Call Number:

C0212

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 3 boxes
• 1.35 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Selected Papers of Alfred S. Dashiell, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1921-1967 (inclusive)

Creator:

Dashiell, Alfred S. (Alfred Sheppard), 1901-1970

Abstract:

Alfred S. Dashiell was an American writer and editor. His papers relate primarily to his time as editor of Scribner's and Reader's Digest. Letters, memorabilia, and incomplete manuscripts of Thomas Wolfe appear, along with letters from other authors, assorted correspondence, and papers dealing with the Princeton matters of Terrace Club, Graduate Council, Hibben Fund, and Class of 1923 reunions.

Alfred Sheppard Dashiell was born on April 29, 1901 in Snow Hill, Maryland. Dashiell was a member of the Princeton University class of 1923 and went on to work for The Baltimore Evening Sun, New York World, Boston Transcript, and The New York Evening Post. He served as editor of Scribner's and Reader's Digest. Dashiell also wrote himself, producing several works including How Not to Write Short Stories and Editor's Choice. He passed away on October 5, 1970.

The collection consists of papers of Dashiell (Princeton Class of 1923) related to his editorial work at Scribner's and The Reader's Digest. There are several folders of Thomas Wolfe material, including letters, memorabilia, and four incomplete manuscripts, including one for "The Train and the City." Other authors represented in the collection, generally by one or two letters, include Struthers Burt, Henry Seidel Canby, Robert Frost, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, H. L. Mencken, James Thurber, Franklin P. Adams, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, John Dewey, and Carl Sandburg. A brief disclaimer in the hand of Ernest Hemingway, which appeared with the serialization of A Farewell to Arms, is also included.