Weeks, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1898-1989

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Edward A. Weeks (1898-1989) was an author, essayist, and editor for the Atlantic Monthly . He was also author of more than 10 books, including: Breaking into Print: an Editor's Advice on Writing (1962); In Friendly Candor [1959]; and Writers and Friends (1981). Weeks opposed censorship and, during the 1920's, served as chairman of the Massachusetts Committee to Reform Book Censorship.

From the guide to the Edward Weeks Letter to Mrs. Henry Pettit (MS 235), 16 June 1961, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.)

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referencedIn Papers, 1854, 1881-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Weeks, Edward, 1898-. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1929. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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creatorOf Weeks, Edward, 1898-. Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1940. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Rogers, Edith Nourse, 1881-1960. Papers, 1854-1961 (inclusive), 1881-1961 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Fischer, John Sylvester, 1910-1978. John Sylvester Fischer papers, 1907-1980 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Eric Schroeder papers, 1948-1969. Houghton Library
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creatorOf Morrison, Kathleen, 1898-. Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1940-1973. Dartmouth College Library
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creatorOf Robert Lowell Papers TXRC94-A10., ca. 1845-1988, (bulk 1970-1977) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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referencedIn Douglas Tilden Papers, 1860-1970 Bancroft Library
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referencedIn Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
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referencedIn Sherry Mangan papers, 1923-1961. Houghton Library
referencedIn Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Houghton Library
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creatorOf Bridge, Ann, 1889-1974. Papers, 1815-1973, (bulk 1905-1973). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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creatorOf Weeks, Edward, 1898-. Correspondence file, 1929, from Horace Liveright, Inc. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Edward Weeks letter to Edna Davis Romig (MS 149), 1963 University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Jackson, Charles Tenney, 1874-1955. Charles Tenney Jackson papers, [1915-1953 ca.]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Margaret Terry Chanler family papers, 1815-1939 (inclusive) 1845-1939 (bulk). Houghton Library
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creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. Papers, 1920-1940, Part III (Lowell-Z). Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Louis N. Ridenour Papers, 1917-1960, (bulk 1945-1959) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Horace Mason Reynolds papers, 1895-1965. Houghton Library
referencedIn Central New York Farmer's Club. Central New York Farmer's Club records, 1870-1915. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Women's National Book Association Records, 1917-2013. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Skulda V. Banér papers, 1900-1975, 1920-1964 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Maxwell Evarts Perkins correspondence and papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1933-1948. Houghton Library
creatorOf Weeks, Edward, 1898-1989. Papers, 1964-1966. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Catherine Drinker Bowen Papers, 1793-1980, (bulk 1934-1972) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Archibald MacLeish Papers, 1907-1981, (bulk 1925-1970) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Waln, Nora. Nora Waln Literary Papers, 1796-1939. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Papers, 1910-1972 (inclusive), 1959-1972 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Martha Dickinson Bianchi correspondence concerning publication of the poetry of the American poet, Emily Dickinson:, 1881-1943 (inclusive), 1925-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Weeks, Edward, 1898-1989. Personal and professional papers, 1918-1989. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Weeks, Edward, 1898-1989. Speech, 1977 June 1, Boston, to the Wednesday Evening Club. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Papers, 1911-1944 (inclusive), 1929-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Flint, Emily P. Letters, 1917-1960, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) Houghton Library
referencedIn Marshall, Lenore, 1897-1971. Papers, 1887-1980. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1917-1962 and undated. Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1944-1981. Houghton Library
referencedIn Edmund Wilson collection of papers, 1922-1978 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Plath mss. II, 1932-1977 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Edward Weeks Letter to Mrs. Henry Pettit (MS 235), 16 June 1961 University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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Place Name Admin Code Country
United States 00 US
Subject
American literature
Authors, American
Censorship
Editors
Editors
Editors
Periodical editors
Periodical editors
Women college teachers
Women poets, American
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Author
Editor
Essayist
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Birth 1898-02-19

Death 1989-03-11

Male

Americans

English

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