Call Number:

C0026

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

12 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Richard Powell Novels, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1956-1970 (inclusive)

Creator:

Powell, Richard, 1908-1999.

Form:

Fiction -- 20th century., Galley Proofs (Printing) -- 20th century., Manuscripts (for publication) -- 20th century., and Novelists, American -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists of manuscript notes, typescripts with autograph corrections, and galley proofs to eight novels by Richard Powell (Princeton Class of 1930).

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Powell graduated from Princeton University in 1930 and then worked at the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger newspaper. After ten years, he joined the advertising agency N. W. Ayer & Son. Following service on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff during World War II, he returned to N.W. Ayer, where he rose to vice president of information services in 1952. In the 1940s, Powell began writing fiction and in 1958 was able to devote himself to writing full time. His first published books were Inner Sanctum Mysteries, published from 1943 to 1955. His major publishing debut, The Philadelphian in 1957, spent more than six months on the bestseller list. Richard Powell died on December 8, 1999 in Fort Myers, Florida. [from Wikipedia]

The collection consists of manuscript notes, typescripts with autograph corrections, and galley proofs to eight novels of Richard Powell (Princeton Class of 1930)-- Daily and Sunday, Don Quixote, U.S.A., I Take This Land, The Philadelphian, Pioneer, Go Home, The Soldier, Tickets to the Devil, and Whom the Gods Would Destroy--and the art work and cover layouts for four of them.