Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960

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Franklin Pierce Adams was a journalist and writer. Born in Chicago, he decided to become a writer and moved to New York, where he wrote for various newspapers. His signature column was The Conning Tower, an enormously popular compilation of satire, light verse, literary criticism, politics, and social commentary, all made accessible by Adams' unpretentious wit. His friends in the New York literary circle also contributed to his column, including Dorothy Parker, Sinclair Lewis, Edna Ferber, and Groucho Marx. In addition to writing almost daily columns for thirty years, he also published several monographs, many collections of verse, and co-wrote lyrics for the Broadway musical, Lo.

From the description of Franklin P. Adams letter to Mr. Stone, [1919] March 27. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 63147323
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creatorOf Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Letters of Carl Sandburg [manuscript] 1951-1952. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Letters of tribute to Carl Sandburg [manuscript], 1951-1952. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Papers, 1912-1960. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Papers relating to Lo, a musical comedy, 1909-1910. Houghton Library
creatorOf Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957. Papers: 1911-1947. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960. Franklin P. Adams letter to Mr. Stone, [1919] March 27. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Glaenzer, Richard Butler, 1876-1937. Papers of Richard B. Glaenzer [manuscript], 1885-1936. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Stone, Donald Leroy, 1886-. Correspondence. 1918-1927. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953. Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
referencedIn Mina Kirstein Curtiss papers, 1917-1966 (inclusive) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn Collection, 1938, n.d. University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.), Golden Book Magazine, editorial correspondence, 1921-1935. Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers relating to Lo, a musical comedy, 1909-1910. Houghton Library
creatorOf Lyons, [R.]. Letter from [R.] Lyons to Franklin P. Adams [manuscript], 1911 October 31. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939. Wallace Rice papers, 1779-1939, (bulk 1885-1935). Newberry Library
creatorOf Franklin Pierce Adams letters, 1917-1935 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf McCormick, Virginia Taylor, 1873-1957. Papers, 1887-1953. William & Mary Libraries
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Rebecca West papers, 1894-1975 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) Houghton Library
referencedIn John Phillips Marquand correspondence Houghton Library
creatorOf Haney, John Louis, 1877-1960. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1903-1938, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Chapman, Arthur, 1873-1935. Letters and manuscript of Arthur Chapman, 1905 December 26, 1907 January 4, 1919, June 25. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf National War Fund (U.S.). Correspondence with Wanda Gág, 1943-1944. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Burton Kline Papers, 1896-1954 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. Papers of Theodore Dreiser, 1898-1945. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Henry, O., 1862-1910. Lo : a musical comedy in two acts / by O. Henry and Franklin P. Adams : manuscript, [ca. 1909] Houghton Library
creatorOf Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959. Letters of Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn [manuscript], 1915-1938. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Henry, O., 1862-1910. "Lo" : act II. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950. Papers of Edgar Lee Masters [manuscript] 1915-46. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Seward Collins papers, 1918-1952 (inclusive), 1927-1937 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn La Piana, George, 1879-1971. Papers, 1878-1972. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
creatorOf Poore, Charles, 1902-. Charles Poore letters received from various authors, 1933-1968, undated. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Collins, Seward, 1899-1952. Seward Collins papers, 1918-1952 (inclusive) 1927-1937 (bulk). Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929. Papers of Bliss Carman [manuscript], 1887-1930. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn MacAlarney, Robert Emmett, 1873-1945. Robert Emmett MacAlarney letters, 1917-1944. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1911-1918. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957. Kenneth Roberts letters to Franklin P. Adams, 1918. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Letters to Rabbi Solomon Goldman, Jan.-Sept. 1946. Drew University Library, Rose Memorial Library
creatorOf Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960. Manuscript of Franklin P. Adams [manuscript], n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960. Typed letter signed Frank to: Rita June 16, 1945. Wellesley College
referencedIn Newman Levy Papers, ca. 1914-1960 Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Askin, Harry. Papers relating to Lo, a musical comedy, 1909-1910. Houghton Library
creatorOf Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930- University of Michigan
creatorOf Ade, George, 1866-1944. Papers of George Ade [manuscript] 1901-43. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951,. Letters to Alfred Kreymborg [manuscript], 1921-1956. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin P.), 1881-1960. Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1944. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Reid Family Fapers, 1795-1970, (bulk 1869-1970) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn Allison Family. Allison Family : Papers, 1891-1965. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Parsons, Geoffrey, 1879-1956. Papers, ca.1919-1959. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Rogers Memorial Collection: Clara Kathleen Rogers papers, 1860-1934. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn MacKinlay Kantor Papers, 1885-1977, (bulk 1920-1970) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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Death 1960-03-23

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