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
- Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. (Person)
- Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. (Person)
- Campbell, Louise, 1907- (Person)
- Dinamov, Sergei. (Person)
- Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970. (Person)
- Douglas, George. (Person)
- Dreiser, Helen Patges, -1955. (Person)
- Elias, Robert H. (Person)
- Harris, Frank, 1856-1931. (Person)
- Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881-1954. (Person)
- Henry, Maude Wood. (Person)
- Hersey, Harold Brainerd, 1893-1956. (Person)
- Huth, John F. (Person)
- Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984. (Person)
- Lengel, William C. (William Charles), 1888-1965. (Person)
- McCord, Donald P. (Person)
- McCoy, Esther. (Person)
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. (Person)
- Mordell, Albert, 1885-1965. (Person)
- Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958. (Person)
- Richards, Grant, 1872-1948. (Person)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. (Person)
- Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. (Person)
- Whitman, Thelma Cudlipp, 1892- (Person)
- Wilson, Huan. (Person)
- Elias, Robert H. (Title of work: Theodore Dreiser, apostle of nature..) (Person)
- Elias, Robert H. (Title of work: Letters of Theodore Dreiser..) (Person)
- Argus Book Shop (Organization)
- Simon and Schuster, Inc (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
American author of the naturalist school, who began as a journalist and was also active in support of communism.
Extent
24.8 cubic feet.
1 videocassettes.
1 audiocassettes.
2 CDs.
Abstract
Consists mainly of letters by, to, or about Theodore Dreiser, as well as printed material, photographs, interviews and speeches of Dreiser and research notes of Dreiser scholar Robert Elias.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT
Printed material by Dreiser, printed material by other writers, and Dreiser's letters to others arranged in chronological order; letters and manuscripts by others arranged alphabetically by author; letters received by Elias arranged in chronological order.
Physical Description
Correspondence, printed material, photographs, interviews, speeches, research notes, clippings, microfilms, an audiotape, manuscripts, phonograph records, and a film.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, January 2003
- Date modified
- Marcie Farwell, February 2018
- American literature -- 20th century.
- American periodicals.
- Authors, American.
- Bissell, Harriet.
- Censorship -- United States.
- Domestic relations -- United States.
- Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
- Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. (Title of work: Genius..)
- Journalists -- United States.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Photographs.
- Portraits.
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- January 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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