John Daniel Cooke correspondence, 1927-1941

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Summary

Creators:
Cooke, John D. (John Daniel)
Abstract:
A collection of material related to John Daniel Cooke, professor of English at the University of Southern California during the first half of the twentieth century.
Extent:
1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. John Daniel Cooke correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains correspondence between John Daniel Cooke and several American and English authors and artists. Most of the correspondence concerns Cooke's attempts to find speakers for the University of Southern California's Phi Beta Kappa and Epsilon Phi lectures. Some of the correspondence also focuses on the connections between literature and film as Cooke taught a class on screenwriting and was actively interested in the field. Correspondents include Van Wyck Brooks, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Jessie Conrad, Homer Croy, Lloyd Cassel Douglas, Hamlin Garland, Lawrence Pearsall Jacks, Maurice Leonard Jacks, Aldous Huxley, Edgar Fogel Magnin, Conrad Nagel, John Boynton Priestly, George Winfield Scott, Mitlon Sills, Upton Sinclair, Hugh Walpole and Darryl Francis Zanuck.

Biographical / historical:

John Daniel Cooke (1892-1972) was a professor of English at the University of Southern California. He was born in Beloit, Kansas, the son of Edwin Willis Cooke and Sarah (Shutts) Cooke. In 1917 he was living in Palo Alto, California and in August he married Grace Steinberger, they had one daughter. After the death of his first wife in 1945, he married Marian Parr in Los Angeles, California. Cooke was a professor of English at the University of Southern California. He wrote on various literary subjects and edited the writings of others, and his publications include English Literature of the Victorian Period (1949) and Minor Victorian Poets (1928). He died at the age of 80 in Guadalajara, Mexico, and is buried in Glendale, California.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. John Daniel Cooke, March 1973.
Processing information:

Processed by Alan Jutzi in January 1975; in August 2025, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. John Daniel Cooke correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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