Papers of Christopher Darlington Morley [manuscript] 1915-53.

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Papers of Christopher Darlington Morley [manuscript] 1915-53.

Manuscripts are diaries, essays, stories, poems and novels, including diaries for portions of 1917, 1920, 1921, and 1923; novels The Trojan horse, 1937, The man who made friends with himself, 1949, and Pleased to meet you, 1927. For a full listing, see control folder [ca. 65 items. holograph & typescript signed]--Correspondence, 1915-53, concerns his editorship at the Ladies Home Journal; his character Kitty Foyle; publication of some of his works; and work on a limited edition of his book The palette knife, 1929 [ca. 70 items. holograph & typescript signed]--Photographs, 1938 & n.d. of Morley [2 items. black & white]--Miscellaneous items include pen & ink sketches by an unidentified artist for works by Morley and photocopies of title pages from books by Morley [20 items]. Correspondents include: John Randolph Bolling, William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite, Arthur Brentane, Grace Walcott Hazard Conkling, Benjamin DeCasseres, Mazo DeLaRoche, Walter Prichard Eaton, John C. Eckel, William Griffith, Frederick Allen King, Joseph Leventhal Harry Salpeter and Bouck White.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Griffith, William, 1876-1936

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Brentane, Arthur, 1858-1944,

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Eckel, John C., 1858-

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Bolling, John Randolph, 1862-1948,

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De Casseres, Benjamin, 1873-1945

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American author. From the description of Letter [manuscript]: New York, N.Y., Benjamin De Casseres to Erskine Caldwell, Mount Vernon, Maine, 1926 August 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844445 Author. From the description of Papers, 1904-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155456230 Benjamin De Casseres (1873-1945), a journalist and author, worked for various New York City newspapers writing columns and editorials. He also wrote poetr...

Conkling, Grace Hazard, 1878-1958

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Conkling graduated from Smith College in 1899, was further educated in Germany and France and taught school in Connecticut and New York. After her marriage to Roscoe Platt Conkling in 1905 they lived in Mexico. She taught at Smith College from 1914 to 1947. From the description of [Verses] [between 1920-1928] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100770 Smith College, Class of 1899. Smith College, Professor, English, 1914-1947. Poet. From the description of Gra...

Salpeter, Joseph Leventhal Harry, 1895-1967,

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Eaton, Walter Prichard, 1878-1957

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Author, drama critic, and educator. From the description of Correspondence of Walter Prichard Eaton [manuscript] 1901-56. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647942999 Walter P. Eaton: worked in the drama department, New York Tribune, 1902-1907; drama critic, New York Sun, 1907-1908; drama critic, American Magazine, 1909-1918; professor of playwriting, Yale University, 1933-1947; free-lance drama and theater critic; author. From the description of Walte...

DeLaRoche, Mazo, 1879-1961,

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Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962

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African American poet, critic, and editor; b. William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite. From the description of Papers, 1878-1962. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70956095 From the description of William Stanley Braithwaite collection, 1899-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965233 Braithwaite was an African-American poet, literary critic, and editor. He wrote reviews and criticism for the Boston Evening Transcript . From 1913 to 1929 he...

King, Frederick Allen, 1865-1939.

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Frederick Allen King (1865-1939) was editor of the Literary Digest in New York City from 1909 to 1933. From the description of Frederick Allen King papers, ca. 1888-1935. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122640146 From the guide to the Frederick Allen King papers, ca. 1888-1935, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

White, Bouck, 1874-1951

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Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...