Series X. Media
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Consists mainly of letters by, to, or about Theodore Dreiser, as well as printed material, photographs, interviews and speeches of Dreiser, research notes of Dreiser scholar Robert Elias, clippings, microfilms, 1 audio tape, and 2 vols. of bound manuscripts. Includes copies of Dreiser's extensive correspondence with H.L. Mencken, and originals of many letters from Mencken to Elias; printed articles and stories which Dreiser published in The Bookman, Daily Worker, The Delineator, Famous Stories, Forum, The New York Herald Tribune, The New York Times, Pravda, Tass, and Vanity Fair, including articles in support of communism and organized labor; manuscripts of Dreiser's works The Bulwark and My Creator, and the outline of a play, Revolt; and correspondence (mainly typed copies of letters) with other writers. Includes phonograph records, and a short film of Dreiser in Westchester County, 1938.
Correspondents include Sherwood Anderson, Argus Book Shop, Louise Campbell, Sergei Dinamov, George Douglas, Helen Dreiser, James T. Farrell, Charles Fort, Frank Harris, Arthur Garfield Hays, Maude Wood Henry, Harold Hersey, John Huth, Alfred A. Knopf, William C. Lengel, Donald P. McCord, Esther McCoy, H.L. Mencken, Albert Mordell, George Jean Nathan, Grant Richards, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Simon & Schuster, Upton Sinclair, Thelma Cudlipp Whitman, and Huan Wilson.
The collection also includes one 7" reel sound recording (tape) and two CD's (one master and one use copy) of radio broadcasts. Also included is a videotape of Dreiser and Harriet Bissell at Mt. Kisco, N.Y., in May 1938, filmed by Robert Elias.
Dates
- 1897 - 1983
Creator
- From the Collection: Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. (Person)
- From the Collection: Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. (Person)
- From the Collection: Campbell, Louise, 1907- (Person)
- From the Collection: Dinamov, Sergei. (Person)
- From the Collection: Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970. (Person)
- From the Collection: Douglas, George. (Person)
- From the Collection: Dreiser, Helen Patges, -1955. (Person)
- From the Collection: Elias, Robert H. (Person)
- From the Collection: Harris, Frank, 1856-1931. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881-1954. (Person)
- From the Collection: Henry, Maude Wood. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hersey, Harold Brainerd, 1893-1956. (Person)
- From the Collection: Huth, John F. (Person)
- From the Collection: Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984. (Person)
- From the Collection: Lengel, William C. (William Charles), 1888-1965. (Person)
- From the Collection: McCord, Donald P. (Person)
- From the Collection: McCoy, Esther. (Person)
- From the Collection: Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. (Person)
- From the Collection: Mordell, Albert, 1885-1965. (Person)
- From the Collection: Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958. (Person)
- From the Collection: Richards, Grant, 1872-1948. (Person)
- From the Collection: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. (Person)
- From the Collection: Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. (Person)
- From the Collection: Whitman, Thelma Cudlipp, 1892- (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilson, Huan. (Person)
- From the Collection: Elias, Robert H. (Title of work: Theodore Dreiser, apostle of nature..) (Person)
- From the Collection: Elias, Robert H. (Title of work: Letters of Theodore Dreiser..) (Person)
- From the Collection: Argus Book Shop (Organization)
- From the Collection: Simon and Schuster, Inc (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
24.8 cubic feet.
1 videocassettes.
1 audiocassettes.
2 CDs.
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu