Call Number:

C0178

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.4 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Stephen French Whitman Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1880-1950 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Whitman, Stephen French

Form:

Contracts -- 20th century., Copyright licenses. -- United States., and Fiction -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists primarily of manuscripts of Stephen French Whitman (Princeton Class of 1901), as well as correspondence and documents concerning their publication and the career of the author.

A graduate of Princeton (Class of 1901), Stephen French Whitman was an American novelist.

The collection consists primarily of manuscripts of Whitman, as well as correspondence and documents concerning their publication and the career of the author. Among the manuscripts are A Future (n.d.), "Helen" [1945?], and "Long Before Hatred" [1946?]. Correspondents include Harold Norling Swanson, Frederick Lewis Allen, Hugh MacNair Kahler, Harold Ober, Cecille B. DeMille, Whitney Darrow, and Robert Sterling Yard. Among the documents are copyrights for several of the author's works and agreements between the author and his publishers and literary agents.