Papers, 1950-1966.

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Papers, 1950-1966.

Alfred Chester's papers, 1950-1966, consist of holograph manuscripts, a bound galley proof, holograph and typewritten correspondence, telegrams, a review clipping, and printed materials. The collection includes manuscripts of three unpublished and eight published short stories, collected in Behold Goliath and Here Be Dragons, and provides documentation of Chester's literary relationships and struggles with the publishing industry in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Chester's early work, his personal life and accomplishments in the area of literary criticism are unrepresented. Correspondents include: Andreas Brown, Marguerite Caetani, Christopher Isherwood, Alfred Kazin, Carson McCullers, Norman Mailer, William Maxwell, Ezra Pound, Lionel Trilling, Eugene Walter, and Thornton Wilder.

2 boxes (1 linear foot).

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Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

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Walter, Eugene, 1921-1998

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Walter, a native of Mobile, Ala., was a poet and novelist who translated the scripts of and assisted Italian movie director Federico Fellini. Walter also wrote ballads and cookbooks, and traslated other screenplays, books, and poems from French, Italian, and German into English. From the description of Papers, 1962-1998. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 42729929 ...

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986

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After Isherwood dropped out of Cambridge University in 1925, he became the private secretary to the French violinist André Mangeot. Mangeot's son, Sylvain, the manuscript's illustrator, would become the Diplomatic Editor for the Reuters News Agency and the author of The Adventures of a Manchurian: The Story of Lobsang Thondup (Collins, 1974). From the description of People one ought to know : autograph manuscript signed : [London], January 1926. (New York Public Library). WorldCat r...

Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Lionel Trilling and his wife, Diana Trilling. From the description of Letters, 1970-1976, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155876900 Professor. From the description of Reminiscences of Lionel Trilling: oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122394116 Lionel Trilling was a successful author, educator, and scholar, but his greates...

Mailer, Norman

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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967

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Carson McCullers was born in Columbus, Georgia, as Lula Carson Smith on February 19, 1917, the first born of Lamar and Marguerite Waters Smith. Though she moved from the South in 1934 and only returned for visits, most of her writing was inspired by her southern heritage. Her mother felt she had given birth to a genius from the time Carson was very young and always remained her staunchest supporter and strongest ally. When nine years of age, Lula began studying piano and practiced six to eight h...

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...

Brown, Andreas

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Maxwell, William, 1908-2000

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Chester, Alfred, 1928-1971

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American author and literary critic. From the description of Papers, 1950-1966. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122472956 Alfred Chester, the youngest of three children, was born on September 7, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Jake, a Jewish furrier and proprietor of the Alfred Fur Company, came to the United States as a child from Romania, his family name Americanized from Chesta-Polch...

Caetani, Marguerite

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Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998

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Epithet: Professor of English British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0002f8 American writer, literary critic and memoirist; author of "On native grounds," and "A walk in the city." From the description of Alfred Kazin letter [manuscript], 1943 March 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999332 Writer. From the description of Reminiscences of Alfred Kazin: oral h...