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Ellen McCarter Doubleday Papers

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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.

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Doubleday, Ellen McCarter, 1899-1978

Ellen McCarter Doubleday was the wife of Nelson Doubleday (1889-1949), president of the publishing firm Doubleday & Company, and daughter of Thomas N. McCarter (Princeton Class of 1888), president of the Public Service Co. of New Jersey and a Princeton University benefactor. After her husband's death, she served on the board of directors of Doubleday until she moved to Hawaii in 1965.

Consists of papers of Ellen McCarter Doubleday. Included is correspondence of both Ellen and Nelson Doubleday with Daphne Du Maurier, W. Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward, Sinclair Lewis, Thomas Costain, Ellen Glasgow, Edna Ferber, Kenneth Roberts, Booth Tarkington, and other Doubleday authors; Du Maurier's typescript for a play entitled Mother and a photocopy of her notebook for Rebecca (1938); a great deal of social correspondence with English and American friends; correspondence with their children and other family members; correspondence with doctors and others concerning Nelson Doubleday's illness and letters of condolence on his death; and documents concerning the estates of Frank Nelson Doubleday (1862-1934) and Nelson Doubleday and various trust disputes.

Collection is only partially processed.

The collection was a bequest from the estate of Ellen McCarter Doubleday in 1993.

This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

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

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9 boxes

A, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Aldington, Richard, 1935-1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Allingham, Margery, 1936-1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Allis - Blac, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Blaine, Irina and James G, 1939-1965. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Blair - Bon, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bott, Josephine, 1940-1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bott, Josephine, 1945-1974. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bov - Charl, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chase, Ilka, 1944-1964. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Che - Chi, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Children's Schools, 1939-1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cl, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Clarkson, Christopher, 1943-1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Clarkson, Cora, 1940-1975. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Clarkson, R. - Col, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Condolence Letters: Nelson Doubleday's death, 1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Conl - Costa, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Costain, Thomas B, 1942-1969. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Coward, Noel, 1947-1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Crom, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Crowell, Cedric R, 1940-1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cu - Der, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Despard, Jessica, 1941-1976. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Di, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Doubleday, Ellen: Diary, 1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Doubleday, Nelson: Speeches and Biography, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1940-1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1948-1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1949-1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne (to Ellen Doubleday), 1953-1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne (by Ellen Doubleday), 1953-1963. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne (to Ellen Doubleday), 1964-1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne (by Ellen Doubleday), 1960s-1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne (with Nelson Doubleday), 1946-1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne: Clippings, 1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne: "Mother", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne: My Cousin Rachel (proof), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne: Photographs, 1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne: Rebecca notebook (copy), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Du Maurier, Daphne: "September Tide", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dy - Er, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Evans, Tom, 1940-1964. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Eve - F, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ferber, Edna, 1933-1962. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fi, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fleischmann, Raoul H, 1939-1966. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fly - Frere, A., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Frere, Pat, 1940-1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

G - H, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hackett, Francis, 1940-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hackett, Signe, 1939-1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Had - Harp, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harrison, Arnold, 1937-1962. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harrison, Henry, 1938-1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harrison, Kit, 1938-1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harrison, M. - Hay, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hearfield, David, 1967. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Herbert, Alan P, 1938-1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hey - Hol, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Horlick, Jimmy, 1939-1960. 1 folder.
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1 folder

How - Inc, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Innocenti, Umberto and Fiametta, 1947-1974. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ir, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ives, Albert Ely, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

J, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Keep, Rose Anna D, 1938-1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ken, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kernan, Mathilde, 1965-1976. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ki - Kl, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Knollys, Margaret Viscontess, 1942-1977. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ko - Ln, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lisburne, the Earl and Viscontess of, Ernest and Reggie (Vaughn), 1936-1963. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Loe, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Longwell, Daniel and Mary, 1936-1975. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lor - Mar, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Maugham, W. Somerset, 1935-1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Maugham, W. Somerset, 1947-1959. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Maugham, W. Somerset: Printed Matter, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Maugham, W. Somerset: Other Correspondence (family, etc.), 1941-1966. 1 folder.
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1 folder

May - McCa, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

McCormick, Ken and Tibby, 1940-1960. 1 folder.
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1 folder

McCu - McNa, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nerny, Winifred, 1949-1961. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ni - Nob, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Norris, Kathleen, 1932-1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder

O - Roberts, G., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Roberts, H. Chalmers ("Joker"), 1939-1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Roberts, Kenneth, 1939-1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Roberts, Sara, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Robins, Lillian F. (secretary to Nelson Doubleday), 1937-1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Roc - Roosevelt, E., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Roosevelt, Ted and Eleanor, 1939-1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rum, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Runyon, A. Milton, 1947-1972. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rus - Sch, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Scott, Winifred, 1932-1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Servants' Recommendations, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Sh - Sted, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Steen, Marguerite, 1948-1954. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Steh - Syk, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Symington, Cecily, 1941-1977. 1 folder.
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1 folder

T - Van, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Vaughn, Earnest and Reggie [see Lisburne, Earl and Countess of], dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Vaughn, Oriel [pseud. "Oriel Malet"], 1946-1974. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Vi - W, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Wagg, Katherine, 1940-1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Wal - Z, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Unidentified, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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4 boxes

Family Correspondence, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Family Correspondence, and others, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Estate Papers, Payrolls, Garden Notebook, Bills, Expenses, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Tapes and Other Financial Matters, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Print, Suggest