Call Number:

C0209

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 12 boxes
• 4.8 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1896-1939 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Bridges, Robert (1858-1941)

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence and miscellany pertaining to Robert Bridges' editorial work at Charles Scribner's Sons, as well as material relating to Princeton (particularly his Class of 1879 and the Princeton Club of New York), the Century Club, and the Coffee House Club, in all of which Bridges was an active member.

A graduate of Princeton (1879), Robert Bridges was literary critic of the comic weekly Life. He was on the staff of the New York Evening Post (1881-1887), and served as assistant editor (1887-1914) and editor (1914-1930) of Scribner's Magazine, the highly successful literary magazine of the New York City publisher Charles Scribner's Sons. He was a literary adviser and director of the firm until 1939.

The collection consists of correspondence and miscellany pertaining to Bridges' editorial work at Charles Scribner's Sons, as well as material relating to Princeton (particularly his Class of 1879 and the Princeton Club of New York), the Century Club, and the Coffee House Club, in all of which Bridges was an active member. Included in the collection are numerous letters from a variety of authors, hopefuls, and others, as well as notes, clippings, and memoranda relating to the Scribner firm. Virtually every letter is accompanied by a carbon of Bridges' response. Persons represented in the collection include Ray Stannard Baker, Eleanor Roosevelt, Michael Pupin, Edith Wharton, Bernadotte Schmitt, Bernard Baruch, A. S. Dashiell, the Scribners, Corrinne Roosevelt Robinson, and Whitney Darrow.

Arranged as follows: General Correspondence (A-Z), Miscellany--Century Club, Coffee House Club, Ivy Club, McCosh Memorial, Saint Andrew's Society, University Club, Princeton Class of 1879, Princeton Club, Miscellaneous Material.