James Purdy collection, 1948-1973.

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James Purdy collection, 1948-1973.

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The collection contains the papers of James Purdy's literary agent, Toni Strassman. Chiefly correspondence, contracts and royalty statements, review clippings; also short story and poetry manuscripts and ca. 180 drawings by Purdy. Correspondents include James McLaughlin and Robert M. McGregor.

.5 linear ft.

Ohio State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7138352

Ohio State University Libraries

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Laughlin, James, 1914-1997

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James Laughlin was an American publisher and poet, and founder of the New Directions press. The son of a steel manufacturer, Laughlin attended Choate School in Connecticut and Harvard University (B.A., 1939). In the mid-1930s Laughlin lived in Italy with Ezra Pound, a major influence on his life and work; returning to the United States, he founded New Directions in 1936. Initially he intended to publish writings by ignored yet influential avant-garde writers of the period; Pound’s The Cantos ...

McGregor, Robert M.

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Purdy, James

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James Purdy (b. 1923) is an American author whose published works include 63: Dream Palace (published in the United States in 1957 as Color of Darkness), Eustace Chisholm and the Works (1967), I Am Elijah Thrush, (1972) and On Glory's Course (1984). From the description of James Purdy papers, 1944-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132850 James Purdy, American novelist, was born in Ohio and educated at the Universities of Chicago and Puebla, Mexico. He published his fir...

Strassman, Toni

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Authors' representative. From the description of Papers, 1937-1984. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309772230 ...