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Selected Papers of Alfred S. Dashiell

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Dashiell

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.

The following sources were consulted during preparation of biographical note: Contemporary Authors Online.

Gift of Alfred S. Dashiell.

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Biography written by Alyxandra Cullen, '09.

During 2022, restrictions on a note from Ernest Hemingway were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with individuals such as T. Howard Kelly and Elizabeth Nowell, as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Physical Description

2 boxes

to Dashiell, A - Z, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

relating to 1951 heart attack, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

A - D, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

E - K, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

L - P, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

R - Z, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Episcopal Academy, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Humphrey, Hubert H., dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Kelly, T. Howard, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nowell, Elizabeth, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Thurber, James, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of manuscripts, photographs, and correspondence of Thomas Clayton Wolfe.

Arrangement

Arranged by genre of material.

Physical Description

1 box

Physical Description

1 box

"The Train and the City," TMs (incomplete), dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"A Portrait of Bascom Hawkes," AMs (incomplete), dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"No Door," AMs (incomplete), dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Death the Proud Brother," AMs (incomplete), dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

photographs and clippings of Wolfe, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

correspondence concerning Wolfe, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

correspondence of Wolfe, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of clippings, a Commencement speech for Croton Harmon School, and other miscellaneous material.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Physical Description

1 box

clippings, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

notes on European tour of Readers' Digest offices, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Commencement Speech at Croton Harmon School, 1954. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

assorted publications relating to Readers' Digest, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

miscellaneous, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton University - Princeton Booklet, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with Princeton University Terrace Club, the Princeton University Graduate Council, and Princeton University- Class of 1923.

Arrangement

Arranged by correspondent.

Physical Description

1 box

Princeton Terrace Club, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton University - Class of 1923, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton University - Hibben dinner and Hibben Fund, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton 40th Reunion, 1963. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton University Graduate Council, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton University Graduate Inter-Club Council, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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