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Wendell Wilcox Papers
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Wendell Wilcox was an American novelist and storywriter.
The collection consists of papers of Wilcox, including correspondence, diaries (various years from 1940-1979), typescripts of his published and unpublished short stories, articles, literary criticism, and novels, photographs, and printed material. There are approximately 95 short works, primarily from the 1930s-1940s, such as "Mother of a Hero" anmd "Night Falls in Michigan," as well as manuscripts for his published novel Everything is Quite All Right (1945) and three other novels, The Color of Darkness, Rock Me to Sleep, and Helen. Correspondence includes 46 letters (1934-1959) from Alice B. Toklas, five from Gertrude Stein, several from Thornton Wilder, Samuel M. Steward, August Becker, Gertrude Abercrombie, and other writers and friends. Also present is an extensive correspondence between Wilcox and his wife, Esther Willson Wilcox, spanning their courtship, marriage (1931), and his trip to Paris in 1950. Their home was in Chicago, Illinois.
In addition, there are over 400 photographs of Wilcox, his wife and their relatives, Alice B. Toklas, Sam Steward, James Purdy, and others. Printed material includes such magazines as Creative Writing, The New Yorker, Decade, and Story which contain works by Wilcox.
Purchased from August Baker in 1987. Additions are a gift of Tom H. Ray.
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This collection was processed by Natalie Kim in September 2008. Finding aid written by Natalie Kim in October 2008.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Natalie Kim
- Finding Aid Date
- 2006
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Collection Inventory
This series consists of diaries, manuscripts, and fragments of Wendell Wilcox's novels and short stories, as well some advertisements for his novels and anthology.
Arranged alphabetically according to work title.
Physical Description8 boxes
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TMs, with corrections
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TMs, with corrections
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TMs
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TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-12,TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-17, TMssS, with corrections
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TMs, with corrections
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TMs
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pp. 1-294,TMsS, with corrections
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TMs, with corrections
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TMs, with corrections
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pp. 1-15, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-216, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-14, TMsS, with corrections
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TMssS, with corrections
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TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-41, TMsS
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TMs
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pp. 1-25, TMs, with corrections
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pp. 1-14, TMs, with corrections
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pp. 1-18, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-18, TMsS, with corrections
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TMssS, with corrections
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TMs, with corrections
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pp. 1-14, TMsS, with corrections
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TMsS, with corrections
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TMs
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TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-33, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-14, TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-9, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-21, TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-24, TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-27, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-16, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-14, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-68, TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-17, TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-9, TMs
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pp. 1-111, TMsS
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pp. 1-15, TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-32, TMsS, with corrections
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TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-161, TMsS, with corrections
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TMs
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pp. 1-14, TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-30, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-18, TMsS, with corrections
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TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-16, TMsS, with corrections
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TMss, with corrections
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pp. 1-14, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-29, TMsS, with corrections
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TMssS, with corrections
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TMs, with corrections
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TMssS, with corrections
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TMs, with corrections
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pp. 1-53, TMssS, with corrections
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TMs, with corrections
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pp. 1-15, TMs, with corrections
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TMssS, with corrections
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TMs, with corrections
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pp. 1-43, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-21, TMs
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pp. 1-16, TMsS, with corrections
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pp. 1-18, TMsS, with corrections
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TMssS
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TMs, with corrections
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TMssS, with corrections
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pp. 1-120, TMs, with corrections
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TMs, manuscript #19
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TMssS
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TMssS
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TMss
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newspaper and magazine clippings
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This series consists of letters to Wendell Wilcox from friends, family and colleagues, such as Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein, and his wife, Esther Willson Wilcox.
Arranged alphabetically by sender's name, and within that category arranged by date sent.
Physical Description7 boxes
1 folder
postcard from Paris
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1 box
1 folder
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Panicale
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1 box
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postcards, WW reply (1936)
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1 folder
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postcard (Greek relief)
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postcard (Alice, Gertrude & car)
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postcard (Belley-Grande Rue)
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postcard (Zurbaran's St. Agatha)
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1 folder
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1 folder
no envelope
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1 folder
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Easter Morning
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1 folder
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to EWW
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1 folder
Postcard from Perpignan
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with typed transcription
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Postcard from Rome
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from Austria
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Quadrangle Club note
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1 folder
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Five page letter in response to fifteen page letter on the subject of Henry James (in evelope from James Purdy)
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Yale library curator
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(daughter of Gertrude Abercrombie)
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Sale and publication of stories and novel; requests for more stories.
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later known as Beechhurst Press, Inc.
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This series contains photographs of Wendell Wilcox throughout his life with his wife and friends such as Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Abercrombie, and James Purdy, as well as some of his ancestors.
Arranged by subject in photograph.
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1980s photos taken by Michael Primm of Durham
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photos in frames
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document from 1883
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1 folder
photographs, notes
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photographs
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This series contains residential documents such as a passport, airline tickets, and a French id card.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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passport, airline ticket stub, French resident identity card, obituaries
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This series contains clippings of short stories printed in magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Mid-Western Review and The New Yorker, as well as some poetry books and short pieces written on other authors.
Arranged alphabetically by title of publication.
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This issue dedicated to Wendell Wilcox
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Everything is Quite All Right, literary criticism by Don Roscher. Also a drawing by Gertrude Abercombie
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Dangers of Friendship
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Mr. Carter Walks in Darkness
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A Note on Stein and Abstraction
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Nostalgia
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Art exhibit booklets, Chicago magazine, poetry books
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