Random House files of John O'Hara, 1927-1977.

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Random House files of John O'Hara, 1927-1977.

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The collection contains correspondence files; manuscripts of John O'Hara's lectures, speeches, novellas, novels, plays, and short stories (published and unpublished); clippings of his Newsday column, "My turn," and about his novels, A Rage to live and Ten North Frederick; publicity photographs of John O'Hara; and a genealogical file on John O'Hara's Civil War ancestor, Michael J. O'Hara. Correspondents include Charles Addams, Harold Arlen, Louis Auchincloss, Irving Berlin, Louise Bogan, Abe Burrows, Gary Cooper, Malcolm Cowley, James Gould Cozzens, Russel Crouse, James Forrestal, Learned Hand, Ernest Hemingway, John Henry, John Hersey, Bob Hope, John Hutchens, Herman Liebert, Henry R. Luce. Also, William Maxwell, Adolphe Menjou, Robert Montgomery, Robert Moses, Robert Oppenheimer, Harold Pinter, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Michael Romanoff, Harold Ross, William W. Scranton, William Shawn, Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck, Jule Styne, Deems Taylor, James Thurber, Robert F. Wagner, John Hay Whitney, Thornton Wilder, and others.

4 cubic feet.

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O'Hara, John, 1905-1970

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John O'Hara was an American novelist and short story writer originally from Pottsville, Pa. In the 1950s and 1960s O'Hara was one of the most popular, prolific, and financially successful authors in the United States. A realist-naturalist writer, O'Hara emphasized complete objectivity in his books, writing frankly about the materialistic aspirations and sexual exploits of his characters. Five of his novels were adapted for films. From the description of John O'Hara letters to H.N. Sw...