Auchincloss, Louis
From the guide to the Louis Auchincloss papers, 1968-1980, 1970-1980, (Literature and Rare Books)
Louis Stanton Auchincloss was born on September 27, 1917 in Lawrence, New York. to Joseph and Priscilla Auchincloss. Auchincloss attended Groton and Yale, and received a degree from the University of Virginia Law School in 1941. He was hired by the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell later that year. In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in Europe and the Pacific in World War II. After the war he returned to New York, resumed his law practice, and later became a partner in the firm of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood.
In his spare time he began to write. His first book, "The Indifferent Children", was published in 1947 under the pseudonym Andrew Lee. Known for his works of fiction chronicling America's patrician class, he also published several works of non-fiction such as his biography of Theodore Roosevelt and his memoir, "A Writer's Capital". Auchincloss wrote an average of a book a year, totaling 60 books in all before his death in Manhattan on January 26, 2010, aged 92.
From the guide to the Louis S. Auchincloss Papers, 1970-1972, (Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections)
Louis Auchincloss, who attended Yale University (1935-1939) and the University of Virginia Law School (1941), was a prolific author of novels, short stories, criticism, biographies, and other non-fiction work from the early 1950s until shortly before his death in 2010.
Summary information is available in the standard biographical resources.
From the guide to the Louis Auchincloss collection, 1966-1981, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
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referencedIn | Arlin Turner Papers, 1927-1980 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk) | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Theodore Roosevelt Collection: Books, pamphlets, periodicals, 18-- - <ongoing> | Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
referencedIn | Edith Wharton collection, 1868-1981 (inclusive) | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Bennett Cerf Papers, ca. 1898-1977. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | New Yorker records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
referencedIn | Learned Hand papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
referencedIn | Jody Jones Hunter Collection of Works by William Styron, 1831-2001 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | New Directions Publishing records | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Jacques Barzun Papers, ca.1900-1999. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1931-1999 (inclusive), 1960-1980 (bulk) | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
referencedIn | Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
referencedIn | Paul Revere Reynolds Papers, 1899-1980. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
creatorOf | A Writer's Capital, ca. 1970 | Special Collections, University of Virginia Library | |
referencedIn | Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence, 1881-1981 (inclusive), 1940-1979 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Lucille Lortel papers | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
referencedIn | James O. Brown Associates Records, 1927-1992. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
creatorOf | Auchincloss, Louis. Louis Auchincloss papers, 1968-1980 (majority 1970-1980) | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries | |
referencedIn | Curtis Brown, Ltd. Records, 1914-2006. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1909, 1940, 1968-90 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Louis Auchincloss collection, 1966-1981 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
creatorOf | Louis S. Auchincloss Papers, 1970-1972 | Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections | |
referencedIn | Mina Kirstein Curtiss Papers MS 250., 1913-2005 | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1917-1995 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Vol. ii (ff. 200). Asquith, Lady Helen – Beerbohm, Sir Max.includes:f. 1 Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh, novelist: Anne Mary Celestine Asquith, wife of Julian, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith: Letter to Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh from Anne Mary Cele... | British Library |
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associatedWith | Anderson, Robert Woodruff | person |
associatedWith | Barzun, Jacques, 1907- | person |
associatedWith | Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971 | person |
associatedWith | Curtis Brown Ltd. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Curtiss, Mina Kirstein, 1896- | person |
associatedWith | Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 | person |
associatedWith | Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 | person |
associatedWith | HELEN (LEHMAN) BUTTENWIESER, 1905-1989 | person |
correspondedWith | Houghton Mifflin Company. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Hunter, Jody Jones | person |
associatedWith | James O. Brown Associates. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Lortel, Lucille | person |
correspondedWith | Marietta Tree | person |
associatedWith | New Directions Publishing Corp. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | New Yorker Magazine, Inc | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Reynolds, Paul Revere, 1864-1944 | person |
associatedWith | Saddler, Donald | person |
correspondedWith | Turner, Arlin | person |
correspondedWith | Vidal, Gore, 1925- | person |
associatedWith | Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 | person |
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