Material by and about Warren Chappell from the collection of Ruth Nuzum, 1906-1997.

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Material by and about Warren Chappell from the collection of Ruth Nuzum, 1906-1997.

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The collection contains correspondence, chiefly with Herb Johnson and Ruth Nuzum; and a notebook and "want lists" kept by Nuzum. There are also articles by and about Chappell; a slide show and script concerning his work; an autobiography; original artwork; clippings about John Updike, and clippings and obituaries about Chappell; photographs; a handcolored map of the route to Chappell's house; posters; dustjackets and keepsakes. The collection also contains proofs, galleys, and original illustrations for William Saroyan's "Fables." Additional correspondents include Janet Anderson, Lydia Chappell, Malcolm Cowley, Elizabeth Easton, Anne Freudenberg, Flora and Franz Hess, Diana Klemin, Dr. Robert L. Leslie, William McCleery, Oak Knoll Books, Diantha Thorpe, and David Vander Meulen.

835 (ca.) items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7805258

University of Virginia. Library

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Chappell, Lydia

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Oak Knoll Books (Firm)

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Anderson, Janet A., 1934-

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Klemin, Diana.

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Art director at Doubleday from 1953 to 1987. Also editor of two anthologies of book illustration. From the description of Diana Klemin papers, 1963-1992. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 41434158 ...

Vander Meulen, David L.

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Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989

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American editor and writer. From the description of Letter to Matthew Bruccoli [manuscript], 1975 December 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812058 From the description of Papers of Malcolm Cowley [manuscript], 1969. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810601 From the description of Papers of Malcolm Cowley [manuscript], 1936-1955. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874698 Malcolm Cowley was an influential liter...

McCleery, William

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Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991

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American illustrator, type founder. From the description of Watercolor by Warren Chappell "Longnose the Dwarf" [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870994 From the description of Manuscript books illustrated by Chappell [manuscript], 1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870967 From the description of Illustrated letters [manuscript], 1975-1983. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647846181 Type desi...

Updike, John

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American novelist. From the description of Rich in Russia : corrected typescript signed, ca. 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552988 John Updike, born 18 March 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania, was a novelist, critic, short story writer, poet, essayist, and dramatist; he died 27 January 2009. From the description of John Updike letters and manuscript short story, "Killing," 1976-1981. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 6714887...

Thorpe, Diantha,

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Leslie, Robert L., 1885-1987

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Freudenberg, Anne

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Nuzum, Ruth.

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Malcolm Cowley was born Aug. 24, 1898, in Belsano, Pennsylvania. After living and attending school in and around Pittsburgh, he entered Harvard University at the age of 17. Sophomore year at Harvard, he dropped out briefly to join the American Field Service and served at the French front as a camion driver during World War I. In 1918 he returned to Harvard and graduated, living in the 1920's in both Paris and Greenwich Village, New York. After freelancing for a number of...

Hess, Flora,

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Hess, Franz

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Saroyan, William, 1908-1981

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Frances Ring was Editor at WESTWAYS in Los Angeles. From the description of Letters (and manuscripts and photos) to Frances Ring, 1970-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863419 Goldie Weisberg was a fellow writer whose work Saroyan had discovered in a literary magzine. Saroyan initiated the correspondence, which focuses on their respective reading, writing, and work lives. From the description of Correspondence with Goldie Weisberg, 1930-1938. (Unknown). Wor...

Easton, Elizabeth K. (Elizabeth Kieser)

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Johnson, Herbert Alan.

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