaine. New York, NY.
Box 7 Folder 19
"I must say the fact remains that China needs reassurance of our friendship and needs it now." Letter on political relations.
Rudin # B-20
Dec. 19, 1949
Buck, Pearl S. : Typed letter to Mrs. Cheyney. Perkasie, PA.
Box 7 Folder 20
Buck sends a Chinese poem followed by politically charged paragraphs about the Chinese, revolution and Communism.
Rudin # B-21
1965
Buck, Pearl S. : Typed manuscript with corrections.
Box 7 Folder 21
"My World of Home": A memoir and reflections relating to Buck's childhood in China.
Rudin # B-21a
Apr. 7, 1969
Buck, Pearl S. : Typed letter to Mr. Jerry Granat. Perkasie, PA.
Box 7 Folder 22
She writes regarding the differences in Asian people of different countries.
Rudin # B-22
1973
Buck, Pearl S. : Typed manuscript.
Box 7 Folder 23
Two drafts of the story "Miracle Child" originally published in the December 1973 issue of "Good Housekeeping".
Rudin # B-23
Feb. 18, 1925
Buck, Pearl S. : Autographed manuscript.
Extensive critique of Joseph Conrad's "Victory" - written inside his book from her library. (Book is catalogued individually)
Oct. 10, 1933
Burroughs, Edgar Rice : Typed letter to Mr. Ralph J. Saterlee. Tarzana, CA.
Box 1 Folder 20
Regarding education and writing.
1906
Burroughs, John : Autographed manuscript.
Box 7 Folder 24
The original manuscript of Burroughs' essay on the evil effect of extravagant toys upon children.
Rudin # B-24
Burroughs, William S. : Typed letter to Mr. Nargi. Lawrence, KS.
Box 7 Folder 25
"I do not feel that [Samuel Beckett] has had a specific influence on my own work…I doubt very much if my example has influenced Beckett".
Rudin # B-25
Apr. 22, 1935
Burt, Struthers : Autograph letter to Professor Munson. Southern Pines, NC.
Box 1 Folder 21
Regarding Burt's personal writing process, Festive.
Nov. 27, 1957; Dec. 9, 1958
Bynner, Witter : Typed letters to Wesley Hartley. Santa Fe, NM.
Box 1 Folder 22
Regarding education and writing.
Jul. 21, 1957
Caldwell, Erskine : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. San Francisco, CA.
Box 1 Folder 23
Regarding education and writing.
Jan. 9, 1962
Caldwell, Taylor : Typed letter to editor of Look magazine. Buffalo, NY.
Box 1 Folder 24
Regarding prediction of future by Look.
Sep. 28, 1959
Campbell, John : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. New York, NY.
Box 1 Folder 25
Regarding education and writing.
Oct. 5, 1960
Capote, Truman : Typed letter to Mr. William Shawn. New York, NY.
Box 1 Folder 26
Regarding permanent leave to Switzerland. With photo.
Oct. 4, 1849
Carlyle, Thomas : Signed letter to James Hannay. Chelsea.
Box 7 Folder 26
Discusses "Literature as a practical employment".
Rudin # B-26
1943-1946
Cather, Willa : signed letters to Emmy Liddell.
Box 14 Folder 1
Cather writes with disdain reflecting her feelings towards Hollywood and celebrity culture. Also included are two handwritten letters of admiration dated 5/9/1943 and 5/27/1946 from Liddell to Cather.
Rudin # B-26A
Mar. 7, 1963
Catton, Bruce : Typed letter to Mr. Fulton. New York, NY.
Box 1 Folder 27
Regarding war and peace.
Dec. 16, 1946
Chandler, Raymond : Typed letter to Mr. H.N. Swanson. La Jolla, CA.
Box 1 Folder 28
Regarding The Pocket Atlantic.
Jul. 28, 1948
Chandler, Raymond : Typed letter to Angello Hampares. La Jolla, CA.
Box 7 Folder 27
A letter to an aspiring mystery writer offering advice.
Rudin # B-27
Jan. 2, 1952
Chandler, Raymond : Typed letter to H.N. Swanson. La Jolla, CA.
Box 7 Folder 28
Thanks his agent for the gift of a tie. Discusses the coordination of radio and television contracts.
Rudin # B-28
Apr. 1955
Chandler, Raymond : Typed letter to William Gault. La Jolla, CA.
Box 1 Folder 29
Regarding mystery genre.
Dec. 3, 1958
Chandler, Raymond : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. La Jolla, CA.
Box 7 Folder 29
Discusses whether a college education is necessary for creative writing. "What is necessary to creative writing is a creative mind."
Rudin # B-28A
May 23, 1995
Chappell, Fred : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Laconia, NH.
Box 7 Folder 29A
Apr. 19, 24, 1978
Cheever, John : Two typed letters to Jerry Granat
Box 7 Folder 30
Two letters, one stating that he never took a course in writing, the other mentioning some "splendid courses in writing" and also mentioning his father's correspondence with the King.
Rudin # B-29
Chesterton, GK : Typescript.
Box 13 Folder 4
Typescript and page proofs of his article "This Unpsychological Age", attacking his generation's addiction to hedonism.
Rudin # B-30
Jan. 31, 1973
Christie, Agatha : Typed letter to John Ewing. Berkshire.
Box 1 Folder 30
Denial that her novels are anti-Semitic. Signed "Agatha Mallowan".
Jul. 8, c. 1940s
Christie, Agatha : Autograph letter to Anthony Shaffe. Churston Ferrers, South Devon.
Box 1 Folder 31
Regarding manuscripts.
Jul. 18, 1959
Ciardi, John : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Metuchen, NJ.
Box 7 Folder 30A
Feb. 1984
Clarke, Arthur C. : Typed letter to Sean Hicks. Sri Lanka.
Box 1 Folder 32
Regarding space, advice, authors.
Jun. 23, 1882
Clemens, Samuel : Autograph letter to Jack. Hartford, CT.
Box 1 Folder 33
With 2 photographs, Samuel Clemens postage stamps.
Mar. 5, 1907
Clemens, Samuel : Autograph letter to Clara Clemens. New York, NY.
Box 1 Folder 34
Personal letter to his daughter.
1957
Coit, Margaret Louise : Autographed letter to Wesley Hartley. NJ.
Box 7 Folder 30B
Sep. 2, 1924
Conrad, Joseph : Letter to Mr. Hughes. Bishopsbourne, Kent.
Box 1 Folder 35
Response to letter from Hughes.
1836?
Cooper, James Fenimore : Autograph letter to Henry Carey.
Box 1 Folder 36
Recommendation of an author.
Aug. 25, 1930
Coward, Noel : Autograph letter to T.E. Lawrence. London.
Box 1 Folder 37
Regarding The Mint.
Aug. 5, 1957
Cowley, Malcolm : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Sherman, CT.
Box 7 Folder 30C
Mar. 25, 1976.
Cronin, AJ : Autographed letter to Alan. Switzerland.
Box 7 Folder 31
On becoming an author.
Rudin # B-31
Aug. 2, 1947
Cummings, E.E. : Typed letter to Sanders Russell. NH.
Box 7 Folder 32
Discusses the role of a critic and how it affects the writer.
Rudin # B-32
Dec. 4, 1952
Cummings, E.E. : Typed letter to Seymour. New York, NY.
Box 1 Folder 38
Regarding publishing of nonlectures.
Aug. 27, 1959
de Camp, L. Sprague : Typed letter to Mr. Hartley. Wallingford, PA.
Box 1 Folder 39
Regarding education and writing.
Dec. 6, 1823
De Quincey, Thomas : Autograph letter to J.A. Hessy. Kendal.
Box 1 Folder 40
Regarding Hessy's opium addiction.
Dec. 15, 1840
Dickens, Charles : Autograph letter to Dr. Thomas Southwood Smith. London, England.
Box 7 Folder 33
Dickens writing on child labour in early Victorian Britain.
Rudin # B-33
Feb. 2, 1842
Dickens, Charles : Typed letter to Madam. Boston, MA.
Box 1 Folder 41
Regarding dinner given to Dickens.
Sep. 6, 1859
Dickens, Charles : Autograph letter to Sir. London.
Box 1 Folder 42
Regarding Child's History of England.
Aug. 8, 1984
Dickey, James : Typed letter, signed photograph to Leon Moritz. Columbia, SC.
Box 7 Folder 34
Provides advice on creative writing.
Rudin # B-34
ca. 1889
Doyle, Arthur Conan : Two autograph letters to Margaret Ryan/Mam
Box 1 Folder 43
Letter of condolence; Regarding new literary career
Oct. 1, 1889
Doyle, Arthur Conan : Typed letter to Lippincott's Magazine. Bush Villa, Southsea.
Box 1 Folder 44
Regarding two stories for publishing by Lippincott's.
Apr. 13, 1895
Dreiser, Theodore : Autograph letter to Sister Carrie (sister Claire). New York, NY.
Box 2 Folder 1
Regarding death of sister's infant child.
Jan. 9, 1925
Dreiser, Theodore : Autograph letter to Ellen Holst. New York, NY.
Box 2 Folder 2
Regarding Sister Carrie.
Jul. 15, 28, 1965
Du Maurier, Daphne : Two typed letters to Webb Sullivan. Menabilly Par Cornwall.
Box 7 Folder 35
Two letters - Talks of how she wrote the story of "Rebecca" and offers corrected facts on her background.
Jul. 14, 1967
Du Maurier, Daphne : Typed letter to Mr. Heppner. Menabilly Par Cornwall.
Box 8 Folder 1
"None of my novels were ever turned down by publishers!"
Rudin # B-36
Sep. 30, 1952 - Jan. 1, 1977
Du Maurier, Daphne : Ten typed letters, 3 cards with photos, 2 telegrams to Fanny Holtzmann, September Tide.
Box 2 Folder 3
Aug. 8, 1977
Durrell, Lawrence : Typed letter to Madame Pirkko-Lisa Stahl.
Box 8 Folder 2
An insight into his literary tastes while commenting on the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Rudin # B-37
Oct. 30, 1946
Eliot, T.S. : Typed letter to Madame Else Gress. London.
Box 2 Folder 4
Regarding Johannes Jorgensen's 80th birthday.
Mar. 20, 1947
Eliot, T.S. : Typed letter to Mr. Dale Fern. London.
Box 2 Folder 5
Regarding a festival of Eliot's work, The Family Reunion.
Jan. 9, 1956
Eliot, T.S. : Typed letter to Rufus Alexander. London.
Box 14 Folder 14
Offering criticism of a submitted poem.
Rudin # B-38
c. 1930
Ellis, Havelock : Typed article.
Box 2 Folder 6
Crime and its Remedies.
Jul. 18, 1932 and Mar. 12, 1933
Ellis, Havelock : Two autographed letters. One to Richard Smith, one to Gerald Jones.
Box 8 Folder 3
Two letters - In the first letter Ellis doesn't think the title of his book "Psychology of Sex" should be altered; in the second letter he joins in a petition on behalf of his late friend.
Rudin # B-39
Sep. 16, 1856
Emerson, Ralph Waldo : Autograph letter to Cyrus Bartol. Concord, MA.
Box 2 Folder 7
With printed leaflet.
Mar. 12, 1960
Empson, Sir William : Autographed letter to Wesley Hartley. Sheffield University.
Box 2 Folder 7A
May 19, 1942
Farrell, James : Typed letter to George S. Daniels. New York, NY.
Box 2 Folder 8
Regarding characters and environments in writing, education.
Feb. 26, 1966
Farrell, James T. : Autographed letter to Gilbert D. Gibson. New York.
Box 8 Folder 4
A long letter about refusing to send a signed photo, about being a writer, and about some of the grievances he feels against the commercial world.
Rudin # B-40
Feb. 10, 1967
Farrell, James T. : Autographed letter to Charles A. Pearce. New York.
Box 8 Folder 5
A letter to his editor at Harcourt Brace discussing his writing and his lectures.
Rudin # B-41
Apr. 25, 1932
Faulkner, William : Typed letter to Robert Ballou. Oxford, MA.
Box 2 Folder 9
Regarding movie deal for Sanctuary.
Jun. 16, 1932
Faulkner, William : Typed letter to Paramount Publix Corporation.
Box 2 Folder 10
Contract between Faulkner and Paramount.
Jan. 25, 1928
Ferber, Edna : Typed letter to Bernard Sobel. 50 Central Park West, NY
Box 8 Folder 6
Ferber writes that the wedding in "Show Boat" is the actual story of people she has met.
Rudin # B-42
1930
Ferber, Edna : Two diaries.
Box 8 Folder 7
Lot of two pocket diaries for the year 1930.
Rudin # B-43
Apr. 2, 1933
Ferber, Edna : Typed letter to Maurice Schwartz. New York, NY.
Box 2 Folder 11
Regarding Yoshe Kalb.
Sep. 21, 1949
Ferber, Edna : Typed letter to Fannie.
Box 8 Folder 8
She gives her sister a stern lecture about their elderly and fatally ill mother.
Rudin # B-44
Aug. 2, 1957
Ferril, Thomas Hornsby : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Denver, CO.
Box 8 Folder 8A
Jun. 4, 1928
Fisher, Vardis Alvero : Typed letter to Mr. Warren. Salt Lake City, UT.
Box 8 Folder 9
Writes of when he started writing, his future, and what it takes to be a writer.
Rudin # B-45
ca. 1925
Fitzgerald, F. Scott : Autographed letter to Mr. Leach. Paris, France.
Box 8 Folder 10
Outlines his fee schedule for writing short stories. "I have to write popular short stories in order to get money to write what I want to do - which is novels".
Rudin # B-45A
May 10, 1960
Fitzgerald, Robert :Autographed letter to Wesley Hartley. Italy.
Box 8 Folder 10A
Jan. 5, 1919
Ford, Ford Madox (Hueffer) : Autographed letter to Mr. Cobden-Sanderson. London, England.
Box 8 Folder 11
Writes in search of a publisher that will work with him.
Rudin # B-46
Dec. 26, 1924
Forester, C.S. : Typed letter to Miss Beamish. London.
Box 2 Folder 12
Regarding plain-spoken details and subtleties in writing.
1945-1948
Forester, C.S. : Three typed letters to various addressees. Berkeley, CA.
Box 8 Folder 12
Three typed letters referring to the "Hornblower" series, with additional clippings and carbons.
Rudin # B-47
1974, 1995
Fowlie, Wallace : Two letters to Wesley Hartley. NC.
Box 8 Folder 12A
Mar. 14, 1974
Frankenberg, Lloyd : Autographed letter to Wesley Hartley.
Box 8 Folder 12B
Dec. 12, 1927
Frost, Robert : Typed letter to Mr. Mumford. South Shaftesbury, VT.
Box 2 Folder 13
Letter of appreciation.
Oct. 9, 1930
Frost, Robert : Autograph letter to Mr. Proctor. South Shaftesbury, VT.
Box 2 Folder 14
Regarding Proetor's Vermont affairs.
Aug. 6, 1947
Gardner, Earle Stanley : Typed letter to Angello Hampares. Temecula, CA.
Box 2 Folder 15
Regarding writing experience.
Jul. 8, 1954
Gardner, Erle Stanley : Typed letter, Thayer Hobson to Gardner. Ridgefield, CT.
Box 8 Folder 13
A signed letter of intent confirming his agreement to write 20 book-length manuscripts.
Rudin # B-48
Oct. 14, 1980
Ginsberg, Allen : Autograph letter, Birdbrain to Herbert Mitgang. New York, NY.
Box 2 Folder 16
May 18, 1974; Aug. 6, 1995
Godden, Rumer : Two typed letters to Wesley Hartley. Sussex; Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Box 2 Folder 17
Regarding education and writing.
Jul. 31, 1958 - Sep. 8, 1958
Golden, Harry : Two typed letters, signed postcard to Emolyn Cohn. Charlotte, NC.
Box 2 Folder 18
Regarding Only in America.
Oct. 17
Golding, William : Autographed letter to Huggett. Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Box 8 Folder 14
"Writing is a bitter business". Offers an aspiring writer advice on placing his novella with a publisher.
Rudin # B-49
Apr. 5, 1979
Golding, William : Typed letter to Mr. Norbutt. Salisbury.
Box 2 Folder 19
Regarding what gives literary work lasting importance.
Oct. 9
Gordge, Elizabeth : Autographed letter to William Hartley.
Box 8 Folder 14A
Mar. 25, 1969 - Mar. 14, 1973
Graves, Robert : Four autograph letters to Peter Dollins. Mallorca, Spain.
Box 2 Folder 20
Advice for writing.
Nov. 16, 1959; Feb. 2, 1981
Graves, Robert : Autograph letter, typed letter by secretary to Mr. Hartley.
Box 2 Folder 21
Regarding Graves's career.
Aug. 1, 1977
Greene, Graham : Typed letter to Philip Dossé. Antibes.
Box 2 Folder 22
Regarding invitation to nominate reviewer for Greene's book.
Sunday afternoon, no date
Grey, Dolly : Autograph letter to Boy.
Box 2 Folder 23
Regarding an affair.
May 1, no year
Grey, Zane : Autograph letter to Miss LaRue. Altadena, CA.
Box 2 Folder 24
Letter of thanks, complaint about government.
May 17, no year
Grey, Zane : Autograph letter to Dan. Lackawaxen, PA.
Box 2 Folder 25
Regarding travels, problems with editors.
Sep. 14, 1905
Grey, Zane : Autograph letter to Dolly. Lackawaxen, PA.
Box 2 Folder 26
Regarding trip to the woods.
Apr. 25, 1907
Grey, Zane : Autograph letter to Dolly. Buckskin Mt., AZ.
Box 2 Folder 27
Regarding trip to the mountains.
Thursday, 1908
Grey, Zane : Autograph letter to Dolly. Santa Fe, NM.
Box 2 Folder 28
Regarding letter from Dolly.
Aug. 3, 1918
Grey, Zane : Autograph letter to Dolly. Catalina Island, CA.
Box 2 Folder 29
Regarding disagreement.
Apr. 9, 1920
Grey, Zane : Autograph draft of Harper Conference.
Box 2 Folder 30
Nov. 14, 1933
Grey, Zane : Typed letter to Raplh J. Satterlee. Altadena, CA.
Box 2 Folder 31
Advice for writing.
December 19, 1934
Grey, Zane : Autographed letter. Altadena, CA.
Box 8 Folder 15
A statement expressing his vehement opposition to "aliens" and to a bill related to gun control.
Rudin # B-50
Apr. 4, 1993
Gustafson, Ralph : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Quebec, Canada.
Box 8 Folder 15A
Dec. 29, 1886
Haggard, H. Rider : Autographed letter to Barnett Smith. West Kensington.
Box 8 Folder 16
Assesses his two most famous books, "She" and "King Solomon's Mines".
Rudin # B-51
Sep. 8, 1908
Haggard, H. Rider : Autographed letter to the editor of "The Bookman". Norfolk.
Box 8 Folder 17
Provides commentary for the "Authors at Work" series.
Rudin # B-52
Sep. 25, 1885
Hale, Edward Everett : Typed letter to Wingate. New York, NY.
Box 3 Folder 1
Regarding literary criticism.
Dec. 10, 1903
Hale, Edward Everett : Autographed letter to Burnside Foster. Roxbury, MA.
Box 8 Folder 18
Hale describes how "The Man Without A Country" was conceived. Accompanied by a letter written by Burnside Foster referencing the letter written by Hale.
Rudin # B-52A
Apr. 14, 1965
Haley, Alex : Typed letter to Tony Wayman. Rome, NY.
Box 8 Folder 19
Harsh critic Haley minces no words with a budding writer.
Rudin # B-53
Jun. 4, 1972
Haley, Alex : Typed letter to Michael Blow. San Francisco, CA.
Box 3 Folder 2
Regarding Roots.
Jan. 1, 1973
Haley, Alex : Typed letter to Michael Blow. San Francisco, CA.
Box 3 Folder 3
Regarding Roots.
Nov. 9, 1973
Haley, Alex : Typed letter to Michael Blow. San Francisco, CA.
Box 3 Folder 4
Regarding Roots.
Nov. 30, 1973
Haley, Alex : Typed letter to Michael Blow. Jamaica, West Indies.
Box 3 Folder 5
Regarding Roots.
Jun. 22, 1995
Hall, Donald : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Danbury, NH.
Box 8 Folder 19A
Aug. 11, 1944
Hammett, Dashiell : Typed letter to Prudence Whitfield. Aleutians.
Box 8 Folder 20
Hammett covers a number of subjects including the weather, Dali's "Hidden Faces", and the photography of insects.
Rudin # B-53A
Feb. 6, 1892
Hardy, Thomas : Autograph letter to Alfred Austin. Dorchester.
Box 3 Folder 6
Regarding Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
May 25, 1879 or 1880
Harris, Joel Chandler : Autographed letter to R.W. Gilder of Century Magazine. Atlanta, GA.
Box 8 Folder 21
Talks of Uncle Remus as well as his article on the rising generation of Negroes in the South.
Rudin # B-54
Feb. 3, 1880
Harte, Bret : Autographed letter to Messrs. Chatto and Windus. Crefeld, Prussia
Box 8 Folder 22
A letter to his publisher about a projected new edition of his works.
Rudin # B-55
Dec. 14, 1848
Hawthorne, Nathaniel : Autograph letter to C.W. Webber. Salem, MA.
Box 3 Folder 7
Regarding written articles. With Hawthorne stamps, photo.
Oct. 10, 1979; no date
Heller, Joseph : Typed letter to Vance Morgan; Autograph letter to fan.
Box 3 Folder 8
Regarding Catch-22.
Feb. 9, 1951 or Sep. 11, 1951
Hemingway, Ernest : Typed letter to Pete Barrett. San Francisco de Paula, Cuba.
Box 3 Folder 9
Regarding Hemingway's writing policy for TRUE Magazine. With Hemingway stamps, photo, news article.
Sep. 8, 1950
Hemingway, Mary : Autograph letter by Ernest Hemingway's wife. San Francisco de Paula, Cuba.
Box 3 Folder 10
Regarding Across the River.
Dec. 31, 1984
Hersey, John : Typed letter to Joe Fallis. Key West, FL.
Box 3 Folder 11
Regarding writing of novels.
Apr. 18, 1985
Hersey, John : Typed letter to Mr. Fowlers. Vineyard Haven, MA.
Box 3 Folder 12
Regarding becoming a writer.
Jan. 29, 1987
Highsmith, Patricia : Typed letter to M. Harrison. Ticino, Switzerland.
Box 8 Folder 23
A letter about her work; what spurred her to start writing; and her favorite books.
Rudin # B-56
1886
Holmes, Oliver Wendell : Signed copy of The Last Leaf. Boston, MA. (Book)
Box 3 Folder 13
One of 100 numbered copies.
Nov. 14, 1867
Holmes, Oliver Wendell : Autograph letter to Elliot C. Cowdin. Boston, MA.
Box 3 Folder 14
Regarding annual festival of New England Society.
Oct. 21, 1891
Holmes, Oliver Wendell : Autograph letter to Sir. Boston, MA.
Box 3 Folder 15
Regarding The Last Leaf. With photos, illustration.
Sep. 7, 1946
Hughes, Langston : Typed later to Marshall Best, editor of Viking Press. New York, NY
Box 8 Folder 24
Hughes writes to Viking Press discussing modern Negro poets and the need for an updated anthology that would include their poetry.
Rudin # B-57
Mar. 4, 1957
Hughes, Langston : Typed letter to Miss Maxon. New York, NY.
Box 3 Folder 16
Regarding character identity. With Hughes stamps and envelope.
Sep. 5, 1959
Humphries, Rolfe : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley.
Box 8 Folder 24A
No date
Hurst, Fannie : Typed letter, autograph note signed "F".
Box 3 Folder 17
Regarding advice to beginning writers.
No date
Huxley, Aldous : Typescript. 155 Westbourne Terrace.
Box 3 Folder 18
Review of Modern American Poetry.
Jan. 24, 1960
Huxley, Aldous : Autograph letter to Mr. Hartley. Los Angeles, CA.
Box 3 Folder 19
Regarding education and writing.
Oct. 31, 1851
Irving, Washington : Autograph letter to Rufus W. Griswold. Sunnyside.
Box 3 Folder 20
Regarding death of James Fenimore Cooper. With author illustration.
Nov. 17, 1881
James, Henry : Autographed letter to Frederic MacMillan. Cambridge, MA.
Box 8 Folder 25
James confesses he is homesick for London.
Rudin # B-58
Dec. 14, 1895
James, Henry : Autographed letter to Mrs. Bigelow. 34 De Vere Gardens.
Box 8 Folder 26
James writes of many topics including his wish to leave London, his increasing physical difficulty of writing and his great literary ambitions.
Rudin # B-59
Mar. 22, 1961
Jameson, (Margaret) Storm : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. London, England.
Box 8 Folder 26A
Aug. 12, 1957
Johnson, Josephine : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Newton, OH.
Box 3 Folder 21
Regarding education and writing.
1951
Jones, James : Three typed letters to Lafayette Young. Ft. Myers Beach, FL.
Box 8 Folder 27
Among many topics, Jones discusses writing, religion, depression and his weaknesses compared to other writers. Accompanied by a letter to Young from Lowney Handy mentioning Jones, and a typed copy of "The Atlantic's" March 1951 flattering review of "From Here to Eternity".
Rudin # B-60
Apr. 30, 1952
Jones, James : Typed letter to Leonard Lyons. Ft. Myers Beach, FL.
Box 8 Folder 28
Writes regarding writing a guest column in the "New York Post" about the "two most important days in a first novelist's first publication".
Rudin # B-61
Jul. 30, 1977
Jong, Erica : Typed letter to Dusty Sklar. Weston, CT.
Box 8 Folder 29
Jong addresses the theme of the constant strain between commerically successful and artistically acclaimed books.
Rudin # B-61A
Nov. 19, 1959
Kennedy, Margaret : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. London, England.
Box 8 Folder 29A
Aug. 25, 1966
Kerouac, Jack : Typed letter to Daniel DeSole.
Box 8 Folder 30
Writes of how he does not want to be contacted by anyone so he can get his thoughts down on paper.
Rudin # B-62
Jan. 24, 1918
Kilmer, Joyce : Autograph letter to wife Aline. France.
Box 3 Folder 22
Regarding money for wife while he is at war
Sep. 9, 1934
Kipling, Rudyard : Typed letter to Mr. Heald. Sussex.
Box 3 Folder 23
Regarding education and writing.
Jan. 1960-Jan. 1961
Kirkwood, James : Eleven typed letters to editors and publicity staff of Little Brown. Los Angeles, CA. New York, NY.
Box 9 Folder 1
File of correspondence relating to the publication of his first book, "There Must Be A Pony!"
Rudin # B-63
No date
L'Amour, Louis : Typed postcard to Mr. Judd. New York, NY.
Box 3 Folder 24
Advice for writing.
Feb. 8, 1953
L'Amour, Louis : Typed letter to Evie Landsberg. Includes a photograph of L'Amour given to Evie Landsberg.Beverly Hills, CA.
Box 9 Folder 2
L'Amour writes a unique and personal "courtship" letter.
Rudin # B-64
Mar. 4, 1975
L'Amour, Louis : Typed letter to Mr. Casey. Los Angeles, CA.
Box 3 Folder 25
Regarding upcoming books, future trips.
Feb. 11, 1987
L'Amour, Louis : typed letter to Gary Lorenz.
Box 14 Folder 2
L'Amour gives advice on writing.
Rudin # B-64A
Sep. 7, 1987
L'Amour, Louis : Typed letter to Mr. Montane.
Box 3 Folder 26
Advice for writing short stories.
Lardner, Ring : Autographed letter to Miss Barnes. East Hampton, Long Island, NY.
Box 9 Folder 3
His favorite expression, "How fine it is to be clever".
Rudin # B-65
Mar. 24, 1930
Lardner, Ring : Typed letter to Mr. Kroll. New York, NY.
Box 3 Folder 27
Advice for writing short stories.
Aug. 28, 1925
Lawrence, D.H. : Autograph letter to Mrs. Conway. Questa, NM.
Box 3 Folder 28
With photos.
Jan. 31, 1928
Lawrence, D.H. : Autographed letter to Else Jaffe. Les Diablerets, Vaud, Switzerland.
Box 9 Folder 4
Discusses his literary work, writes of his reaction to the snows of Switzerland and that he is "sick to death of literature".
Rudin # B-66
Apr. 17, 1931
Lawrence, T.E. : Autograph letter to T.C. Griffin. Mount Batten, Plymouth.
Box 3 Folder 29
Regarding years in Middle East, Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Signed "T.E. Shaw".
Jul. 26, 1877
Lear, Edward : Autographed letter to Lady Waldegreen [?]
Box 9 Folder 5
Lear composes an original drawing and limerick.
Rudin # B-66B
Feb. 22, 1944
Lewis, Sinclair : Typed letter to Lloyd Lewis. New York, NY.
Box 3 Folder 30
Regarding Jayhawker, travel plans. With Lewis stamps.
Apr. 27, 1944
Lewis, Sinclair : Typed letter to Margaret. New York, NY.
Box 3 Folder 31
Regarding travel plans.
Aug. 16, 1946 - Sep. 24, 1946
Lewis, Sinclair : Seven typed letters to and from Lewis, original typescript of Article on Fiction Writing.
Box 3 Folder 32
Regarding Article on Fiction Writing.
Mar. 6, 1911
London, Jack : Typed letter to William Teichner. Sonoma, CA.
Box 3 Folder 33
Regarding prisoners and prisons. With London stamps.
Feb. 2, 1913
London, Jack : Typed letter to Ivan T. Dowell. Sonoma, CA.
Box 3 Folder 34
Advice for writing. With copy of Richard Le Gallienne letter.
Mar. 2, 1913
London, Jack : Typed letter to Mr. Koontz. Sonoma Co, CA
Box 9 Folder 6
Explains his position on Socialism.
Rudin # B-67
Apr. 3, 1860
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth : Signed document.
Box 14 Folder 15
A check-like receipt acknowledging payment of $150 "for copyright on 1000 Hiawatha".
Rudin # B-68
Apr. 9, 1864
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth : Autograph letter to Mrs. Adams. Cambridge, MA.
Box 3 Folder 35
Regarding Mrs. Adams's family. With author illustration.
Sep. 23, 1880
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth : Autographed letter addressed to "Dear Sir". Cambridge. Includes copy of signed engraving of Longfellow.
Box 9 Folder 7
Informing an admirer that the person referred to in the sonnet on the "Churchyard at Tarrytown" is Washington Irving.
Rudin # B-69
Oct. 9, 1880
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth : Autographed letter to "Dear Madame". Includes signed engraving, 1879. Cambridge.
Box 9 Folder 8
How Longfellow would pronounce "Hiawatha".
Rudin # B-70
Nov. 11, 1890
Lowell, James Russell : Autographed letter to Rev. Dr. Edward Hale. Cambridge, Mass.
Box 9 Folder 9
The American Republic will endure "So long as the ideas of its founders continue to be dominant".
Rudin # B-70A
Aug. 10, 1857
Lowell, James Russell : Autograph letter to John Greenleaf Whittier. Cambridge, MA.
Box 3 Folder 36
Regarding famous poets, contributions to Atlantic Monthly.
Jul. 27, 1957
MacLeish, Archibald : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Conway, MA.
Box 9 Folder 10
Responds to a question about the importance of a college education.
Rudin # B-71
Jan. 14, 1964
MacLeish, Archibald : Typed letter to Addison R. Barker. Antigua, West Indies.
Box 4 Folder 1
Regarding Immortal Autumn.
Aug. 6, 1976
MacLeish, Archibald : Autograph letter to Genevieve Reall. Conway, MA.
Box 4 Folder 2
Regarding loneliness of writers.
Mar. 8, 1993
Mailer, Norman : Typed letter to Louis McKee.
Box 4 Folder 3
Regarding 3 films, Harlot's Ghost, and new book. With signed photo.
1970 or 1971
Mailer, Norman : Typed and autographed letters. Probably New York City.
Box 9 Folder 11
Two manuscripts - The first manuscript is an annotated typescript of an interview with Mailer in which he surveys his career, his writing, his work habits, and much more. In the second manuscript, Mailer inventories and describes some of the manuscripts and notes he owns for his best works.
Rudin # B-72
Mar. 26, 1997
Mailer, Norman : Typed letter to Martin Levy.
Box 9 Folder 12
Mailer cites his literary influences.
Rudin # B-73
Jul. 27, 1943
Mann, Thomas : Typed letter to Walter Zivi. Pacific Palisades, CA.
Box 4 Folder 4
Regarding Death in Venice.
Jan. 14, 1948
Mann, Thomas : Typed letter to Camille Honig. Pacific Palisades, CA.
Box 4 Folder 5
Regarding anti-Semitism.
Dec. 15, 1898
Markham, Edwin : Autograph letter to Mrs. Washburn. Oakland, CA.
Box 4 Folder 6
Regarding color. Written by wife.
Aug. 13, 1917
Markham, Edwin : Typed letter to Leon Feraru. West New Brighton, NY.
Box 4 Folder 7
Regarding The Man With The Hoe.
Dec. 31, 1919
Markham, Edwin : Typescript of The Man With The Hoe to Leon Fararu.
Box 4 Folder 8
Dec. 31, 1919
Markham, Edwin : Autograph letter to Leon Fararu. Staten Island, NY.
Box 4 Folder 9
Revision of The Man With The Hoe.
Mar. 1, 1926
Markham, Edwin : Autograph letter to Leon Fararu. West New Brighton, NY.
Box 4 Folder 10
Regarding The Man With The Hoe.
Jan. 5, 1937
Marsh, John (husband of Margaret Mitchell) : Typed manuscript and letter to George B. Dolliver. Atlanta, GA.
Box 9 Folder 13
The letter describes the genesis of "Gone With the Wind"; "Scarlett O'Hara and all of the other characters in the book are purely fictional"; Mitchell is pleasantly surprised by the reception of the book in the North. The manuscript (unsigned) tells the story of the discovery and the writing of the book.
Rudin # B-74
Feb. 11, 1888
Marshall, Emma : Autograph letter to Sir. Clifton.
Box 4 Folder 11
Regarding writing.
Aug. 7, 1934
Maugham, William Somerset : Autographed letter to Mr. Bafnale. Hotel Mozart.
Box 9 Folder 14
Maugham expresses his thought process on the necessity of revision, writing and language.
Rudin # B-75
Jan. 31, 1938
Maugham, Somerset : Typed letter to Mr. Payen-Payne. Madras, India
Box 4 Folder 12
Regarding critics.
Jul. 23, 1953
Maugham, William Somerset : Typed letter to Deane Morrison. Villa Mauresque letterhead.
Box 9 Folder 15
"What the author has to do is throw himself into the skin of his characters…"
Rudin # B-76
May 27, 1963
Maugham, Somerset : Typed letter to Richard Shone. Ferrat.
Box 4 Folder 13
Letter of appreciation.
Sep. 3, 1959
McCullers, Carson : Typed letter to James Laughlin.
Box 9 Folder 16
Writes of her writing career, her health and finances and her authorship of and participation in the production of her plays.
Rudin # B-76A
Jan. 4, 1944; Jan. 8, 1944
Mencken, H.L. : Two typed letters to Joseph Shipley. Baltimore, MD.
Box 4 Folder 14
Regarding origin of "the life of Reilly", encyclopedia preface.
No date
Michener, James : Signed postard.
Box 4 Folder 15
Quote from Time magazine article regarding writing.
Sep. 1, 1977
Michener, James : Typed letter to Ms. Sklar. St. Michaels, MD.
Box 4 Folder 16
Regarding success in writing.
Sep. 14, 1949
Miller, Arthur : Signed playbill. New York, NY.
Box 4 Folder 17
Death of a Salesman.
1954
Miller, Author : Letters to and from Saul Rosenzweig. Newspaper clipping. Brooklyn, NY.
Box 9 Folder 17
Correspondence referring to details of "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible".
Rudin # B-77
Nov. 18, 1959
Miller, Caroline : Autographed letter to Wesley Hartley.
Box 9 Folder 17A
Mar. 15, 1937
Miller, Henry : Typed letter to Rene Fonjallaz. Paris, France.
Box 9 Folder 18
Miller writes the Swiss author that he is enjoying Fonjallaz's analysis of the American temperment and the American woman.
Rudin # B-78
Apr. 9, 1942
Miller, Henry : Autograph letter to Theodore Schroeder. New York, NY.
Box 4 Folder 18
Regarding effects of censorship on Miller's books.
Jul. 1944
Miller, Henry : Letters to and from Samuel S. Goldberg. Big Sur, CA.
Box 9 Folder 19
Proposing a way to publish his banned books and a follow-up thank you note stating that, "the Four Freedoms won't help a god damn bit".
Rudin # B-79
Apr. 21, 1958
Miller, Henry : Typed letters to and from Malcolm Cowley. Big Sur, CA.
Box 9 Folder 20
Miller discusses publication of his banned writings in a large volume of a "Henry Miller Reader". (With two letters of Cowley regarding the Henry Miller Reader)
Rudin # B-80
Mar. 19, 1974
Miller, Henry : Autograph notecard to Roland Fischer.
Box 4 Folder 19
Regarding becoming a writer.
Oct. 12, 1965
Miller, Henry : Autographed letter addressed to "Dear Friend".
Box 9 Folder 21
"Nobody knows anything about death".
Rudin # B-81
ca. 1980
Miller, Sue : Signed letters to Jay Neugeboren, fiction editor of "Ploughshares".
Box 9 Folder 22
Five letters, all pertaining to her first published story, "Expensive Gifts".
Rudin # B-82
No date
Milne, A.A. : Autograph letter To The Editor of The Times. New York, NY.
Box 4 Folder 20
Regarding donations to a charity.
Sep. 28
Milne, A.A. : Autographed letter to Mr. Mayall. Chelsea, NY.
Box 9 Folder 23
A letter regarding a one act play submitted to Milne for publication; "the most difficult piece of property to sell".
Rudin # B-82A
Jul. 11, 1936
Mitchell, Margaret : Typed letter to Mr. Spaulding. Atlanta, GA.
Box 10 Folder 1
Letter of thanks for a rave review written less than two weeks after the publication of "Gone With the Wind".
Rudin # B-83
Aug. 14, 1936 and May 17, 1949
Mitchell, Margaret : Two typed letters to Dr. Boland. One from Atlanta, GA.
Box 10 Folder 2
Mitchell accepts a doctor's praise for the medical veracity of "Gone With the Wind". Also included is a letter to the same doctor apologizing for returning one of his books that had become water spotted.
Rudin # B-84
Nov. 30, 1936
Mitchell, Margaret : Typed letter to Mr. Osborne. Atlanta, GA.
Box 10 Folder 3
"There was nothing of myself or my personal experiences in "Gone With the Wind".
Rudin # B-85
Nov. 30, 1936
Mitchell, Margaret : Typed letter to the editor of "The Lyons Daily News". Atlanta, GA.
Box 10 Folder 4
Mitchell accepts praise for her work on "Gone With the Wind".
Rudin # B-85A
Jan. 21, 1937
Mitchell, Margaret : Typed letter to Mrs. Guedry. Atlanta, GA.
Box 14 Folder 16
Mitchell says she does not know what happened to her characters after "Gone With the Wind" ended.
Rudin # B-86
Feb. 17, 1937
Mitchell, Margaret : Typed letter to Miss Martin.
Box 14 Folder 3
Mitchell explains her "no autograph" policy and admits that she does not own a first edition of "Gone With The Wind".
Rudin # B-87
Jun. 28, 1937
Mitchell, Margaret : Typed letter to Herschel Brickell. Atlanta, GA.
Box 4 Folder 21
Regarding Gone With the Wind. Signed "Margaret M."
Aug. 15, 1938
Mitchell, Margaret : Typed letter to Herschel Brickell. Atlanta, GA.
Box 4 Folder 22
Regarding Brickell's leaving of The New York Evening Post. Signed "M."
Aug. 25, 1941
Mitchell, Margaret : Typed letter to Ruth Campbell. Atlanta, GA.
Box 10 Folder 5
Mitchell writes about how she sold the movie rights to "Gone With the Wind" but did not have anything to do with the film.
Rudin # B-88
Mar. 3, no year
Mitchison, Naomi : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. London.
Box 4 Folder 23
Regarding education and writing.
Jul. 17, 1949
Mumford, Lewis : Autograph letter to Jascha (?) Giller. Amenia, NY.
Box 4 Folder 24
Regarding The Renewal of Life.
Nov. 3, 1959
Mumford, Lewis : Autograph letter to Wesley Hartley. Amenia, NY.
Box 4 Folder 25
Regarding education and writing.
Nov. 25, 1968
Nabokov, Vladimir : Typed letter to Heather Mansell. Montreux, Switzerland.
Box 4 Folder 26
Regarding covers for four books.
Nov. 1, 1950
Nash, Ogden : Typed letter to George Pluck. Baltimore, MD.
Box 4 Folder 27
Letter of appreciation.
1966
Nash, Ogden : Autographed letters to Miriam, New York Times. North Hampton, NH.
Box 10 Folder 6
A cover letter accompanies a draft of a letter Nash sent to "The New York Times" regarding copyright protection for writers.
Rudin # B-89
1995
Nims, John F. : Two letters to Wesley Hartley. Chicago, IL.
Box 10 Folder 6A
Nov. 10, 1948
O'Casey, Sean : Autographed letter to Wallace Brockway. Devon.
Box 10 Folder 7
Refusing a request to recite from his plays. It "would force me to re-read all I've written - a work beyond my powers".
Rudin # B-89A
Nov. 22, 1959
O'Casey, Sean : Autograph letter to Wesley Hartley. Torquay, England.
Box 4 Folder 28
Regarding education and writing.
Jun. 19, 1961
O'Casey, Sean : Typed letter to Edwin Burr Pettet, Esq. Torquay, Devon.
Box 10 Folder 8
Letter explaining why he will not travel to Brandeis to lecture.
Rudin # B-89B
Dec. 7, 1904
O. Henry : Autograph letter to James P. Crane. New York, NY.
Box 4 Folder 29
Dec. 4, 1908
O. Henry : Autograph manuscript.
Box 4 Folder 30
The Charity that Ended at Home.
Apr. 2, 1922
O'Neill, Eugene : Autographed letter to Mrs. Foster. Province, MA.
Box 10 Folder 10
O'Neill anticipates that his upcoming play, "The Hairy Ape" might spark strong criticism and asks Mrs. Foster to send letters rebutting the criticism to drama editors and any others who criticize.
Rudin # B-90
Jun. 20, 1938
O'Neill, Eugene : Typed letter to Amram Schienfeld. Contra Costa, CA.
Box 5 Folder 1
Regarding Strange Interlude and Huntington's Disease. With photo, excerpt from Schienfeld book.
1946
Odets, Clifford : Autographed letters to addressed to "Dear Patchen". Los Angeles, CA.
Box 10 Folder 9
By turns, Odets both deals with the particulars and waxes philosophical.
Rudin # B-89C
Jun. 26, c. 1995; July 13, no year
Ogilvie, Elizabeth : Autograph letter and postcard to Wesley Hartley. Cushing, ME.
Box 5 Folder 2
Regarding becoming a writer.
May 25, 1960
Olson, Charles : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Gloucester, MA.
Box 10 Folder 9A
May 3, 1929
Orczy, Baroness : Typed letter to Frederick Bason. Monte Carlo.
Box 10 Folder 11
The Baroness offers advice on starting a literary career.
Rudin # B-92
Aug. 17, 1912
Oxenham, John (pseudonym of William Arthur Dunkerley) : Typed letter to the editor of Nash's Magazine. Ealing.
Box 10 Folder 12
Replying to his question about the public's taste for fiction.
Rudin # B-93
Feb. 25, 1960
Pasternak, Boris : Autographed letter to Mrs. Olsson.
Box 10 Folder 13
Compares himself to Salvatore Quasimodo who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year following Pasternak (1959).
Rudin # B-94
Sep. 12, 1948 [?]
Paton, Alan : Autographed letter to Mrs. Allen and Elizabeth.
Box 10 Folder 14
Writes to Mrs. Allen that he has retired and is writing some verse. He writes Elizabeth that he believes "life and suffering are inseparable. Mentions "I am a confirmed and unrepentant believer in emotions (plus I hope some intellect)".
Rudin # B-95
1975-1978
Perelman, Sidney Joseph : 11 letters to Diane Boas, from various locations
Box 10 Folder 15
A series of amusing, flirtatious and downright ribald letters sent to a woman Perelman romanced in the last years of his life.
Rudin # B-96
Apr. 4, 1958
Peterkin, Julia M. : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Fort Motte, SC.
Box 10 Folder 15A
Oct. 27, 1939
Porter, Katherine Anne : Autographed letter to Miss Brown.
Box 10 Folder 16
Porter apologizes for not responding sooner and offers writing advice to the letter's recipient.
Rudin # B-97
Jul. 13, 1943
Potter, Beatrix : Autograph letter to Ramsay Duff. Westmoreland.
Box 5 Folder 3
Regarding children's books.
Jan. 31, 1932
Pound, Ezra : Typed letter to editor of Chicago Tribune. Rapallo, Italy.
Box 5 Folder 4
Regarding editorial methods, publishers, and government spending.
No date
Puzo, Mario : Typed letter to John Black.
Box 5 Folder 5
Regarding The Godfather.
Mar. 24, 1931
(Queen, Ellery) Manfred B. Lee : Typed letter Roland West. New York City, NY.
Box 10 Folder 17
Lee introduces himself as Ellery Queen and suggests that his novel be adapted for a motion picture.
Rudin # B-98
Dec. 21, 1975
Reznikoff, Charles : Typed letter to Ronald Rayman. New York, NY.
Box 10 Folder 18
Responds to a question about writing. "I should say offhand that a basic tendency to write is inherited".
Rudin # B-99
Mar. 21, 1902
Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan : Autographed letter to Mr. Cathcart. Louisville, KY.
Box 10 Folder 19
"Mrs. Wiggs, herself, is a real character but the rest are, for the most part, imaginary."
Rudin # B-99A
Sep. 27
Robertson, Eileen : Autographed letter to Wesley Hartley. London, England.
Box 10 Folder 19A
Nov. 16, 1942
Roethke, Theodore : Autographed letter to Allan Seager. State College, PA.
Box 10 Folder 20
Writes about his life to his friend Seager.
Rudin # B-100
Ross, Alan John : Autographed letter to Wesley Hartley.
Box 10 Folder 20A
Nov. 12, 1900
Sackville-West, Victoria : Autograph letter. Weald, Seven Oaks.
Box 5 Folder 6
Regarding success.
Mar. 26, 1976
Salinger, J.D. : Typed letter to Linda Barrett. Cornish, NH.
Box 10 Folder 21
Answers a letter about writing. "There are no legitimate hints or tips about writing professionally."
Rudin # B-100A
Mar. 16, 1981
Salinger, J.D. : Typed letter to Janet Eagleson. Cornish, NH.
Box 10 Folder 22
Talks about his movie collection, gurus, what he's been writing since his last book, astrology, homeopathy, and other controversial subjects.
Rudin # B-100B
Oct. 26, no year
Sandberg, Carl : Signed postcard to Wayne Gard. Harbert, MI.
Box 5 Folder 7
Regarding Lincoln: War Years.
Mar. 5, 1957
Saroyan, William : Typed letter to editor of Look magazine. Malibu, CA.
Box 5 Folder 8
Regarding death. With Saroyan envelope.
Oct. 18, 1972
Schulberg, Budd : Typed letter to Arthur and Rosemary.
Box 10 Folder 23
Schulberg reminisces about his relationship with F. Scott Fitzgerald, announcing the publication of his memoir of Fitzgerald and other writers he knew in Hollywood, with inscribed copy of the book, "The Four Seasons of Success". (Book is catalogued individually).
Rudin # B-100C
Jan. 4, 1974
Serling, Rod : Typed letter to Rita Goodman. Pacific Palisades, CA.
Box 5 Folder 9
Regarding writing.
Mar. 29, 1979
(Seuss, Dr.) Seuss Geisel, Theodor : Typed letter to Carol Orsag. La Jolla, CA.
Box 10 Folder 24
Writes about how his first book, "Mulberry Street" came to be published.
Rudin # B-101
Oct. 31, 1856
Sewell, Elizabeth : Autograph letter to an editor. Bonchurch.
Box 5 Folder 10
Regarding manuscript by mutual friend.
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter. London, England.
Box 10 Folder 25
Amusing printed response to an autograph collector.
May 15, 1900; May 2, 1927
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed letter and manuscript addressed to "Dear Madam". Guildord, London.
Box 14 Folder 4
Shaw offers unsigned witty criticism of a play titled, "Thomas Ellwood's Guest". Accompanied by a letter mentioning the hypothesis of creative evolution put forward in the 1921 preface to "Back to Methuselah".
Rudin # B-102
Feb. 28, 1900
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter to Aleksander Marien Jasienski. London, England.
Box 10 Folder 26
Shaw's opinions of his contemporaries and his forebears.
Rudin # B-104
Mar. 30, 1903
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter to St. John Hankin. London, England.
Box 10 Folder 27
Writes about his bad experiences with publishers. "I am a very easy author to get on with."
Rudin # B-105
Feb. 27, 1904
Shaw, George Bernard : Autograph letter to William Crooks. London.
Box 5 Folder 11
Regarding labor cause, Shaw's re-election.
Jan. 17, 1905
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter to St. John Hankin. London, England.
Box 10 Folder 28
Concerning Shaw's involvement in the translation of the play, "Les Trois Filles", by Franch playwright Eugene Brieux.
Rudin # B-105AA
Jun. 21, 1905
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter to Gilbert Murray. London, England.
Box 10 Folder 29
Regarding finances and other content about his play, "You Never Can Tell".
Rudin # B-105A
Nov. 29, 1905
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter to Gilbert Murray. London, England.
Box 10 Folder 30
Discusses the premiere of his play, "Major Barbara".
Rudin # B-105B
Dec. 14-16, 1907
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter to Erica Cotterill. Ayot, St. Lawrence and Welwyn, Hertsforshire.
Box 10 Folder 31
One of the first letters by Shaw to Cotterill, a flirtatious and precocious child/woman who carried on an extensive correspondence with Shaw.
Rudin # B-106
ca. 1908
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed manuscript.
Box 10 Folder 32
Manuscript written by Lawrence Hockey mentioning Shaw's assistance in helping Welsh poet William Henry Davies publish his book, "Autobiography of a Super-Tramp". Shaw has made a number of editorial corrections and additions to the manuscript.
Rudin # B-106A
Jan. 31, 1908
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter to Erica Cotterill. London, England.
Box 10 Folder 33
Regarding her plays and performances.
Rudin # B-107
Apr. 22, 1908
Shaw, George Bernard : Autograph letter to My dear Emerica (Erica Cotterill). London, England.
Box 10 Folder 34
Shaw writes to Cotterill telling her to stop being so annoying and flirtatious.
Rudin # B-108
Oct. 13, 1909
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter to Mr Dear Emerica (Erica Cotterill). London, England.
Box 11 Folder 1
Another letter to Cotterill.
Rudin # B-109
Mar. 28, 1912
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to Ernest Rhys, Everyman's Library. London
Box 14 Folder 5
Shaw refuses to write a preface for the novel "Yeast".
Rudin # B-109A
Nov. 13, 1914
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London, England.
Box 11 Folder 2
Replying to an enquiry about reprinting his essay, "Common Sense about the War", that has been long delayed.
Rudin # B-110
Nov. 14, 1914
Shaw, George Bernard : Copy of the "New Statesman" and the "War Supplement".
Rudin # B-110
Box 13 Folder 5
Nov. 22, 1917
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed correspondence card to Ernest Gitsham. London, England.
Box 11 Folder 3
Shaw urges Gitsham to exclude his plays from the school curriculum.
Rudin # B-111
Oct. 14, 1918
Shaw, George Bernard : Autograph letter to editor of The Bookman. Dublin.
Box 5 Folder 12
Regarding teaching.
Jun. 25, 1919
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to W.S. Kennedy, The Incorporated Stage Society. London.
Box 14 Folder 6
Shaw discusses Henry James's abilities as a playwright and a possible production of his own new play, "Heartbreak House".
Rudin # B-111A
Aug. 10, 1919
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter addressed to "Dear Sir". Kenmare. Co. Kerry.
Box 11 Folder 4
Giving excellent advice to the recipient about publishing a manuscript sent to Shaw.
Rudin # B-112
Feb. 9, 1921
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed document. London, England.
Box 11 Folder 5
License fees and performance provisions for "Arms and the Man".
Rudin # B-113
May 14, 1922
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed note.
Box 11 Folder 6
"Here is a woman who declares that I have given her help, self knowledge, strength, and a better understanding. And the result is that she collects autographs!"
Rudin # B-113A
Apr. 8, 1923
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed letter to Gwen John. Somerset.
Box 14 Folder 7
Letter offering advice to an aspiring playwright.
Rudin # B-113B
Jul. 2, 1923
Shaw, George Bernard : Autograph postcard to Ben Turner. London.
Box 5 Folder 13
Regarding how to write in a dialect.
Oct. 17, 1923
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed document.
Box 11 Folder 7
License fees and performance provisions for "Arms and the Man" and "The Dark Lady of the Sonnets".
Rudin # B-114
Jan. 8, 1924
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed document. London, England.
Box 11 Folder 8
License fees and performance provisions for "Fanny's First Play".
Rudin # B-114A
Jan. 27, 1925
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed document. London, England.
Box 11 Folder 9
License fees and performance provisions for "Candida".
Rudin # B-115
Oct. 7, 1927
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to George S. Viereck. London, England.
Box 11 Folder 10
"Our intercourse henceforward is not for publication".
Rudin # B-115A
Jan. 11, 1929
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed document. London, England.
Box 11 Folder 11
License fees and performance provisions for "Pygmalian".
Rudin # B-116
Apr. 20, 1930
Shaw, George Bernard : Autograph letter to Sylvia Pankhurst. "On the road".
Box 5 Folder 14
Regarding mortality of mothers and children during birth.
Apr. 30, 1930
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to Elbridge Adams. London.
Box 5 Folder 15
Regarding collector's edition.
Jul. 24, 1935
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to Gilbert Miller. Malvern.
Box 11 Folder 12
Discusses the initial production of "The Millionairess".
Rudin # B-117A
Dec. 15, 1938
Shaw, George Bernard : Autograph letter from H.L. Bohm to Shaw. London.
Box 5 Folder 16
Regarding Pygmalion.
Oct. 4, 1939
Shaw, George Bernard : Autograph postcard to Mrs. G.E. Minto. London.
Box 5 Folder 17
Advice and encouragement.
Dec. 19, 1939
Shaw, George Bernard : Autograph letter on back of "open letter".
Box 5 Folder 18
Regarding open letter.
Feb. 13, 1942
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to M. Storm Jameson
Box 14 Folder 8
Shaw declines Jameson's appeal to contribute to the Red Cross, evidently by donating one of his manuscripts to be sold for its benefit.
Rudin # B-117
Dec. 8, 1943
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to Joseph Z. Dalinda. London.
Box 5 Folder 19
Regarding why bureaucracies resist change.
Oct. 13, 1946
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to EHW Meyerstein, Magdalen College, Oxford. London.
Box 14 Folder 9
Writes about the widow of playwright St. John Emile Clavering Hankin; also discusses literary standards.
Rudin # B-117B
Nov. 28, 1946
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed note. London.
Box 14 Folder 10
Short note written under a pre-printed message providing his reasoning for not providing autographs. Included is his book, "Bernard Shaw His Life and Personality". Book includes additional items including autographs of cast members of a play. (Book is catalogued individually)
Rudin # B-117C
Nov. 18, 1948
Shaw, George Bernard : Typed letter to George Sylvester Viereck. London.
Box 5 Folder 20
Regarding poetry by Viereck's son.
Jun. 18, 1949
Shaw, George Bernard : Signed correspondence card. Ayot St. Lawrence and Welwyn, Hertsforshire.
Box 11 Folder 13
Shaw authorizing Gertrude Lawrence to broadcast any part of his writings in exchange for a pair of mittens.
Rudin # B-118
Mar. 17, 1950
Shaw, George Bernard : Autographed letter to Sylvia Lyons. Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn Hertsforshire
Box 11 Folder 14
Warns Lyons not to come to visit him and to bring her son to the zoo instead. With manuscript shorthand fragment of the opening scene of "The Dark Lady of the Sonnets". Also included is Supplementary Material (Original purchased by another buyer) of a letter written by Shaw in Pittman shorthand describing how he uses shorthand for his writing.
Rudin # B-119
Jul. 28, 1986
Simenon, Georges : Typed letter to Steve Juscik.
Box 14 Folder 11
Simenon explains why he would not read the works of others.
Rudin # B-119A
No date
Simon, Neil : Autograph letter to Mr. Cooper.
Box 5 Folder 21
Regarding "lasting importance".
Jan. 17, 1971
Simon, Neil : Typed letter to Robert Hudson.
Box 11 Folder 15
Informs Hudson of his favorite plays and the length of time it takes to write them. With a copy of the text of Hudson's letter to Simon.
Rudin # B-120
c. Nov. 1900
Sinclair, Upton : Autograph letter to Edmund Stedman. New York, NY.
Box 5 Folder 22
Regarding novel-in-progress.
May 11, 1925
Sinclair, Upton : Typed letter to Mr. Greenway. Pasadena, CA.
Box 11 Folder 16
"I helped to spread distrust of our capitalist press."
Rudin # B-121
May 31, 1927
Sinclair, Upton : Typed letter to H.W. Pointon. Long Beach, CA.
Box 5 Folder 23
Regarding censorship of Oil.
Singer, Isaac B. : Typed manuscript and photograph.
Box 11 Folder 17
A review of one of Harold Pinter's most famous plays "The Homecoming".
Rudin # B-122
Singer, Isaac B. : Typed and autographed manuscripts.
Box 11 Folder 18
An essay explaining why he writes his stories in Yiddish (with corrected typescript, unsigned, heavily edited and annotated by Singer). Probably presented at a conference. (The AMs is not complete -it lacks pages 5,6,and 7 of the TMs).
Rudin # B-123
Jul. 7, 1977
Singer, Isaac Bashevis : Typed letter to Dusty Sklar. New York, NY.
Box 5 Folder 24
Advice on writing.
Nov. 6, 1978
Singer, Isaac B. : Souvenir typescript.
Box 11 Folder 19
Extract from "U.S. News and World Report" - "A good writer should try his best to be clear."
Rudin # B-124
Apr. 16, 1993
Slaughter, Frank : Autograph letter to Mr. Hartley.
Box 5 Folder 25
Regarding education and writing. With article by Slaughter.
Nov. 4, 1959
Smith, AJM : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. East Lansing, MI.
Box 11 Folder 19A
Sep. 19, 1959
Smith, Chard Powers : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Arlington, VT.
Box 11 Folder 19B
Feb. 15, 1838
Smith, James : Poem to Mrs. O. Unsigned.
Box 11 Folder 20
Poem sent "to Mrs. O" on her 50th birthday entitled "Withering Satire".
Rudin # B-125
Aug. 4, 1987
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr : Typed letter to Mr. Elie Wiesel. Cavendish, VT.
Box 5 Folder 26
Regarding invitation to conference of Nobel Laureates.
1957
Spender, Stephen : Typed manuscript.
Box 11 Folder 21
Essay titled, "London Letter". Discusses the current state of British literature and the literary and political merits of previous generations.
Rudin # B-126
1991
Spender, Stephen : Three autographed letters to Mr. Schaire, editor in chief of "Art and Antiques" magazine. France and London.
Box 11 Folder 22
A file consisting of three autograph letters (including envelopes) relating to Spender's article on "Henry Moore's Shelter Drawings"; the first draft of the manuscript, to be printed in "Art and Antiques" magazine, is included with Spender's corrections and illustrations of Moore's art.
Rudin # B-127
Apr./May 1990
Spillane, Mickey : Typed quote, signed.
Box 11 Folder 23
"I like people to enjoy what I've done…Writing should be fun". Excerpted from a magazine article.
Rudin # B-128
Oct. 2, 1959
Steen, Margeurite : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley.
Box 11 Folder 23A
ca. May 1925
Stein, Gertrude : Autographed letter to Frank Crowinshield. Paris, France.
Box 11 Folder 24
Regarding the publication of her work, "Making of Americans".
Rudin # B-128A
ca. 1935
Stein, Gertrude : Autographed letter to Marcella Burns. Bilignin, Par Belley, Ain, France.
Box 11 Folder 25
Tells of her trip to the U.S. and how glad she is to be back to the garden, dogs and nightingales.
Rudin # B-129
Dec. 4
Steinbeck, John : Autographed letter to Murray. NY.
Box 11 Folder 26
An exuberant tirade against Christmas and its disruptive effect on his writing.
Rudin # B-130
Feb. 15, 1935
Steinbeck, John : Autographed documents to Harry Thornton Moore. Pacific Grove, CA.
Box 11 Folder 27
Postcard mentions a book he is currently writing and one he plans to write. Also included is a pamphlet, "John Steinbeck and His Novels", and a 1949 letter from a bookstore offering this and other Steinbeck letters for the first time.
Rudin # B-131
ca. 1937
Steinbeck, John : Autographed postcard to Jake Zeitlin. Los Gatos, CA.
Box 11 Folder 28
Steinbeck describes his method for writing, "Of Mice and Men".
Rudin # B-132
Dec. 28, [1948]
Steinbeck, John : Autographed letter to William Ward Beecher. Pacific Grove, CA.
Box 11 Folder 29
Expressing regrets at being unable to purchase property because "divorce has bankrupted me"; additionally, he recounts a story connected to a gift he gave the recipient's wife.
Rudin # B-133
Apr. 4, 1953
Steinbeck, John : Typed letter to Ballard Hadman. New York.
Box 11 Folder 30
Steinbeck writes about a writer's use of words.
Rudin # B-134
1956
Steinbeck, John : Autographed letters to Christine Schunck.
Box 11 Folder 31
Two letters addressing his thoughts on words, his two sons, his lineage and his latest book.
Rudin # B-135
Feb. 20, 1957
Steinbeck, John : Typed letter to Martha C. Johnson. New York, NY.
Box 5 Folder 27
Regarding The Short Reign of Pippin IV: a Fabrication.
Mar. 7, 1961
Steinbeck, John : Autographed letter to Edgar J. Bracco. New York.
Box 11 Folder 32
"Styles come and go. I'm told I'm out of fashion now but I can't remember when I wasn't."
Rudin # B-136
Jul. 11, 1961
Steinbeck, John : Signed document.
Box 11 Folder 33
A license for the stage adaptation of "The Short Reign of Pippin IV"; accompanied by an unsigned supplementary document.
Rudin # B-137
Nov. 21, 1962
Steinbeck, John : Typed letter to Vernon Reyman. NY.
Box 11 Folder 34
Acknowledges congratulations for winning the Nobel Prize.
Rudin # B-138
Jun. 24, 1968
Steinbeck, John : Typed letter to Alex and Doris. Long Island, NY.
Box 5 Folder 28
Regarding production of Of Mice and Men.
Jun. 20, 1892
Stevenson, Robert Louis : Autograph letter to F.W. Dover. Upolu, Samoa.
Box 5 Folder 29
Regarding being poor.
Mar. 8, 1930
Street, Julian Leonard : Typed letter to Ernest Kroll. New York, NY.
Box 5 Folder 30
Regarding writing.
Mar. 13, 1993
Styron, William : Autograph letter to Mr. Hartley. Roxbury, CT.
Box 5 Folder 31
Regarding education and writing.
2003
Sutzkever, Abraham : Beneath the Trees. (Book)
Box 5 Folder 32
Sep. 23, 1959
Swinnerton, Frank : signed letter to Wesley Hartley.
Box 14 Folder 12
Swinnerton responds to questions concerning his opinion of the value of schooling.
Rudin # B-138AA
1978
Symons, Julian : Manuscript, notes and clippings.
Box 15
Original manuscript and research archive for "The Tell-Tale Heart - The Life and Work of Edgar Allan Poe".
Rudin # B-138A
Jun. 3, 1981
Symons, Julian : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Kent.
Box 5 Folder 33
Regarding education and writing.
No date
Tarkington, Booth : Autograph letter to Ed.
Box 5 Folder 34
Regarding incident with Ed and dog.
Jan. 15, 1900
Tarkington, Booth : Autograph letter to Mr. Williamson. Indianapolis, IN.
Box 5 Folder 35
Regarding speed of writing.
Oct. 21, 1918
Tarkington, Booth : Autographed letter to Mr. Starrett. Kennebunkport, Maine.
Box 12 Folder 1
Explains why he had been reluctant to publish his play Beaucaire in England.
Rudin # B-139
Jun. 2
Thackeray, William Makepeace : Autographed letter addressed to Dear Madame. Brompton.
Box 12 Folder 2
Advice to an aspiring writer.
Rudin # B-140
May 19, 1849
Thackeray, William Makepeace : Autograph note to My dear cousin. Kensington.
Box 5 Folder 36
Regarding signature.
Sep. 26, 1852
Thackeray, William Makepeace : Autograph letter to Mr. Hallam. Kensington.
Box 5 Folder 37
Regarding invitation.
Jun. 25, 1853
Thackeray, William Makepeace : Autograph letter to Ticknor and Fields publishing firm. London.
Box 5 Folder 38
Regarding publication of novel in serial form.
Feb. 22, 1939
Thomas, Dylan : Typed letter to Richard Church. Hants.
Box 5 Folder 39
Regarding The Map of Love.
May 27, 1951
Thomas, Dylan : Autograph letter to Sir. Wales.
Box 5 Folder 40
Regarding political affiliation and S.C.R.
No date
Thoreau, Henry David : Autograph manuscript, unsigned.
Box 5 Folder 41
Regarding woods near Hubbard's Grove.
Jan. 25, 1943
Thurber, James : Typed letter to Major Melvyn Berlind. Cornwall, CT.
Box 12 Folder 3
Thurber's response to an admirer. "The only thing I have in common with James Joyce is bad eyesight".
Rudin # B-141
Dec. 7, 1944
Thurber, James : Typed letter to publisher. Hot Springs, VA.
Box 5 Folder 42
Oct. 25, 1958
Tolkien, J.R.R. : Autograph letter to George Engel. Oxford.
Box 5 Folder 43
Regarding debt to "agelong tradition", The Lord of the Rings, duties at Oxford.
Apr. 22, 1889
Tuttiett, Mary G. : Autographed letter. Newport I. Wight.
Box 12 Folder 4
Discusses writing. "Style is a gift, though like other gifts it can be improved".
Rudin # B-142
Jul. 30, 1957
Untermeyer, Louis : Typed letter to Mr. Hartley. Newton, CT.
Box 5 Folder 44
Regarding education and writing.
Updike, John : Typed note to Richard S. Fetters. Ipswich, MA.
Box 12 Folder 5
Responds to a letter asking, "What does success means to me".
Rudin # B-143
No date
Uris, Leon : Typed manuscript.
Box 5 Folder 45
Regarding qualities of a good writer.
Feb. 26, 1930
Van de Water, Frederic Franklin : Typed letter to Ernest Kroll. New York, NY.
Box 5 Folder 46
Regarding writing.
Jun. 15, 1993
van Vogt, A.E. : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Hollywood, CA.
Box 6 Folder 1
Regarding education and writing.
Sep. 6, 1974
Vonnegut, Kurt : Typed letter to Byron Troyer. New York, NY.
Box 6 Folder 2
Regarding Vonnegut's education and success.
Apr. 22, 1981
Vonnegut, Kurt : Typed letter to Gary Grossman.
Box 6 Folder 3
Regarding attempts to stop smoking.
Nov. 5, 1971
Wallace, Irving : Typed letter to Robert Hudson.
Box 12 Folder 6
Responds to questions posed to him regarding his views on pornography and censorship.
Rudin # B-144
Aug. 1, 1957
Warren, Robert Penn : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. Fairfield, CT.
Box 6 Folder 4
Regarding education and writing.
Oct. 8, 1962
Warren, Robert Penn : Typed letter to Mr. Wilder. Fairfield, CT.
Box 12 Folder 7
Discusses prayer in the schools and Faulkner.
Rudin # B-145
Oct. 8, 1945
Waugh, Evelyn : Autograph letter to Alfred McIntyre. Stinchcombe.
Box 6 Folder 5
Regarding Brideshead Revisited.
No date
Webster, Noah : Autograph manuscript.
Box 6 Folder 6
Definitions.
Feb. 4, 1929
Wells, H.G. : Autograph letter to My dear Brown. Grasse.
Box 6 Folder 7
Regarding Query advertisement.
Dec. 4, 1936
Wells, H.G. : Autograph letter to a publisher. London.
Box 6 Folder 8
Regarding agreement for book.
Mar. 11, 1937
Wells, H.G. : Autograph letter to a publisher. London.
Box 6 Folder 9
Regarding Star-begotten.
Apr. 26, 1937
Wells, H.G. : Autograph letter to Viking Press. Grasse.
Box 6 Folder 10
Regarding The Brothers.
1933
Wheatley, Dennis : Autographed letter to Mr. Earle. London, England.
Box 12 Folder 8
Announcing the publication of his novel, "The Forbidden Territory".
Rudin # B-146
Nov. 3, 1946
White, E.B. : Typed letter to Mr. Wells. New York.
Box 12 Folder 9
Discusses and defines his choice of using the word "Chinaman" instead of "Chinese" at the end of World War II.
Rudin # B-147
Sep. 27, 1971
White, E.B. : Typed letter to Wayne Chatterton. North Brooklin, ME.
Box 12 Folder 10
A lengthy discussion of the famous New Yorker "profiles" and an unflattering "profile" of his colleague, Alexander Woollcott.
Rudin # B-148
Nov. 24, 1976
White, E.B. : Typed letter to Charles L. Baldwin. North Brooklin, ME.
Box 6 Folder 11
Regarding split infinitives, the day's youth.
Dec. 14, 1984
Whitman, Walt : Autograph letter to Talcott Williams. Camden, NJ.
Box 6 Folder 12
Regarding invitation.
Jan. 2, 1884
Whittier, John Greenleaf : Autograph letter to Dear Friend. Danvers.
Box 6 Folder 13
Regarding W.C. Bryant. With photo.
Aug. 5, 1959
Wilbur, Richard : Autographed letter to Mr. Cary. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
Box 12 Folder 11
Discusses the process of revision. "The point is that the smallest word counts".
Rudin # B-149
c. July 1881
Wilde, Oscar : Autograph letter to Mrs. Gielgud. Chelsea.
Box 6 Folder 14
Regarding invitation. With photos.
Wilder, Thorton : Autographed letters to James Thomson. Florence.
Box 12 Folder 12
Manuscript with cover letter. Wilder defends the Silent Generation, predicting how it will affect America's future.
Rudin # B-150
Oct. 28, 1926
Wilder, Thorton : Autographed letter to Jay L. Bradley. Capri.
Box 12 Folder 13
Discusses the pursuit of a career in writing and the pros and cons of attending college.
Rudin # B-151
Jul. 14, 1938
Wilder, Thornton : Autograph letter to Pearl Buck. Hollywood, CA.
Box 6 Folder 15
Regarding Our Town.
Oct. 28, 1960
Wilder, Thorton : Autographed postcard to Harry Thornton Moore. Hamden 17, CT.
Box 12 Folder 14
"Imaginative narration is a very stern mistress; she wants no other gods but herself".
Rudin # B-152
May 29, 1969; May 5, 1975
Wilder, Thornton : Autograph letters to Miriam Benkovitz. Hamden, CT.
Box 6 Folder 16
Regarding discussions of Wilder; Memory of Ellen Hayes.
Jul. 17, 1969
Wilder, Thornton : Autograph letter to Joseph Blotner. Edgartown, MA.
Box 6 Folder 17
Regarding William Faulkner. With Wilder stamps and envelope.
1974, 1975
Wilder, Thorton : Autographed letters to Dalma Brunauer. Hamden, CT.
Box 12 Folder 15
Letter 12/9/1974 - Thanking her for her thoughtful essay on ""Bridge of San Luis Rey"" and remarking that many are angry that he does not more strongly affirm Christian doctrine. Letter 11/11/1975 - Discusses how his Protestant upbringing relates to ""Bridge of San Luis Rey"". (With unrelated Willa Cather envelope signed and addressed to Wilder)
Rudin # B-153
Feb. 3, 1954
Williams, Tennessee : Typed letter to John Hunter. Key West, FL.
Box 6 Folder 18
Regarding article for Yale Magazine on Dylan Thomas. With magazine and photo.
Nov. 7, 1969
Williams, Tennessee :Typed letter to Audrey
Box 12 Folder 16
"America is very cruel to its artists who have had reversals of fortune."
Rudin # B-154
Aug. 14, 1976
Williams, Tennessee : Typed letter to Tim Moore. San Francisco, CA.
Box 12 Folder 17
Writing to a potential "traveling companion", Williams mentions that "I never fall out of love, which makes it a sad sort of poem".
Rudin # B-155
Nov. 6, 1947
Williams, William Carlos : Typed letter to Arioste Lonchard. Rutherford, NJ.
Box 13 Folder 3
A letter on Williams' feelings for Ezra Pound. In a presentation portfolio.
Rudin # B-156
May 29, 1951
Williams, William Carlos : Typed letter addressed to Dear Uhlman. Rutherford, NJ.
Box 12 Folder 18
"The structure of the poem must be changed and not merely must it speak about new things".
Rudin # B-157
Aug. 17, 1951
Williams, William Carlos : Autographed manuscript. Rutherford, NJ.
Box 12 Folder 19
A tribute to the great American photographer, Alfred Eisenstadt.
Rudin # B-158
Nov. 12, 1927
Wilson, Edmund : Autographed letter addressed to Dear Hazel. Red Bank, NJ.
Box 12 Folder 20
A long chatty letter referring to his work and to his reading. Thinks New York is an awful place to live and coments, "I haven't met an intelligent clergyman…since I have been here."
Rudin # B-159
Mar. 7, 1974
Winslow, Elizabeth : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley.
Box 12 Folder 20A
Jan. 4, 1975
Wodehouse, P.G. : Typed letter to Alec Waugh. Long Island, NY.
Box 6 Folder 19
Regarding recent knighthood.
Sep. 8, 1932
Wolfe, Thomas : Typed letter to Du Bose Heyward. Brooklyn, NY.
Box 6 Folder 20
Regarding NY summer, invitation to Charleston.
Dec. 4, 1932
Woolf, Virginia : Autograph letter to Logan Pearsall Smith. Tavistock Square.
Box 6 Folder 21
Regarding love.
Apr. 8, 1841
Wordsworth, William : Autograph letter to Edward Quillinan.
Box 6 Folder 22
Regarding daughter's upcoming marriage to Quillinan.
Apr. 28, 1982
Wouk, Herman : Typed letter to Matthew Held. Washington D.C.
Box 6 Folder 23
Regarding Karl Popper.
Sep. 10, 1938
Wright, Richard : Typed letter to Miss Pergament. NY.
Box 12 Folder 21
He critiques a story sent to him by his correspondent for review.
Rudin # B-160
Apr. 6, 1974
Zaturenska, Marya : Autographed letter to Wesley Hartley. NY
Box 12 Folder 22
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