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Joseph D. Bennett Papers

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0041
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
6 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Joseph D. Bennett Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1951-1973 (inclusive)
Creator:
Bennett, Joseph D. (Joseph Deericks), 1922-1972
Form:
Fiction -- United States -- 20th century.
Abstract:
Joseph D. Bennett was an author in the first part of the twentieth-century and co-founder of The Hudson Review. His papers include drafts of his work, correspondence with family, photographs, papers of other people, and a copy of his will.

Bennett, Joseph D. (Joseph Deericks), 1922-1972

Joseph Bennett was born on January 26, 1922, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1943, and continued there for his post-graduate studies through 1946. While interested in piano and skin diving, Bennett also served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1946. After the war, Bennett began to work with Willington & Co., a New York investment bank. Also in 1946, Bennett co-founded The Hudson Review. He also wrote some books of his own, including Baudelaire: A Criticism (1944, 1946 2nd ed.), Decembrist (1951), and Luxury Cruise (1962). Bennett died in 1972.

The collection consists of various drafts--most of which are incomplete--for several works of fiction of Bennett (Princeton Class of 1943), as well as poems, travel writings, transcripts of radio broadcasts, photographs, documents, printed material, and papers of other persons. Novels represented are In the Shadow of Etna, Sons of Rich Men, Strawberry Leaves, and The Trevor and Townshend Fortunes; his novel Luxury Cruise is represented by reviews, advertisements, and a hardbound copy of the book, but only a synopsis of it exists in holograph form. In addition, there are his letters to Dr. and Mrs. Percy Wood and a copy of his will.

The following standard abbreviations, or their variations, are used to identify materials in this collection: ALS = autograph letter signed, TLS = typed letter signed, ACS = autograph card signed, AMsS = autograph manuscript signed, and TMsS = typed manuscript signed.

Gift of Dr. Percy H. Wood, Jr.

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This collection was processed by Jenel Cantore in 1998. Finding aid written by Jenel Cantore in 1998. Biography written by Alyxandra Cullen, '09. Additions to this collection from the Hudson Review Archives (C1091) were made in November 2009.

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Place

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Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Jenel Cantore
Finding Aid Date
1998
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of manuscripts and notes for works such as "In the Shadow of Etna," "Strawberry Leaves," "Trevor and Townshend Fortunes," and "Jane" as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Physical Description

5 boxes

Cholula: AMs, incomplete, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Cry of the Wind: AMs, incomplete, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The House of the Sun: AMs, incomplete, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Idyll: AMs, incomplete, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

In the Shadow of Etna: AMs, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

In the Shadow of Etna: (Etna II), AMs, 2 TMs (carbon), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

In the Shadow of Etna: (Etna III), AMs, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

In the Shadow of Etna: (Etna IV), AMs, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

In the Shadow of Etna: (Etna V), AMs, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

In the Shadow of Etna: TMs (photostat), incomplete, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Luxury Cruise: AMs synopsis, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Luxury Cruise: hardback copy of book, NY Times advertisement, and notes on books progress from Scribners, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rejuvenatio--De Soto Fountain of Youth: TMs with holograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A Shout in the Street: AMs, incomplete, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Sons of Rich Men: TMs with autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strawberry Leaves: TMs with holograph corrections, outline, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strawberry Leaves: AMs, outline, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strawberry Leaves: TMss (carbons), outline, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strawberry Leaves: TMs (carbon) with holograph corrections, earlier draft, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strawberry Leaves: TMs (carbon) with holograph corrections, pp. 1-33 and miscellaneous pages, earlier draft, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strawberry Leaves: TMs (carbon) with holograph corrections, pp. 1-37, earlier draft, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strawberry Leaves: TMss (carbons) with holograph corrections, pp. 1-34 (ea.), later drafts, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strawberry Leaves: TMs with holograph corrections, TMs (carbon) with holograph corrections, miscellaneous pages, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Strawberry Leaves: TMs with holograph corrections, TMs (carbon) with holograph corrections, AMs, miscellaneous pages, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A Tree a Trellis: AMs, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trevor and Townshend Fortunes: TMs (carbon) with holograph correction, outline, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trevor and Townshend Fortunes: TMs with holograph corrections, background to present day, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trevor and Townshend Fortunes: TMs (carbon), "Philip Townshend--Ambitions for Purposeful Life", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trevor and Townshend Fortunes: TMs (photocopy) with AMs notes, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trevor and Townshend Fortunes: TMs (carbon) with holograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trevor and Townshend Fortunes: AMs notes, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trevor and Townshend Fortunes: TMs (carbon), miscellaneous pages, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trevor and Townshend Fortunes: TMs with holograph corrections, "The Life and Lamentations of Grace Trevor", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Unidentified writings, AMss, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"A Greek Island ": author's printed proof of poem, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"A View of the Orient " (also titled " Infiltrations "): AMss of poem, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Ampharete ": TMsS of poem, 3 pp., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Avatars": TMss (carbons), AMss of poem, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Ch'ing Dynasty ": TMss (1 TMsS) and AMs of poem, some with autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Here in the South": TMs and TMs (carbon) of poem, 7 pp., with some autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Hudson Review: author's proof of a Letter to the Editor and Bennett's response, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"In the Crypt ": TMss and AMs of poem, some with autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"In the Subtropics": TMss of poem with autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Jane ": TMss and AMs of poem with some autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Janie": AMs, 12 pp., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Keralakumari ": TMs of poem, 2 pp., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"A Marriage ": TMss of poem, some with autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Pontifical Gallery ": TMss (1 TMsS) and AMss of poem with autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Reproduction ": TMss (1 TMsS) and AMss of poem, 3 pp., some with autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Sun Country ": TMsS of poem, 3 pp., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Theory and Practice of Hubbly-Bubbly": TMs, 2 pp., and AMs, 4 pp., with corrections, and notes, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Virgin Birth ": TMss (1 TMsS) and AMss of poem with autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Untitled poem drafts, AMss, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"A Cambodian Diary": 4 TMss with some autograph corrections, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Diary of the Azores, Porto Santo, and Madeira": 3 TMss with autograph corrections and miscellaneous pages, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Extracts from an Asian Diary": TMs and AMs drafts, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"A Japanese Diary": TMs and TMs (carbon), pp. 1-15, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Tomb of the Diver: An Italian Diary": 3 TMss with autograph corrections and miscellaneous pages, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Excerpts from a travel journal of India and Egypt: AMs, incomplete, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Excerpts from a travel journal of India (Madurai) and notes about India: AMss incomplete, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Azores diary notebook: AMs in a bound notebook, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"From a Ceylon Diary" and "The Tomb of the Diver: An Italian Diary": AMss in a bound notebook, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Japan diary and other material (including a TL to Time magazine and a AL draft in notebook): AMs in a bound notebook, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous diaries, writings and notes: AMss, TMss, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists primarily of notes related to works of Joseph Bennett.

Arrangement

Arranged by genre.

Physical Description

3 boxes

Notes, dates not examined. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

Miscellaneous writings and notes, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Lists, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Whinnie Foster, Marguerite Labouret, Charles Russell, and Dick Walsh among others.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Physical Description

1 box

Physical Description

1 box

Agnes, ALS, 1962 February 4. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"ANF", TD, 1962. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Ed", TLS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Ammon], C, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Betti], TLS, 1966 May 2. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[El], ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Grace, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Joe], ALS, 1951 August 21. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Josephine, ALS, 1962 January 10. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Juydam], ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Karen, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Mary?], ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Millicent, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nancy, TL, 1961 December 29. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Abraham & Straus, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Abrams, Sol, 6 ALsS, 5 TLsS, 1 newspaper clipping, 1962. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Alog[ier], Jack, TLS, 1962 February 7. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Arthur and Anne, ALS, 1962 February 21. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Atlantic Monthly (signed, TLS, 1961 December 31. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Barkham, John, TLS, 1962 January 18. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bartlett, Martha, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Boykin, Pearl, ANS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Braziller, George, TLS, 1 printed document, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Breit, Harvey, ACS, 1962 January 3. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Buck, Polly, 2 ALsS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Bull], Rosemary, ALS, 1962. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Burnett, Murray, 2 TLsS, 1962. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Carton, Lucile and Bill, C, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cochran, Tom, TLS, 1962 April 5. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Coffin, Patricia, 2 TLsS, 1962. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cronson, Ethel, ALS, 1962 February 28. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Curley, W. J. P., Jr., TLS, 1962 February 20. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Diebald, Elmer, ALS, 1962 February 8. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Diebold, Michael, TLS, proof, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dos Santos, David, ALS, 1971 January 26. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Doubleday & Company, Inc., ANS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

E. F. Hutton & Company, TLS, 1962 March 6. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Eitingon, Mira, TLS, 1962 May 7. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Elliot, Elly, 2 ALsS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Finkel, Morris M., ALS, 1962 March 7. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fitzgerald, Ed and [Pegeen], ANS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Flejlos], Liz, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Foster, Whinnie, TLS, 1962 January 28. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Friedman, Lillian, TL (fragment), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Griffinger, Mrs. T. A., ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hayman, Pete, ALS, 1961 December 30. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hills, Rust, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Horlinger], Kitty, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Johnson, Grace, 2 ACsS, 1962 August 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

La Vallee, Bill, TLS, 1962 February 8. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Labouret, Marguerite, ALS, 1962 March 29. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lastfogel, Abe, TLS, 1962 January 15. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Levin, Martin, TLS, 1962 March 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lewis, Alfred ("Alisbee"), ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Manfred, Ernest F., ALS, 1962 March 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mann, Gertrude, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

March, Fredric, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mesla, [Pala], ANS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Millard, Elaine], ALS, 1962 March 16. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miller, Gilbert, TLS, 1962 February 5. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miller, Kitty, ALS, 1962 January 3. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mills, Robert P., 2 TLsS, 1966. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nalle, Horace D, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Parmental, Noel E., Jr., TLS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Parran, Veolate B., ALS, TLS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Posner, Samuel, TLS, 1962 April 12. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Quarry, M., ALS, 1962 January 27. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Ramaly], Bets, ALS, 1962 March 6. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Rumney], Janet, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Russell, Charles, ALS, 1962 January 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Schafer, Edie Nalle, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Scribner Book Store, AC, 1962 May 4. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sonnenberg, Benjamin, TLS, 1962 January 22. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Stanton, Mary E., Cs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Stout, Rex, TLS, 1962 March 2. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[T., Georgie], ANS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Anne, TLS, 1962 April 3. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Towne, Maria, 2 TLsS, 1, 1962. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Walsh, Dick, TD, 1962 January 18. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Warner], C. G. K., 2 ALsS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Weindling, Liana and Lester, ACS, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Weston, Alice, TLS, 1962 March 15. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wood, Allen, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Wood, Mrs. P. H., Jr., 7 ALsS, 11 Cs, 1964-1978. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Wood, Peto, C, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Zimbalist, Mrs. Sam (Mary), ALS, 1962 January 9. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unknown Author, ALS, 1962 February 17. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Unknown Author, ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Unknown Author, C, 1967 December 20. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Unknown Author, TLS, 1962 April 6. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of transcripts for radio broadcasts by or related to Joseph Bennett.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

TMss, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of documents of or related to Joseph Bennett.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

Documents, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of photographs of or related to Joseph Bennett.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

Photographs, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of printed matter, primarily related to "Luxury Cruise."

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

2 boxes

Printed Material, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Printed Material re Luxury Cruise, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Printed Material, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of papers of individuals other than Joseph Bennett.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

Papers of Other Persons, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes TLS (1973) by Frederick Morgan to "Dr. and Mrs. Percy Wood" with accompanying memorandum about the proposed "Bennett Award," a literary prize to be awarded by The Hudson Review in memory of Joseph Bennett.

Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest