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Harvey Smith Novels

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0638
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 3 boxes
  • 1.8 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Harvey Smith Novels, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1941-1965 (inclusive)
Creator:
Smith, Harvey, 1894-1969
Form:
Correspondence -- 20th century and Manuscripts -- 20th century.
Abstract:
Consists of manuscripts and related material for four works of fiction by American novelist Harvey Smith (Princeton Class of 1917).

Smith, Harvey, 1894-1969

Harvey Smith was an American novelist and storywriter.

The collection consists of manuscripts and related material for four works of fiction by Smith (Princeton Class of 1917). Included are corrected page proofs, reviews, and related correspondence for Shelter Bay (1964), tales of the Quebec north shore in the 1920s; a typescript, publicity matter, a scrapbook of clippings, and related correspondence for The Gang's All Here (1941), a humorous satire on college reunions; and typescripts for Twin Pines and Other Highlights in the Lives of the Horace W. Osbornes (1947), and Nine to Five (1944).

Arranged as follows: Shelter Bay--page proofs, correspondence, clippings; Twin Pines . . .--typescripts; Nine to Five--typescripts; The Gang's All Here--typescript, correspondence, printed matter, scrapbook (in flat box).

Publications by Smith: The Gang's All Here (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1941), Nine to Five (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944), Twin Pines and Other Highlights in the Lives of the Horace W. Osbornes (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947), and Shelter Bay (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1964).

Donated to Princeton University by Landon Raymond '17 in 1946.

Folder inventory added by Kelly Rafey '16 in 2013.

No appraisal information is available.

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Place

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication 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 RBSC 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

Shelter Bay, Proofs with Corrections, 1964. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters About Shelter Bay, 1964-1965. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, Mostly on Shelter Bay, 1941-1969. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Shelter Bay: Reviews, Proofs, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs, 1965. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Twin Pines Transcript, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder2 binders

Nine to Five, Tyescript of Novel, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

The Gang's All Here, Carbon Copy of Typescript, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder1 binder

Correspondence Concerning The Gang's All Here, 1941-1952. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper Clippings for The Gang's All Here and Printed Matter, 1941. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scrapbook for The Gang's All Here, 1941. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest