Records : of the 50th Anniversary issue of Esquire, 1976-1984 (bulk 1982-1983).

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Records : of the 50th Anniversary issue of Esquire, 1976-1984 (bulk 1982-1983).

Material pertaining to a special issue of Esquire in 1983 celebrating the magazine's fiftieth anniversary, for which the editors commissioned fifty essays by leading American authors on "The Fifty Who Made a Difference," notable Americans active in the years since Esquire's founding in 1933. Notes, correspondence, and drafts of essays from 21 of the fifty authors (or their representatives), in communication with Lee Eisenberg and Rust Hills (Esquire literary editor). Some miscellaneous material related to other issues, particularly from Truman Capote and Irwin Shaw, dates from as early as 1976 and as late as 1984.

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