Lewis, W.S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979
Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis was born in Alameda, California, on November 14, 1895. He graduated from Yale College in 1918. While at Yale, Lewis was editor of the Lit, and contributed to the Courant and the Record. He served in the army during World War I and in the OSS during World War II. He was a member of many societies and a contributor to multiple magazines, including Atlantic Monthly. He was also an expert and collector of the writings of Horace Walpole, the 18th century English writer. He was introduced to Walpole's writings by John Masefield, while the two were sailing to Europe to fight in World War I. On January 25, 1928, he married Annie Burr Auchincloss, who died in 1959 and with whom he had no children. Lewis died in Connecticut, on October 7, 1979.
From the description of Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis papers, 1926-1979 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167566