Papers, 1912-1960.

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Papers, 1912-1960.

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Correspondence, research notes, typescripts of short stories, plays, and poems with holograph corrections and additions. Also, Levy's original typescript of an unpublished biography of Franklin P. Adams.

6 linear ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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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 G...

Levy, Newman, 1888-1966

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Newman Levy was born in 1888. His father was the well-known New York criminal lawyer Abraham Levy. Newman Levy graduated from New York University Law school in 1911, and practiced law until 1961. He was an assistant district attorney for New York County from 1916 to 1919. Levy also wrote light verse and skits for Broadway revues. His books inlcude Gay but Wistful and the autobiography My Double Life: Adventures in Law and Letters . He died in New York in 1966. From the guide to the N...