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Maxwell E. Perkins Letters to Elizabeth H. Lemmon
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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).
Folder inventory prepared by Lisa Yankowitz ('13) in 2012.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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This collection is open for research.
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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
5 ALsS; 1 TLS to Elizabeth Lemmon 1922 and 1923
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9 ALsS; 1 TLS to Elzabeth Lemmon, 1924
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9 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon
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12 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1926
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3 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1927; 3 ALsS to Lemmon in 1928
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3 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon; 1 ALS to Elizabeth Lemmon from Louise, 1929
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3 ALsS
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9 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1932
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2 ALsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1933
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9 ALsS and 2 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon; newspaper clipping included.
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18 ALsS and 1 ACS to Elizabeth Lemmon
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1 ALS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1936; 3 ALs to Elizabeth Lemmon 1937
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6 ALsS and 2 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1938
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TLS and ALS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1939
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ALS and 2 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon
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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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5 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1942
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3 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1943; TLS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1944
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2 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1945; TLS 1946
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3 ALsS from Louise Perkins to Elizabeth Lemmon
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ALS to Elizabeth Lemmon
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Receipt for electronic repair for Elizabeth Lemmon.
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