A.J. Liebling collection, 1920-1963.
Collection Number: 4613
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
A.J. Liebling collection, 1920-1963.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4613
Abstract:
Manuscripts, correspondence, and other papers of A.J. Liebling, an American journalist
who served as reporter and columnist for the New Yorker magazine from 1935-1963.
Creator:
Liebling, A. J. (Abbott Joseph), 1904-1963.
Stafford, Jean, 1915-
Liebling, Anna.
Liebling, Joseph.
Liebling, Ann Beatrice McGinn.
Liebling, A. J. (Abbott Joseph), 1904-1963. (Title of work: Press..)
Liebling, A. J. (Abbott Joseph), 1904-1963. (Title of work: Between Meals..)
Liebling, A. J. (Abbott Joseph), 1904-1963. (Title of work: Honest Rainmaker..)
Liebling, A. J. (Abbott Joseph), 1904-1963. (Title of work: Pigs of St. Lô..)
Quanitities:
15 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
American journalist, who served as reporter and columnist for the New Yorker magazine
from 1935-1963.
Manuscripts, correspondence, galley proofs, printed articles, newspaper clippings,
photographs, documents, and a few tapes and films, spanning Liebling's entire career
as a journalist. The collection consists largely of typewritten drafts for hundreds
of articles Liebling wrote for the New Yorker magazine, with his extensive autograph corrections, including his articles for the
columns "Talk of the Town," "Our Far-Flung Correspondents," "A Reporter at Large,"
"Profiles," "The Wayward Press," "Fiction and Talk," "Letters From Paris" (1939-1944),
"Normandy Revisited," and "Comment," as well as miscellaneous untitled articles. Also
included are notes and drafts for his books The Press, Between Meals, The Honest Rainmaker, and The Pigs of St. Lô, as well as book reviews and stories he published in the New Yorker. The "Letters From Paris" articles give a firsthand account of life in Paris during
World War II, mainly from 1939-1940, while "The Wayward Press" comments, often critically,
on the practices of American journalism, especially in the Hearst and the McCormick
newspapers.Also included are extensive notes and drafts for a book on Henry Luce and
the Time empire which Liebling never published.
Correspondence includes letters from Liebling to his parents, Joseph and Anna Liebling,
describing his life as a student at Dartmouth and at the Sorbonne in the early 1920's,
and later letters to them which describe Paris before the Nazi occupation and London
during the blitz. Other correspondents include Liebling's first wife, Ann (Beatrice
McGinn) Liebling, and Jean Stafford, who became his third wife.
Large related collections of the papers of New Yorker writers E.B. White, Frank Sullivan, and Morris Bishop are also held in the repository.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
A.J. Liebling collection, #4613. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Liebling, A. J. (Abbott Joseph), 1904-1963.
Hearst, William Randolph.
Places:
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel.
Paris (France) -- Description and travel.
Paris (France) -- History.
France -- Description and travel.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1944.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France.
Journalism -- United States.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Manuscripts
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Box 1 |
Between Meals
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Box 2 |
Books reviews
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Box 3 |
"...Correspondents..."
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1936-1957 | |
Box 4 |
Fiction and "Talk of the Town" A-M
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Box 5 |
Fiction and "Talk of the Town" N-Z
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Box 6 |
The Honest Rainmaker
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"Letters from Paris"
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Box 7 | Oct. 1939-Oct. 1944 | ||
Box 8 | Nov. 1944-Aug. 1952 | ||
Box 9 | Sept. 1952-Sept. 1960 | ||
Box 10 |
Miscellaneous factual pieces A-P
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Box 11 |
Miscellaneous factual pieces R-Z
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Box 12 |
"Note and Comment"
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Box 13 |
"Normandy Revisited"
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Box 14 |
Profiles A-H
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Box 15 |
Profiles I-Z
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Box 16 |
The Press
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"Reporter at Large"
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Box 17 |
A-C
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Box 18 |
D-G
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Box 19 |
H-M
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Box 20 |
N-T
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Box 21 |
U-Z
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Box 22 |
The Wayward Press A-M
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Box 23 |
The Wayward Press N-Z
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Manuscripts by others
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Box 24 |
A-C
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Box 25 |
D-Z
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Box 26 |
James Munves [Time notes]
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Documents
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Box 27 |
Including Publishing Agreements
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Outgoing correspondence
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Box 28 |
Family
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1920-1944 | |
Box 29 |
Friends and business
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Box 30 |
Jean Stafford
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1915-1963 | |
Incoming correspondence
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Box 31 | 1936-1959 | ||
Box 32 | 1960-1964 | ||
Correspondence
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Box 33 |
By and to others
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Reviews and articles
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Box 34 |
Reviews and articles
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Box 35 |
Reviews and articles
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Box 36 |
Miscellaneous clippings
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Box 37 |
Photographs
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Miscellaneous
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Box 38 |
Miscellaneous
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Box 39 | Folder 1 |
New York World-Telegram
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1934 |
Box 39 | Folder 2 |
New York World-Telegram
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1935 |
Box 39 | Folder 3 |
The New Yorker
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1959 |
Box 39 | Folder 4 |
The New Yorker
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1960 |
Box 39 | Folder 5 |
The New Yorker
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1961 |
Box 39 | Folder 6 |
The New Yorker
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1962 |
Box 39 | Folder 7 |
The New Yorker
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1963-64 |
Box 39 | Folder 9 |
Letters to and from Ann Liebling, article regarding her death
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Box 39 | Folder 10 |
Draft of Liebling's "Algerie," misc. articles
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Box 39 | Folder 11 |
Drafts of "Action in the Desert" and "Earl Long-I" by Liebling
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Box 39 | Folder 12 |
Misc. drafts by Liebling, "T.V. Views the Press" script
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Box 39 | Folder 13 |
Misc. editorial notes
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Box 39 | Folder 14 |
Misc. letters and notes for Liebling's biography
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Box 39 |
Misc. items including passports, note files, and notepads
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Box 40 | Folder 1 |
New York World-Telegram, The World
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1930-31 |
Box 40 | Folder 2 |
New York World-Telegram
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1932 |
Box 40 | Folder 3 |
New York World-Telegram
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1933 |
Box 40 | Folder 4 |
The New Yorker
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1936-38 |
Box 40 | Folder 5 |
The New Yorker
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1939 |
Box 40 | Folder 6 |
The New Yorker
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1940 |
Box 40 | Folder 7 |
The New Yorker
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1941 |
Box 40 | Folder 8 |
The New Yorker
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1942 |
Box 40 | Folder 9 |
The New Yorker
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1943 |
Box 40 | Folder 10 |
The New Yorker
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1944 |
Box 40 | Folder 11 |
The New Yorker
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1945-46 |
Box 40 | Folder 12 |
The New Yorker
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1947-48 |
Box 40 | Folder 13 |
The New Yorker
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1949 |
Box 40 | Folder 14 |
The New Yorker
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1950 |
Box 40 | Folder 15 |
The New Yorker
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1951-52 |
Box 40 | Folder 16 |
The New Yorker
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1953-54 |
Box 40 | Folder 17 |
The New Yorker
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1955 |
Box 40 | Folder 18 |
The New Yorker
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1956 |
Box 40 | Folder 19 |
The New Yorker
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1957 |
Box 40 | Folder 20 |
The New Yorker
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1958 |
Box 40 | Folder 21 |
The Observer
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1955-1957 |
Box 40 | Folder 22 |
Short story draft by Liebling regarding Gafsa (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 23 |
Misc. draft by Liebling (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 24 |
Misc. drafts by Liebling (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 25 |
Short story draft by Liebling (?)
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Box 40 | Folder 26 |
Draft of Liebling's "The Girl with the Cauliflower Ear: A Romance" (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 27 |
Liebling's "Sur La Piste de Mollie" (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 28 |
Letters to family from Liebling (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 29 |
Letters to Jean Stafford, misc. letters and articles (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 30 |
Letters to Jean Staffford, misc. letters (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 31 |
Misc. letters from Liebling (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 32 |
Misc. letters from Liebling (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 33 |
Misc. letters and documents (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 34 |
Raymond Sokolov's research for Liebling's biography
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Box 40 | Folder 35 |
Misc. letters and articles for biography
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Box 40 | Folder 36 |
Misc. letters and articles
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Box 40 | Folder 37 |
Misc. writings
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Box 40 | Folder 38 |
Misc. articles by Liebling (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 39 |
Horse Racing Programs (photocopy)
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Box 40 | Folder 40 |
Misc. articles
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