Robert Cantwell papers, 1926-1978.

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Robert Cantwell papers, 1926-1978.

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Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, monographs, articles and subject files, financial matter, sheet music, photographs, audiotapes, maps, and forty-nine books. Correspondents include, Ernest Hemingway, James T. Farrell, John Dos Passos, Whittaker Chambers, and others. A large portion of the correspondence is of a family nature. The Diaries and notebooks series contain material of a personal nature and work and research on various manuscripts. The manuscripts to Cantwell's books, Laugh and lie down, Alexander Wilson: naturalist and pioneer, and The hidden Northwest are included. Also included are the unfinished works. The Articles and Subject files include tearsheets, notes, and printed research materials. The majority covers Cantwell's work at Sport illustrated where he was senior editor. There are sections on his Time magazine work, material related to his book reviews for Newsweek, and work related to other periodicals. The Financial material covers Cantwell's royalty statements, books contracts, etc. The Music series contains over 100 pieces of piano sheet music chiefly from the 1920s-40s. Also included are audiotapes, maps, and books.

62.25 linear ft. (130 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7653538

University of Oregon Libraries

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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961

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Born in 1899, Ernest Hemingway was the second of six children born to Grace Hall and Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. Ernest developed a love of literature and music from his mother, a trained opera singer and music teacher after her marriage, and gained a keen interest in outdoor sports--hunting, fishing, woodscraft--from his father, a doctor and avid naturalist. Divided between the family's home in Oak Park, Illinois, and their summer cottage on Lake Waldoon in Michigan, Ernest's chil...

Cantwell, Robert, 1908-1978

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Robert Emmett Cantwell, novelist, biographer, essayist, and editor, was born January 31, 1908 in Little Falls, now Vader, Washington, and died December 8, 1978, in New York. Cantwell attended the University of Washington from 1924-25. In 1929, after selling a short story to The American caravan, he moved to New York where he began work on his first novel, Laugh and lie down (1931). After finishing the novel, he continued his freelance writing and published articles in The new republic, The natio...

Cantwell, Robert, 1908-1978

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Robert Emmett Cantwell, novelist, biographer, essayist, and editor, was born January 31, 1908 in Little Falls, now Vader, Washington, and died December 8, 1978, in New York. Cantwell attended the University of Washington from 1924-25. In 1929, after selling a short story to The American caravan, he moved to New York where he began work on his first novel, Laugh and lie down (1931). After finishing the novel, he continued his freelance writing and published articles in The new republic, The natio...

Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970

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American novelist. From the description of One Man's Initiation, 1917, 1968-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937079 American author, From the description of State of the nation [manuscript], 1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807708 American author. From the description of Screenplay by John Dos Passos [manuscript], 1934 October 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647830975 F...

Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979

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James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was an Irish-American novelist, short story writer, journalist, travel writer, poet, and literary critic. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago and published his first short story in 1929. He is best known for his Studs Lonigan trilogy and for his A note on Literary Criticism, in which he described two types of the American Marxist character. From the guide to the James T. Farrell Collection, 1953-1961, (Special Colle...

Chambers, Whittaker

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