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James Gould Cozzens Papers, 1878-1978
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James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978), author of fourteen novels and numerous short stories, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the Kent School, and after his graduation in 1922 he went on to Harvard University. While attending Harvard, he published his first novel, Confusion, in 1924. A few months later, he withdrew from Harvard for reasons of health and finances. He moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where he wrote his next novel, Michael Scarlett. Like Confusion, it was not well received. He relocated to Cuba, where he began to write short stories. His experiences there provided material for later stories and novels, but he resigned after only a brief period as he felt that his writing career was stagnating. Though he published two more novels, his career did not improve until 1927, when he married Sylvia Bernice Baumgarten, a literary agent who successfully guided his career for the rest of her life.
Cozzens published ten more novels and a volume of short stories entitled Children and Others. He was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and won many awards, including the O. Henry Award in 1931 for "A Farewell to Cuba" and again in 1936 for "Total Stranger," the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for Guard of Honor, and the William Dean Howells medal in 1960 for By Love Possessed. However, none of his works achieved great success or popularity and Cozzens increasingly withdrew from society. As the years went on, he displayed a loss of appetite for living and an interest in suicide which pervaded his diaries. In 1978, he died in a hospital in Stuart, Florida, of cancer of the spine.
1903 Born on August 19 in Chicago, Illinois 1916 Entered the Kent School 1922 Graduated from Kent School; entered Harvard University 1924 Published Confusion; withdrew from Harvard University 1925 Published Michael Scarlett 1927 Married Sylvia Bernice Baumgarten 1928 Published Cock Pit 1929 Published Son of Perdition 1931 Published S.S. San Pedro; received O. Henry Award for "A Farewell to Cuba" 1933 Published The Last Adam 1934 Published Castaway 1936 Published Men and Brethren; received O. Henry Award for "Total Stranger" 1940 Published Ask Me Tomorrow 1942 Published The Just and the Unjust 1948 Published Guard of Honor 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Guard of Honor 1957 Published By Love Possessed 1960 William Dean Howells Medal for By Love Possessed 1964 Published Children and Others, a volume of short stories 1968 Published Morning Noon and Night 1978 Died on August 9 in Stuart, Florida
The collection illustrates the literary and military careers of Cozzens in manuscripts, notebooks, diaries (1920-1970), war journals (1911-1945), correspondence (general, family, and business), documents, memorabilia, clippings, and photographs. Ten of his novels Ask Me Tomorrow, By Love Possessed, Castaway, Guard of Honor, The Just and the Unjust, The Last Adam, Men and Brethren, Morning Noon and Night, Son of Perdition, S. S. San Pedro—as well as short stories, poetry, articles, and introductions, are represented by drafts, typescripts with author's corrections, and/or galleys.
Cozzens's correspondence with his mother, Bertha Wood Cozzens, covers almost 40 years (1917-1953); other correspondents include Carlos Baker, Saul Bellow, Matthew Bruccoli, Erskine Caldwell, Granville Hicks, William Jovanovich, Oliver La Farge, Richard M. Ludwig, Arthur Mizener, and John O'Hara. Also included is military material, such as transcripts of press conferences, correspondence, manuals, and Cozzens's Air Force file.
In addition, there are seventeen letters to John Abbott regarding problems with the publisher B. J. Brimmer & Co. (1924-1926), fourteen letters and one postcard to Richard M. Ludwig (1957-1975), two letters to Pat Lawler (1958), and one lettter to Pearson (1968).
Abbreviations used, mostly in correspondence:
JGC: James Gould Cozzens (had a great-uncle by the same name; is clearly marked as such)
BWC: (Mary) Bertha Wood Cozzens (1875-1953) JGC's mother
MEW: Mary Eliza Wood JGC's maternal grandmother
HWC: Henry William Cozzens, Jr. (1866-1920) JGC's father
Note: JGC married Sylvia Bernice Baumgarten. She is sometimes referred to as Sylvia and other times referred to as Bernice. Her professional name (as a literary agent) was "Bernice Baumgarten".
Manuscripts of Cozzens found in the collection came to print in the following publications: Ask Me Tomorrow (NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940), By Love Possessed (NY: Harcourt, 1957), Castaway (NY: Random House, 1934), Children and Others (NY: Harcourt, 1964), Cock Pit (NY: W. Morrow & Company, 1928), Confusion (Boston: B. J. Brimmer Company, 1924), Guard of Honor (NY: Harcourt, 1948), The Just and the Unjust (NY: Harcourt, 1942), The Last Adam (NY: Harcourt, 1933), Men and Brethren (NY: Harcourt, 1936), Morning Noon and Night (NY: Harcourt, 1968), S.S. San Pedro (NY: Harcourt, 1931), The Son of Perdition (NY: W. Morrow, 1929).
The collection developed from numerous gifts from James Gould Cozzens beginning in 1957 and continuing till 1970.
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- American fiction -- 20th century
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Diaries
- Mothers and sons -- United States -- 20th century
Occupation
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Collection Inventory
Consists of novels, short stories, poetry and articles written by James Gould Cozzens as well as works by others.
Arranged by genre of material.
Physical Description21 boxes
Consists of manuscripts for novels of James Gould Cozzens, including Ask Me Tomorrow, Castaway, Guard of Honor, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Physical Description17 boxes
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1 folderTyped manuscript. Carbon, with author's corrections.
1 folderTyped manuscript. Carbon, with author's corrections.
1 folderTyped manuscript. Carbon, with author's corrections.
1 folderTyped manuscript. Carbon, with author's corrections.
1 folderTyped manuscript. Carbon, with author's corrections.
1 folderTyped manuscript. Carbon, with author's corrections.
1 folderTyped manuscript. Carbon, with author's corrections.
1 folderTyped manuscript. Carbon, with author's corrections.
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1 folderWith pencil sketch
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Two Drafts: Ronshaugen v. Kelley, pp. a-c, and Ann on Her Mother, pp. 4-13.
Physical Description1 folderTyped manuscripts
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Also includes autograph fragment (Judge Lowe) and draft (Citing the Executor).
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Also includes 5 pages of autograph notes.
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1 folder2 typed manuscripts (replaced)
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Also includes 1 TLS from Walter M. Mirisch to Ben Benjamin.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folderMimeographed
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Also includes 2 TLS from William Jovanovich (Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.) to JGC.
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1 folderBooklet
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1 folderTyped manuscript, carbon
Also includes 2 letters to JGC from Cass, 1969; 1 letter from JGC, 1969.
Physical Description1 folderTyped manuscript
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Also includes photocopy with JGC's comments.
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Includes 1 letter from Burke, Jeanne (for Henry Hart), 1 letter to JGC, 1961, and 1 letter from JGC to Hart, Henry, undated.
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Includes 1 letter to JGC, 1957; 1 letter to John Fischer (Harper's), 1957; 1 letter from Carol Brandt to Bernice, undated.
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Includes 2 letters to JGC and 1 letter from JGC.
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Includes 3 letters to JGC and 1 letter from JGC.
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1 typed letter to JGC, signed.
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Includes 4 letters to JGC, undated; 1 letter from JGC, 1947; 2 letters from JGC, undated; and 2 letters from Robinson, Charles C. (Robby) to JGC, 1947-1949.
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Includes 1 letter from Ackerman, Carl W. (Columbia University) to JGC; 1 letter from JGC: and 1 typed letter from Jacobs, Albert C. (Columbia University) to JGC.
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1 folderTyped manuscript, carbon
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1 letter to JGC.
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6 letters to JGC, 1932-1933; 3 letters from JGC, 1932-1933; Also 1 letter to Read from Frederick G. Miller, 1933; 1 letter to Read from C. H. Halliday, 1933; 1 letter to Halliday from JGC, 1933.
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Includes 4 letters to JGC and 3 letters from JGC; also includes flap copy for new edition.
Physical Description1 folderTyped manuscript
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1 folderXerox copy of proofs with author's corrections
1 folderXerox copy of proofs with author's corrections
1 folderXerox copy of proofs with author's corrections
1 folderXerox copy of proofs with author's corrections
1 folderXerox copy of proofs with author's corrections
1 folderTyped manuscripts, carbons
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Includes Longmans' advertisement in The Bookseller, 1969 January 11, and copy of New York Times advertisement, 1970.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes 1 typed letter, signed, to Bernice, 1968, with copies of clippings attached.
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1 folderTyped manuscript, carbon
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Includes 1 typed letter, signed, from Jorge Mañach, 1929; 3 typed letters, signed, from to JGC, 1933; 1 typed letter to JGC, 1933; (Hedgerow Theatre) 3 letters from JGC, 1933; and also a theatre schedule and program.
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Consists of manuscripts for "Children and Others" and "Fast Falls the Eventide" (alternate title: "A Skyborn Music").
Arranged alphabetically by title.
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1 folderTyped manuscript
1 folder3 typed manuscripts
1 folderTyped manuscript
"A Short History of the World": 3 manuscripts, fragment; "Smiling Willy": 5 manuscripts, fragment; cf. Part Two, "Away at School."
Physical Description1 folderTyped and autograph manuscripts
1 folderTyped manuscript
Cf. "My Love to Marcia."
Physical Description1 folder3 typed and 2 autograph manuscripts
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Includes 1 letter to Bernice, 1965, with clipping, and 1 letter from Hurley, Patricia (Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc.) to JGC, 1964, with 2 clippings.
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Includes 1 letter from Frederick Crews to JGC; 1 letter from JGC; also copies of both; 1 letter from Winifred Dueringer to JGC; 1 L from JGC; 1 letter from Paul W. Ferris to Editor, New York Times Book Review; Thirlwall.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes 1 letter to JGC; 1 L from JGC; also 1 L to Editor, New York Times Book Review; copy of New York Times Book Review, 1964 August 2.
Physical Description1 folder
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Alternate title: A Skyborn Music, 1957.
Physical Description1 box
1 folderTyped and autograph manuscripts
Includes Title Page, Table of Contents, and autograph notes
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Also includes four clippings on plane crashed.
Physical Description1 folderTyped manuscript
1 folder4 autograph manuscripts
1 folderAutograph manuscript
6 autograph manuscripts, fragment. Also includes 3 newspaper clippings on Communism amnd "100 Things You Should Know About Communism in the U. S. A.", a booklet published by the U. S. House of Representative Committee on Un-American Activities.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folder
Also includes review by W. W. Williams in the Yale Daily News, 1925 June 6.
Physical Description1 folderTearsheets
1 folderAutograph and typed manuscripts
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"Foot in It" first published in Redbook Magazine 65:4 1935 August, pp. 28-29.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folderClipping
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1 folder4 typed manuscripts
1 folderAutograph and typed manuscripts
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderTyped and autograph manuscripts
1 folderAutograph manuscript
1 folderTyped manuscript
1 folder3 typed manuscripts
1 folderTyped manuscripts, carbon
1 folderTyped manuscript
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1 folderTypescript
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Consists of manuscripts for poetry, including "Lord Kitchener," "Where Angels Fear to Tread," and "The Winged Foot," as well as others.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 box
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1 folderTyped manuscripts, carbon
"A Democratic School": article in The Atlantic Monthly, 1920 March; "The Trust in Princes": The Harvard Advocate), 1922-1923; "Remember the Rose": short story; "Blue Seas": Palms, 1923; "The Long Elusion": Casements, 1923. Also includes 1 typed letter from Witter Bynner to JGC, 1923
Physical Description1 folder
Includes "Romanesque" (The Kent Quarterly, 1923-1925): "A PO TIHK PIA"; "The Point of View" (article); (The Dial, 1923); "Much Ado About Nothing" (book reviews written for Cuthbert Wright); (The Winged Foot, 1927-1928); "What You Should Know About the Club Library", 3 "Notes from the Club Library", "The Library Talk for the Month".
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of manuscripts for articles, including "Notes on a Difficulty of Law by One Unlearned in It" and "A Men's Rea (or Something)," as well as others and related correspondence.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 box
1 folderTyped manuscripts
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1931. pp. ix-xii, copy and comments written later.
Physical Description1 folderCorrected typescript and Xerox of publication
(Boston: B. J. Brimmer Co., 1925); book not published.
Physical Description1 folderXerox of proof sheets
1 folderTyped manuscript, carbon
1 folderTypescript and publication
1 folderTyped fragment, corrected typescript
1 folderTyped manuscript, corrected carbon
Includes 1 letter from Robert V. Breen to JGC, 1966; 1 letter from JGC to Breen, 1966; 10 letters from Webster Schott (Hallmark Cards) to JGC, 1964-1967; 6 letters from JGC to Schott, 1964-1967; 4 letters from Dorothy Stemler to JGC, 1964-1966; 1 letter from JGC to Stemler, 1965.
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Consists primarily of general criticisms of James Gould Cozzens written by other authors.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Also includes 1 letter to JGC and 1 letter from JGC.
Physical Description1 folderTyped manuscript, carbon
(Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1966) (Number 58 in series of U of M Pamphlets on American Writers): Autographed copy; also includes 1 letter from JGC, 1966.
Physical Description1 folder
Also 1 letter from JGC, 1959.
Physical Description1 folderPrinted copy of sermon
1 folderTyped manuscript, Xerox
1 folderUncorrected proofs
1 folderTyped manuscript, Xerox
1 folderTyped manuscript, Xerox
pp. 72-74, 76, 78, cover story; with comments by JGC, 1977
Physical Description1 folderXerox
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Offprint from American Scholar 27:1 winter 1957-1958, pp. 92-99: Autographed copy.
Physical Description1 folder
Book published by Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York.
Physical Description1 folder
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Levin's article published in Publishers' Weekly 1963 April 22, p. 30; also includes Saturday Reviews 1963 April 20, pp. 4, 6 and typed manuscript fragment on Dwight MacDonald.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folderTyped manuscript
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1 folderTyped manuscript, Xerox
Consists of personal and family correspondence as well as business and legal correspondence.
Arranged by genre of correspondence.
Physical Description14 boxes
Consists of personal correspondence between James Gould Cozzens and individuals such as M. Estelle Angier, Frederick Bracher, and William Jovanovich. Also includes correspondence with publishers, such as Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc and educational institutions, such as Princeton University.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description7 boxes
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Includes 4 letters to JGC and 2 letters from JGC.
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1 folderIncludes photographs
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Includes Bruccoli's 17-page essay on Cozzens.
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2 letters to JGC.
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2 letters to JGC.
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Includes 1 letter to JGC, 1928, and 14 letters to JGC, circa 1942-1943. Signed Sylvia.
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Includes 10 letters to JGC. Signed Sylvia.
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Includes 8 letters to JGC. Signed Sylvia.
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Includes 8 letters to JGC. Signed Sylvia.
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Also includes "Anti-Protestant Bias" tearsheet from The Christian Century, 1958 September 17, pp. 1048-1050; Christian Century, 1958 April 16, with article by Dykstra, "Parochial Divisions in American Life".
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Also contains advertisements for magazine.
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Includes 8 letters to JGC, circa 1926, and 1 card to JGC, 1934.
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Includes 1 letter to JGC, 1924, 1 undated.
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Also includes clippings.
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Also includes review by JGC, "Reflections on Reflections on Hanging."
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See Syracuse University
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Includes 12 letters to JGC, 1934-1953, and 2 letters from JGC, 1953.
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Also includes poem by JGC.
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See also Fortune
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Also includes Foreword by JGC to The Kent Quarterly 1:1, 1936 November 26.
See also Dod, Edward H. and Hillyer, Robert.
Physical Description1 folder
Also includes copies of The Kent News, Xerox of 1922 yearbook.
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See also Lyons, Herbert
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Also includes "Cozzens Without Sex; Steinbeck Without Sin," Antioch Review, 1958 Summer.
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Includes 8 letters to JGC (Christmas and birthday cards.)
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Also includes "A Reading of the James Gould Cozzens Manuscripts," proofs, 1957; reprinted in PAW as "The Cozzens Papers," 1958 May 20.
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Also includes review by JGC of La Farge, The Eagle in the Egg.
See also La Farge, Oliver.
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See Hersey, John.
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See also Buckley, William F., Jr.
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Also includes "The Spirit of Knowledge": booklet, 1961 May 23.
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Also includes Xeroxes of 6 letters from JGC to Robert Hillyer, 1949-1961.
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Includes 7 letters to JGC, 1958-1969. Also includes genealogy of Goulds, and poem by Daniel Gould, 1980, Lewis (Rabbi) Theodore (Society of Friends of Touro Synagogue); 1 letter to JGC, 1969.
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Includes 11 letter, 1 typed, to JGC.
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Includes 10 letters to JGC.
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Includes 10 letters to JGC.
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Includes 10 letters to JGC.
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Includes 10 letters to JGC.
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Includes 9 letters to JGC.
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Consists of correspondence with family members, including James Gould Cozzens's mother, niece, his wife, grandmother, and others.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Includes 1 letter to Henry William Cozzens, Jr.; 11 letters to Bertha Wood Cozzens; 1 letter from Bertha Wood Cozzens.
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Includes 15 letters from JGC.
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Includes 12 letters from JGC.
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Includes 8 letters from JGC.
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Includes 10 letters from JGC.
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Includes 10 letters from JGC.
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Includes 10 letters from JGC.
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Includes 10 letters from JGC.
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Includes 12 letters from JGC.
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Includes 12 letters from JGC.
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Includes 5 letters from JGC.
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Includes 1 letter to JGC, 1951 July; 2 letters from BBC and JGC, 1951 August.
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Includes 7 letters.
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Includes 1 letter.
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Includes 6 letters; also includes transcript of Ford Madox Ford's endorsement of Cock Pit.
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Includes 7 letters, 1938-1948, and 4 letters, undated.
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Includes 6 letters from Ann, 1953, and 1 letter from Dorothy, 1926.
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Includes 3 letters from Edith Loomis and 1 letter from Eleanor Pineo.
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Incldes 1 telegram, 3 letters from Prue, 1903-1920; 2 telegrams from Willard, 1920; 2 letters from Willard, Jr. 1920-1953.
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Includes 9 letters.
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Mary A. Robert, 5 letters, 1953; 5 letters from Robert to JGC, 1957-1970; 1 letter from JGC to Robert, 1970; Mary Rose Robert, 4 letters, 1953.
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Includes 11 letters.
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Includes 4 letters.
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Includes 1 letter, 1920, 1 letter, undated, 10 letters from Bertha to Wood, undated.
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W. Milner (brother): 1 telegram, 3 letters, 1903-1920; Miriam Hatheway (sister-in-law): 3 letters, 1920-1953; Billy (nephew): 3 letters, 1918; Ralph (brother): 1 letter, 1903; Ralph (nephew): 1 letter, 1920; Ella (sister): 3 letters, 1903-1920; Prunella (niece): 1 letter, undated.
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Henry William (father): 7 letters, 1893-1905; mother: 5 letters, 1903-1917, 1 undated; James Gould (uncle): 8 letters, 1905-1909; M. S. (grandmother): 1 letter, 1878.
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Althea A. Ogden: 2 letters, 1903-1908; Leo J. F. Rooney: 2 letters, 1900-1903; Sill Frederick H., O. H. C.: 11 letters, 1917-1919; 2 letters (carbon) from HWC, 1919; A. O'D Taylor: 1 letter, 1903; Henry A. Wise Wood: 2 letters, 1900-1903; Mary Eliza Wood: 2 letters, 1919-1920; W. Milner Wood: 1 letter, undated.
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Includes: Angier, Estelle, 1 letter from Cozzens, 1909; Cozzens, Henry William, Jr. (James Gould Cozzen's grandfather), 2 letters from James Gould, 1859-1903; Cozzens, William C. (father), 1 letter, 1852. Also report cards from Newport High School and Brown University.
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Consists of business correspondence, correspondence with lawyers, the Connecticut Probate Court, and the Hanover Bank.
Arranged by genre of correspondence.
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Consists of diaries of James Gould Cozzens, ranging from 1920-1970.
Arranged chronologically.
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Pages from a 1954 diary, located in Folder .1
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Including clippings about Confusion, Michael Scarlett, Cock Pit, and Son of Perdition.
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Consists of notebooks, ranging from 1960-1967.
Arranged chronologically.
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Consists of war journals, both original and photocopied, ranging from 1911-1945.
Arranged chronologically.
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The Eagle in the Egg by Oliver La Farge, and Global Mission by General H. H. Arnold.
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Consists of Air Force materials of James Gould Cozzens, including press conference transcripts, manuals, training aids, and Cozzen's 201 file.
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Also includes 1 letter to James Gould Cozzens, 1967, and 1 letter from James Gould Cozzens, 1968.
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Consists of the correspondence of James Gould Cozzens during his service in WWII.
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Includes contract; correspondence; 1 letter from James Gould Cozzens; memoranda.
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Includes memos; bulletins; correspondence; 5 letters to James Gould Cozzens, 1953; 3 letters from James Gould Cozzens, 1953.
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Includes memoranda; bulletins; phone books; 6 letters from "Emmy".
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Also includes 7 letters to James Gould Cozzens, 1943; 4 letters from James Gould Cozzens, 1943; memoranda.
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Consists of documents such as the certificate of marriage between Henry William Cozzens, Jr. and Mary Bertha Wood (JGC's parents) and the Kent diploma, as well as obituaries and religious articles and other printed matter.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Also includes 1 letter to James Gould Cozzens, and 1 program of luncheon.
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Includes 2 letters to James Gould Cozzens, and 3 letters from James Gould Cozzens.
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Includes 4 clippings.
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Also includes 1 letter to JGC from John Hunt.
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Consists primarily of family photographs and portraits of James Gould Cozzens.
Arranged by genre of photograph.
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Includes 13 snapshots (black and white), 2 snapshots (black and white), 10 snapshots (color), 7 negatives, 4 portraits (black and white); 1 letter from Carl L. Howard.
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Consists of letters written to Richard M. Ludwig and John Abbott.
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15 TLsS and 1 ALS to Abbott (1924-1926) discussing problems with the publisher B. J. Brimmer & Co., and 2 letters written from Cuba while he worked as a tutor (1926).
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