Call Number:

C1484

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 5 boxes
• 2.0 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles William White Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1934-1977 (inclusive)

Creator:

White, Charles William, 1906-

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century, Manuscripts, American -- 20th century., and Novels -- 20th century.

Abstract:

American Charles William White wrote historical novels about artists and writers under the pen name of "Max White." Active as a historical fiction writer primarily in the 1930s through 1950s, White traveled in the same social circles as Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence of Charles William White ("Max White"), including correspondence with Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein.

American Charles William White wrote historical novels about artists and writers under the pen name of "Max White." Active as a writer primarily in the 1930s through 1950s, White traveled in the same social circles as Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.

The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence of Charles William White ("Max White"), including Alice B. Toklas material. Materials include: The Matchless Pleasure: novel (original manuscript and photocopy); Ghastly Shivaree (2 versions): play; The Man Who Carved Women From Wood: play based on his novel; "The Parrot", "Remember Lacey Jatter", "Grimmer than Anderson", "Alchemy for Late Summer": stories; Terror to Come (TV play); Hannah's Nighthouse (play); Blockheads: novel (3 binders); The Lonely Roads of Midnight: novel (2 binders); Oh, the Little Ticking Heart: novel (3 binders); Mr. Gaffajoli's Looking Glass: novel (2 binders; 1 manuscript); The Ballad of the Dead Sailor: novel (manuscript) ; How Do You Do: novel (manuscript); Death of a Cockroach: play (2 manuscripts); and a note in the hand of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The Alice B. Toklas materials include 6 letters from the early months of 1958, all signed, from Alice B. Toklas on her 5 rue Christine Paris stationery to Max White regarding their friendship, thoughts, and proposed collaboration on her memoir of her life for Holt publishers in New York; 1 contract dated April 18, 1958, signed by and addressed from Alice B. Toklas to Max White, detailing their collaboration on the Toklas memoir for Holt; 1 letter signed from John Schaffner (Toklas's literary agent in New York) regarding the offer from editor Robert Lesscher at Holt for the memoir; 2 copies of Max White letters to his literary agent Mavis McIntosh in New York and 1 letter from her to Max (who was likewise living in Paris) c/o Toklas, regarding his collaboration on the proposed book; 1 copy of a letter from Max to Robert Lesscher at Holt, in June of 1958, ending the collaboration and cancelling the contract between himself and Toklas on the book in question at which point Max moved to New York.

Organized into the following two series: Series 1: Writings, Series 2: Correspondence.