Guide to the Material pertaining to biography of Sinclair Lewis, 1952-1962
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Guide to the Material pertaining to biography of Sinclair Lewis, 1952-1962
Collection number: BANC MSS C-H 149
The Bancroft LibraryUniversity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- The Bancroft Library.
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
- Phone: (510) 642-6481
- Fax: (510) 642-7589
- Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
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- Processed by:
- The Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
- ca. 1962
- Encoded by:
- Charlotte Gerstein
Correspondence re Lewis, 1952-1962.
Scope and Content Note
A - D
E - Lh
Li - M
N - Z
Correspondence re the book after its publication, 1961-1962.
Scope and Content Note
A - L
M - Z
Working materials.
Scope and Content Note
Working materials (cont'd.)
Scope and Content Note
Photographs
Bibliographies and checklists
Interview notebooks kept by Schorer
Material re permissions and acknowledgments
Plot summaries of short stories by Lewis
Transcripts of his diaries, 1900-1907
Copy of script of "NBC Biography in Sound: Sinclair Lewis"
Manuscript, "I Visit Twin Farms," by Dale Warren
First draft of manuscript
Manuscript as submitted to the publisher
Printer's copy
Corrected galleys and page proofs
Proofs of illustrations
First unbound copy
Copies of books written by Lewis and about Lewis
Copies of the English and paperback editions; book reviews; and film (bibliographic)
Card Files
4 card files, "Working notes"
Scope and Content Note
Wooden card file, "Working bibliography"
Scope and Content Note
Copies of periodicals containing material about Lewis
Corrected copy of the biography (Schorer's corrections in ink)
Articles and speeches by Schorer about Lewis
"Main Street" ( American Heritage, v. XII, no. 6, Oct. 1961)
"Sinclair Lewis and the Nobel Prize" ( Atlantic, v. 208, no. 4, Oct. 1961)
Introductory remarks to a lecture called "Sinclair Lewis: Midwest Protest" given at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1961 (MS)
"The Burdens of Biography" - MS of Avery Hopwood Memorial Lecture delivered May 23, 1962, at Ann Arbor
Book-of-the-Month Club News, September 1961, announcing Schorer's book as the October selection
Schorer's list of correspondents and of manuscripts given in February 1963
Miscellany
Correspondence re permissions and additional folder of fan mail
Photographs
A Miscellany (single letters)
Allen, Robert Joseph, 1902-
Letter, Apr. 23, 1953
Arvin, Newton, 1900-
Letter, Mar. 18, 1959
Allen, Samuel Edward, 1873-
2 letters, 1954-1959
Aswell, Edward C. 1900-1958
See McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
B Miscellany (single letters)
Bacon, Peggy, 1895-
Letter, June 14, 1959
Ball, Lucille, 1911-
Letter, Jan. 7, 1957
Barrett, Clifton Waller
Letter, June 2, 1954
Basso, Hamilton, 1904-
Letter, Feb. 22, 1959
Benjamin, Curtis G, 1901-
Letter, Mar. 13, 1959
Bottome, Phyllis, 1884-
Letter, Aug. 25, 1959
Braider, Donald
Letter, Apr. 24, 1959
Bransten, Joseph M.
Letter, Apr. 11, 1960
Breasted, Charles
Letter, Jan. 17, 1957
Breit, Harvey
Letter, July 14, 1952
Brink, Carol (Ryrie), 1895-
Letter, Mar. 30, 1954
Bryson, Lyman, 1888-
Letter, Jan. 22, 1958
Babcock, Frederic, 1896-
4 letters, 1959-1960
Baker, Carlos Heard, 1909-
2 letters, 1954
Banning, Margaret Culkin, 1891-
3 letters, 1957
Barnes, Nellie
3 letters, 1954
Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel, 1893-
6 letters, 1960
Belgion, Montgomery
3 letters, 1959
Billwiller, Primrose Sandiford
4 letters, 1952
Binder, Dorothy (Walton)
2 letters, 1954 & n.d.
Brandt & Brandt
120 letters, 1952-1962. Written primarily by Carol Brandt.
Bunn, George Wallace, 1890-
3 letters, 1959 & n.d.
Butcher, Fanny
2 letters, 1959
C Miscellany (single letters)
Cain, James Mallahan, 1892-
Letter, Jan. 7, 1957
California. University, Berkeley. Library
Letter, June 14, 1961. Written by Donald Coney.
Cantwell, Robert Emmett, 1908-
Letter, Feb. 17, 1959
Carter, Hodding, 1907-
Letter, Feb. 7, 1959
Chidester, Ann, 1919-
Letter, July 22, 1956. Signed: Ann Chidester O'Meara
Clark, James Mitchell
Letter, Feb. 2, 1959
Connelly, Marcus Cook, 1890-
Letter, June 6, 1960
Conrad, Barnaby, 1922-
Letter, June 29, 1956
Cousins, Margaret, 1905-
Letter, Jan. 31, 1961
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-
Letter, Sept. 25, 1959
Cane, Melville Henry, 1879-
See Ernst, Cane & Berner
Cape, Jonathan
2 letters, 1958-1959
Cayton, Horace Roscoe
2 letters, 1959-1961
Cerf, Bennett Alfred, 1898-
5 letters, 1960
Cerwin, Herbert
2 letters, 1955-1961
Charnley, Mitchell Vaughn, 1898-
5 letters, 1953-1954
Collins, Alan C.
2 letters, 1959
Compton, Ida L
7 letters, 1954-1960
Cozzens, Bernice (Baumgarten) (Mrs. James Gould Cozzens)
3 letters, 1960
D Miscellany (single letters)
Davis, Curtis Carroll
Letter, Aug. 23, 1961
Degnan, June Oppen
Letter, Feb. 10, 1961
Dos Passos, John, 1896-
Letter, Feb. 18, 1959
Decker, Clarence Raymond, 1904-
2 letters, 1959
de Kruif, Paul, 1890-
5 letters, 1959
Derleth, August, 1909-
6 letters, 1958-1960
Dozier, William, 1908-
3 letters, 1957-1958
E Miscellany (single letters)
Evjue, William Theodore, 1882-
Letter, Jan. 18, 1954
Elias, Robert Henry, 1914-
2 letters, 1959
Ernst, Cane & Berner
65 letters, 1952-1962. Written primarily by Melville H. Cane.
Ernst, Morris Leopold, 1888-
2 letters, 1959-1961
F Miscellany (single letters)
Ferber, Edna
Letter, Jan. 11, 1957
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-
Letter, Jan. 8, 1958
Frere, Alexander Stewart, 1896-
Letter, July 6, 1953
Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-
2 letters, 1953
Fenton, Charles A.
15 letters, 1954-1960
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-
6 letters, 1958-1959
Forgue, Guy Jean
4 letters, 1958-1959
Frank, Waldo David, 1889-
2 letters, 1959
G Miscellany (single letters)
Galantiere, Lewis, 1895-
Letter, Jan. 8, 1959
Gelhorn, Martha
Letter, ca. Jan. 13, 1959
Gish, Lillian
Letter, n.d.
Goetz, Ruth Goodman
Letter, Feb. 17, 1954
Gregory, Horace
Letter, Nov. 5, 1959
Gunther, John, 1901-
Letter, Jan. 28, 1958
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-
See Yale University.
Gannett, Lewis Stiles, 1891-
4 letters, 1954-1956
Gill, Brendan, 1914-
2 letters, 1954-1955
Guthrie, Ramon
4 letters, 1953-1960
H Miscellany (single letters)
Hamilton, Hamish, 1900-
Letter, May 1, 1953
Harcourt, Alfred, 1881-1954
Letter, Oct. 25, 1953
Harcourt, Ellen Knowles (Mrs. Alfred Harcourt)
Letter, July 2, 1954
Harrison, Gilbert A., 1915-
Letter, Dec. 23, 1955
Hart, James David, 1911-
Letter, Apr. 9, 1959
Hart-Davis, Rupert
Letter, July 13, 1959
Hepburn, Katharine, 1909-
Letter, n.d.
Herron, Ima Homaker
Letter, Feb. 22, 1959
Hicks, Granville, 1901-
Letter, Mar. 1, 1959
Hornblow, Arthur, 1893-
Letter, n.d.
Haessler, Carl, 1888-
3 letters, 1959
Haggard, Edith
5 letters, 1958-1960
Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc.
10 letters, 1953-1962
Harris, Markham
2 letters, 1957-1959
Hepburn, Thomas N.
2 letters, 1958
Hersey, John, 1914-
3 letters, 1954-1960
Hillman, Serrell
13 letters, 1957-1960
Hoffman, Arthur Sullivant, 1876-
4 letters, 1957-1961
Huebsch, B. W.
7 letters, 1958-1960
I-J Miscellany (single letters)
Irwin, Inez (Haynes), 1873-
Letter, Apr. 27, 1959
Johnson, Nunnally, 1897-
Letter, Jan. 28, 1957
Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-
Letter, Oct. 10, 1960
Johansen, Gunnar
2 letters, 1954
Jones, Bessie (Zaban) (Mrs. Howard Mumford Jones)
4 letters, 1960
K Miscellany (single letters)
Knopf, Blanche (Wolf)
Letter, Dec. 4, 1958
L Miscellany (single letters)
Langner, Lawrence, 1890-
Letter, Mar. 24, 1959
Lehman, Benjamin Harrison, 1889-
Letter, Oct. 14, 1960
Lippman, Walter, 1889-
Letter, Dec. 11, 1956
Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-
Letter, Oct. 7, 1957
Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-
Letter, Jan. 6, 1956
Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-
Letter, Jan. 28, 1959
Lynn, Kenneth S.
Letter, Aug. 8, 1955
Lewis, Claude B.
4 letters, 1952-1954
Lewis, Grace Hegger
15 letters, 1959-1961. Signed Grace Hegger de Casanova and Grace Casanova.
[Library Correspondence]
Correspondence with libraries and other institutions possessing Sinclair Lewis materials.
Longwell, Daniel, 1899-
2 letters, 1959
Lyons, Leonard, 1906-
2 letters, 1959
M Miscellany (single letters)
McKelway, St. Clair
Letter, May 28, 1959
Marquand, John Phillips, 1893-
Letter, Feb. 17, 1959
Mayes, Herbert Raymond, 1900-
Letter, June 13, 1960
Mizener, Arthur Moore, 1907-
Letter, Nov. 4, 1959
Munson, Gorham
Letter, Jan. 14, 1959
McComas, Gene (Baker)
7 letters, 1954-1956
McCormick, Kenneth Dale, 1906-
3 letters, 1959
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
154 letters, 1952-1962. Include letters from Harold W. McGraw, Jr., Edward Aswell, Edward Kuhn, Robert Gutwillig and Sonia Levinthal.
Manfred, Frederick Feikema, 1912-
4 letters, 1953-1954
Maule, Harry Edward, 1886-
5 letters, 1958-1960
Mencken, Henry Louis, 1880-1956
3 letters, 1954-1956. Written for him by his secretary.
Murphy, Edward Francis, 1892-
2 letters, 1959
N Miscellany (single letters)
North, Sterling, 1906-
Letter, Jan. 26, 1954
Nowell, Elizabeth
Letter, Nov. 6, 1956
O Miscellany (single letters)
O'Hara, John, 1905-
Letter, Feb. 17, 1959
Olds, Irving S., 1887-1963
Letter, July 21, 1954
Perkins, Frances, 1882-
2 letters, 1958-1959
Powers, Marcella
9 letters, 1959-1961
R Miscellany (single letters)
Rogers, Samuel Greene Arnold, 1894-
Letter, Nov. 12, 1953
Runyon, Alfred Melton, 1905-
Letter, June 29, 1959
Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-
2 letters, 1958
Reyher, Ferdinand
3 letters, 1959
Rous, Peyton, 1879-
2 letters, 1955-1958
S Miscellany (single letters)
Schary, Dore, 1905-
Letter, Jan. 8, 1957
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, 1917-
Letter, Jan. 21, 1957
Secondari, John H.
Letter, Apr. 28, 1959
Sheean, Diana (Forbes-Robertson) [Mrs. Vincent Sheean]
Letter, Jan. 20, 1958
Sheean, Vincent, 1899-
Letter, Mar. 5, 1959
Shirer, William Lawrence, 1904-
Letter, June 11, 1960
Shulman, Max, 1919-
Letter, Mar. 11, 1959
Smith, Harrison, 1888-
Letter, Jan. 21, 1958
Smith, Henry Nash, 1906-
Letter, Feb. 16, 1959
Steele, Wilbur Daniel, 1886-
Letter, n.d.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-
Letter, Feb. 19, 1959
Stout, Rex Todhunter, 1886-
Letter, Nov. 6, 1955
Strong, Anna Louise
Letter, Aug. 30, 1957
Seldes, George
2 letters, 1959
Seldes, Gilbert, 1893-
5 letters, 1959
Shaplen, Robert
2 letters, 1959
Sions, Harry
2 letters, 1959
Smith, William Jay
2 letters, 1955-1961
Soule, George Henry, 1887-
2 letters, 1957
T Miscellany (single letters)
Thurber, James, 1894-1961
Letter, Aug. 11, 1955
Thompson, Dorothy, 1894-1961
30 letters, 1953-1961
Traeger, Cornelius Horace
3 letters, 1960-1961
Troubridge, Una Vincenzo
2 letters, 1953
U-Z Miscellany (single letters)
Ueland, Brenda
Letter, Dec. 29, 1956
Van Doren, Irita, 1891-
Letter, Jan. 29, 1959
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-
Letter, Jan. 9, 1959
Vorse, Mary (Heaton)
Letter, n.d.
West, Rebecca, pseud., 1892-
Letter, June 29, 1953
Weybright, Victor, 1903-
Letter, Feb. 16, 1959
White, Katharine (Sergeant), 1892-
Letter, July 28, 1955
White, Poppy (Cannon) [Mrs. Walter F. White]
Letter, Mar. 18, 1959
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-
Letter, Feb. 29, 1959
Williams, Ronald John, 1906-
Letter, Sept. 14, 1955
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-
Postcard, ca. Jan. 10, 1959
Wray, Fay
Letter, Jan. 8, 1957
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-
3 letters, 1956-1958
Warren, Dale
7 letters, 1958-1960
Werner, Morris Robert, 1897-
2 letters, 1958-1959
Yale University
36 letters, 1952-1961. Mainly from Donald C. Gallup, Curator, Collection of American Literature.
A - B Miscellany (single letters)
Babb, James Tinkham, 1899-
Letter, Oct. 31, 1961
Baker, Carlos Heard, 1909-
Letter, Oct. 13, 1961
Baker, Dorothy, 1907-
Letter, [Dec. 1961]
Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel, 1893-
Letter, Oct. 22, 1961
Busch, Niven, 1903-
Letter, Oct. 24, 1961
Belgion, Montgomery
6 letters, 1962
Bliven, Bruce, 1889-
2 letters, 1961
C-D Miscellany (single letters)
Caen, Herbert Eugene, 1916-
Letter, Sept. 27, 1961
Cane, Melville Henry, 1879-
Letter, Oct. 30, 1961
Cayton, Horace Roscoe
Letter, Oct. 11, 1961
Cerf, Bennett Alfred, 1898-
Letter, Oct. 11, 1961
Chidester, Ann, 1919-
Letter, Nov. 26, 1961
De Kruif, Eleanor (Mrs. Paul de Kruif)
Letter, [Dec. 1961]
Derleth, August, 1909-
Letter, Sept. 16, 1961
Conrad, Barnaby, 1922-
2 letters, 1961
E-G Miscellany (single letters)
Frank, Waldo David, 1889-
Letter, Apr. 1962
Gannett, Lewis Stiles, 1891-
Letter, Jan. 27, 1962
Gaus, John Merriman, 1894-
Letter, Mar. 3, 1962
Guthrie, Ramon
Letter, Aug. 11, 1961
Gunther, John, 1901-
2 letters, 1961
H-I Miscellany (single letters)
Haggard, Edith
Letter, Sept. 26, 1961
Harris, Mark
Letter, June 27, 1962
Hersey, John, 1914-
Letter, Nov. 17, 1961
Huebsch, B. W.
Letter, June 28, 1962
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-
Letter, ca. Nov. 10, 1961
J-K Miscellany (single letters)
Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-
Letter, Sept. 2, 1961
Katkov, Norman
Letter, Oct. 21, 1961
Kent, Sherman, 1903-
Letter, June 1, 1962
Kerr, Clark, 1911-
Letter, n.d.
L Miscellany (single letters)
Laughlin, James, 1914-
Letter, Oct. 2, 1961
Lehman, Benjamin Harrison, 1889-
Letter, Feb. 3, 1962
Lehman, Henriette (Blanding)
Letter, Dec. 6, 1961
Loeb, Harold
Letter, Dec. 17, 1961
M Miscellany (single letters)
Miller, Nolan
Letter, Sept. 19, 1961
Murphy, Edward Francis, 1892-
Letter, Oct. 17, 1961
McComas, Gene (Baker)
2 letters, 1961
N-R Miscellany (single letters)
Orton, Vrest Teachout, 1897-
Letter, Feb. 8, 1962
S-T Miscellany (single letters)
Seldes, George
Letter, Sept. 26, 1961
Sinclair, Upton Beall, 1878-
Letter, Sept. 17, 1961
Snow, Charles Percy, 1905-
Letter, Nov. 22, 1961
U-Z Miscellany (single letters)
Warren, Austin, 1899-
Letter, Nov. 20, 1961
Weybright, Victor, 1903-
Letter, Oct. 10, 1961
White, Katharine (Sergeant), 1892-
Letter, Dec. 13, 1961
Updegraff, Allan
5 letters, 1961-1962
Warren, Dale
4 letters, 1960-1961