Call Number:

C0102

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 2 boxes
• 0.6 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur Bartlett Maurice Correspondence, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1901-1945 (inclusive)

Creator:

Maurice, Arthur Bartlett, 1873-1946

Abstract:

Consists of over 200 letters by American authors to to the American editor and author Arthur Bartlett Maurice (1873-1946, Princeton Class of 1894).

Arthur Bartlett Maurice (1873-1946, Princeton Class of 1894) was an editor of the Bookman (1899-1916), a member of the Players Club, a book reviewer and columnist, and a writer about writers.

The collection consists of letters to Maurice from 117 19th- and early 20th-century American writers. Maurice was an editor of the Bookman from 1899 to 1916, a member of the Players Club, a book reviewer and columnist, and a writer about writers. Many of the letters are in response to Maurice's 1922 request for the most interesting letter an author had received from the general public. A smaller section of the collection deals with the Players Club, and a 1929 series on how authors came to write certain of their books. Included are letters of Booth Tarkington and Samuel Hopkins Adams.

The collection has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with miscellaneous material at the end.