Lo-Rose
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Consists mainly of correspondence, including letters by Sullivan (chiefly from 1925-1945), mostly personal, but some concerning publication of his books and articles for the New York World, the New Yorker, and the Saturday Evening Post. Includes correspondence with J.M. Dent & Sons about Sullivan's book Sullivan at Bay (London, 1939); with George Oppenheimer at Viking Press about Frank Sullivan Through the Looking-Glass, which Oppenheimer edited; and with other journalists and editors, especially New Yorker staff. Also included are issues of the Cornell Daily Sun and program for Cornell events from 1910-1914; programs for plays performed at the Lyceum Theater, Ithaca, N.Y., from 1912-1913; and essays Sullivan wrote for an English course at Cornell in 1912, with his professor's comments.
Correspondents include William Jacob Cuppy, Margaret Feldman, Corey Ford, Ann Honeycutt, J.M. Dent & Sons, Kenneth Kirkpatrick, Adele Lovett, George Oppenheimer, Harold Ross, Alison Smith, E.B. White, Katharine Sergeant White, Alexander Woollcott; Little, Brown & Co., Gus Lobrano, James Thurber, and P.G. Wodehouse. Also included are 3 letters to Sullivan from James Cagney and 2 letters to him from Eleanor Roosevelt.
Dates
- 1910-1972.
Creator
- From the Collection: Sullivan, Frank, 1892-1976. (Person)
- From the Collection: Cagney, James, 1899-1986. (Person)
- From the Collection: Cuppy, Will, 1884-1949. (Person)
- From the Collection: Feldman, Margaret. (Person)
- From the Collection: Ford, Corey, 1902-1969. (Person)
- From the Collection: Honeycutt, Ann. (Person)
- From the Collection: Kirkpatrick, Kenneth. (Person)
- From the Collection: Lobrano, Gustav Stubbs. (Person)
- From the Collection: Lovett, Adele. (Person)
- From the Collection: Oppenheimer, George. (Person)
- From the Collection: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. (Person)
- From the Collection: Ross, Harold Wallace, 1892-1951. (Person)
- From the Collection: Smith, Alison. (Person)
- From the Collection: White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985. (Person)
- From the Collection: White, Katharine Sergeant Angell. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975. (Person)
- From the Collection: Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943. (Person)
- From the Collection: J.M. Dent & Sons (Organization)
- From the Collection: Little, Brown and Company (Organization)
- From the Collection: Viking Press (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
5.2 cubic feet. (5.2 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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