Call Number:

C1169

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur and Sylvia Mandy Collection of Philip Wylie, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1947-1957 (inclusive)

Creator:

Mandy, Arthur J.

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century and Manuscripts -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists of material by and about Philip Wylie collected by Arthur and Sylvia Mandy during the course of their friendship with the American writer.

Arthur J. Mandy was a doctor of psychiatry who lived and practiced in Baltimore, Maryland. He and his wife, Sylvia, maintained a close friendship with writer Philip Wylie during the 1940s-1950s.

Prolific author of both fiction and nonfiction, Philip Wylie is best remembered for his science fiction which partially inspired the comic book character Superman, his social criticism ( Generation of Vipers, 1942), and his interest in marine biology.

This collection contains typescripts of three essays by Philip Wylie, correspondence between the Wylies and Arthur and Sylvia Mandy, two manuscripts by Arthur Mandy, and clippings.