Maxwell E. Perkins letters to Belinda Jelliffe, 1935-1949 [manuscript].

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Maxwell E. Perkins letters to Belinda Jelliffe, 1935-1949 [manuscript].

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Letters from Maxwell Perkins, editor at Charles Scribner's Sons, to Belinda Jelliffe (1892-1979), critiquing and discussing the production of Jelliffe's "For Dear Life" (1936), and discussing other literary topics and personal matters. There are also several letters written by others, including one, 1949, from Charles Scribner.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Charles Scribner's Sons.

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Charles Scribner, 1821-1871, was a partner in the publishing firm of Baker & Scribner, 1846-1871, and carried on alone after Baker's death in 1850. He formed Scribner & Welford in 1857. Charles Scribner's Sons was established in 1870, the same year SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY began. His son Charles, 1854-1930, became president in 1875. He began SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE in 1887. It ceased publication in 1930. His son Charles, 1890-1952, became president in 1932. From the description of Char...

Jelliffe, Belinda, 1890-1979

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Scribner, Charles, 1921-1995

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Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Chales Scribner, Jr. : oral history, 1988. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309744329 ...

Jelliffe, Belinda, 1890-1979

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Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947

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Editor at and vice-president of Charles Scribner's Sons. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1938-1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122629156 Maxwell Evarts Perkins was one of the most importnat editors in American literary history. Belinda Dobson Jelliffe, born in Asheville, N.C., became a friend of Thomas Wolfe in 1933. In 1935, Charles Scriber's Sons published her only book, a semi-autobiographical work titled Fo...