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Maxwell E. Perkins Letters to Elizabeth H. Lemmon

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0655
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 2 boxes
  • 0.6 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Maxwell E. Perkins Letters to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1922-1947 (inclusive)
Creator:
Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947
Form:
Letters -- 20th century.
Abstract:
Consists of 128 letters (1922-1946) by Scribner editor Maxwell E. Perkins to his long-time friend and platonic lover Elizabeth H. Lemmon.

Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947

Born in New York City, Maxwell E. Perkins attended the St. Paul's School of Concord, New Hampshire and Harvard College, graduating from Harvard in 1907. Following his graduation, Perkins worked for The New York Times prior to joining publisher, Charles Scribner's Sons, in 1910. As an editor at Charles Scribner's Sons, Perkins is most closely associated with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe. However, Perkins also worked with noted authors, J. P. Marquand, Erskine Caldwell, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.

The collection consists of 128 letters (1922-1946) by Perkins to his long-time friend and platonic lover Elizabeth H. Lemmon, often discussing books to be read and his relationships with Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and other authors for whom he was editor with Charles Scribner's Sons. Also present are three letters by Louise Perkins (Perkins' wife) and one letter by Elizabeth Gorsline (Perkins' daughter), all written to Lemmon after Perkins' death in 1947.

Letters are arranged chronologically.

Gift of Robert B. Dale III CPA (AM 90-11).

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Folder inventory prepared by Lisa Yankowitz ('13) in 2012.

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Finding Aid Date
2008
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This collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1922-1923. 1 folder.
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5 ALsS; 1 TLS to Elizabeth Lemmon 1922 and 1923

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1924. 1 folder.
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9 ALsS; 1 TLS to Elzabeth Lemmon, 1924

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1925. 1 folder.
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9 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1926. 1 folder.
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12 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1926

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1927-1928. 1 folder.
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3 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1927; 3 ALsS to Lemmon in 1928

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1929. 1 folder.
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3 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon; 1 ALS to Elizabeth Lemmon from Louise, 1929

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1931. 1 folder.
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3 ALsS

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1932. 1 folder.
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9 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1932

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1933. 1 folder.
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2 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1933

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1934. 1 folder.
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9 ALsS and 2 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon; newspaper clipping included.

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1935. 1 folder.
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18 ALsS and 1 ACS to Elizabeth Lemmon

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1936-1937. 1 folder.
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1 ALS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1936; 3 ALs to Elizabeth Lemmon 1937

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1938. 1 folder.
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6 ALsS and 2 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1938

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1939. 1 folder.
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TLS and ALS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1939

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1940. 1 folder.
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ALS and 2 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1941. 1 folder.
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2 TLsS and 1 ALS to Elizabeth Lemmon; 2 proof sheets included with letters; poem by John Peale Bishop about F. Scott Fitzgerald

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1942. 1 folder.
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5 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1942

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1943-1944. 1 folder.
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3 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1943; TLS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1944

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1 folder

Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1945-1946. 1 folder.
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2 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1945; TLS 1946

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1 folder

Perkins, Louise (Wife), 1947. 1 folder.
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3 ALsS from Louise Perkins to Elizabeth Lemmon

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1 folder

Gorsline, Zippy (Perkins, Elizabeth - Daughter), 1947. 1 folder.
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ALS to Elizabeth Lemmon

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1 folder

Document, 1944 January 1. 1 folder.
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Receipt for electronic repair for Elizabeth Lemmon.

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1 folder

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