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Zelda Fitzgerald Papers
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948) was an American socialite, novelist, painter, and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, miscellaneous notes and related material, documents, pictures, clippings, and photographs of Zelda Fitzgerald. Included are the typescript, set for printer, of Save Me the Waltz (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932), manuscripts (mostly typescripts) of short stories, articles, and her play Scandalabra , and tear sheets of some of her published articles and stories: "Big Top," "Caesar's Things," "Choreography of an Idea," "Janno and Jacob," "Other Names for Roses," "Show Mr. and Mrs. F. to Number...," and "Unembellished." Also present is a portrait drawing by Zelda of her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and several other drawings. There are letters to her daughter, Frances Scott Fitzgerald (married name, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith), correspondence with other people, such as Ludlow Fowler, Charles Kalman, Margaret Turnbull, George Nathan, and others, and correspondence between various family members. Correspondence between Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald is gathered in his Papers (C0187).
Additions to her papers consist of a family scrapbook of photographs, clippings and memorabilia, dating from Zelda's childhood to 1927, and an album, compiled by Eleanor Lanahan in 1997, entitled Zelda by Herself, The Art of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald , which contains a 45-page catalog and 235 color slides of all of the known art works of Zelda Fitzgerald and their various locations. A later addition includes a jacket worn by Zelda, a photograph of Zelda, Lane Montgomery's notes about Zelda from her writings, and her correspondence with Scottie Fitzgerald Smith (daughter of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald) and others about Zelda and William Luce's play Zelda (1984) in which Ms. Montgomery collaborated and performed.
Gift of Lane Montgomery, Henry Dan Piper, John Evans, Eleanor Lanahan, James R. Duke. Scrapbook of Zelda Fitzgerald purchased on December 17 1982. Easter card purchased on October 31 1978.
No appraisal information is available.
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Subject
- American fiction -- 20th century
- Artists -- United States -- 20th century -- Catalogs
- Mothers and daughters -- United States -- 20th century
- Short stories, American -- 20th century
- Women artists -- United States -- 20th century
Occupation
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 1998
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Single copies may be made for research purposes. No further duplication 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 Special Collections 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 the writings of Zelda Fitzgerald, including manuscripts for novels, plays, and short stories.
This series is arranged into four subseries: Novels, Play, Short Stories, Articles and Miscellaneous Writings, and Tearsheets.
Physical Description4 boxes
Consists of manuscripts for the novels Save Me the Waltz and Caesar's Things.
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Also available on microfilm.
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Consists of the manuscripts for the play Scandalabra.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Also available on microfilm.
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(performed in Baltimore, 1933)
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Consists of manuscripts for short stories and articles such as "Choreography of an Idea," "Here's the True Story," and "The world angered God...," as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Also available on microfilm.
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Consists of tearsheets for works such as "A Couple of Nuts," "A Millionaire's Girl," and "Who Can Fall in Love After Thirty?" as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Also available on microfilm.
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Consists of correspondence with Frances Scott Fitzgerald (daughter) and individuals such as Edmund Wilson and Allen Tate. Also includes correspondence with Princeton University and Bryn Mawr University.
This series is arranged into three subseries: Letters to Frances Scott Fitzgerald (daughter), Letters to various correspondents, and Letters from various correspondents.
Physical Description2 boxes
Consists of correspondence with Frances Scott Fitzgerald (daughter).
Arranged chronologically.
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Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Edmund Wilson. Also includes correspondence with Princeton University.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Also available on microfilm.
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Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Allen Tate. Also includes correspondence with Bryn Mawr University.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Consists primarily of an address book and notebooks with sketches, religious and philosophical reflections.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
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Original leaves housed in mylar
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Empty notebook
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Consists of miscellaneous bills and bills from Highland Hospital as well as a contract with Scribner's for Save Me the Waltz.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
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Consists of printed matter (primarily composed of reviews of Zelda's works) and photographs and drawings, primarily of Zelda, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and their daughter.
Arranged by genre of material.
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4 photographs
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2 photographs
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8 photographs, 1 drawing. Zelda at tennis ("A Lesson," Westport, CT., 1920); Zelda playing tennis (in Scott's writing, "Our Tennis Court," Westport, 1920); Zelda doing a back arch; Selda among flowers (Montgomery, 1919); Selda in car (Westport, 1920); Mollie Fitzgerald (Scott's mother); Zelda in basket of a crane (1940s?); sketch with the caption, "Here's me...in my last costume" .
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3 photographs
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15 photographs
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Consists of family correspondence with individuals such as Minnie Machen Sayre, Frances Scott Fitzgerald (Lanahan), and Gertrude Stein, as well as others.
Arranged by correspondent.
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TLsS (copies) to Mrs. Minnie Sayre
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ALS to Mrs. A. D. Sayre
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Miscellaneous handwritten papers
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2 ALsS to "Scottie" (April 7 and Christmas Day, 1927; 1 AL (fragment) to Zelda (July 29, 1924), on back is Scott's handwritten list of French kings
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ALS to Mrs. Rainey (7/24/1948); TLS by T. Soltan Stanley to Princeton (10/29/1952); "To Zelda," AMs, 1 p., by Mrs. Rainey; "Free Verse," AMs, 3 pp.
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ALS to Mrs. Sayre on Zelda's death
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TLS to "Scottie"
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AlS to "Scottie"
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Consists largely of a scrapbook and album, as well as some correspondence between Zelda Fitzgerald and "Dick" (Robert Knight).
Arranged by genre of material.
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Contains newspaper clippings, announcements, photographs, occasional letters, and memorabilia of Zelda Fitzgerald, relating to her family and childhood in Montgomery, Alabama; though the bulk concerns her life with F. Scott Fitzgerald (1918-1926).
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proof sheets from The Romantic Egoists (1974)
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2 ALsS (undated) by Zelda Fitzgerald to "Dick" (Robert Knight): 1 (4 pp.) from Montgomery (AL), 1 (2 pp.) from Asheville (NC) 2 holograph pages (undated) of religious musings by Zelda; copy of an additional letter by Zelda to "Dick"; photocopies of envelopes (1943) used to transmit the above ítems by Dick Knight to Mrs. Charles W. Flynn (his sister and the donor's grandmother)
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