Description
Description
Consists of additional (i.e., in addition to the F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers)
writings, including published juvenilia, letters, documents, photographs, tape
recordings, and memorabilia of Fitzgerald (Princeton Class of 1917), and
material of others about him. Included are 7 boxes of papers presented by
several of Fitzgerald's friends of the 1930s and 1940: Bertie Barr, Esquire magazine, which published many of the Pat
Hobby stories, Sheilah Graham, Laura Guthrie Hearne, and Marie Shank. There are
also two film versions of Tender Is the Night,
David Hertz' screenplay (1947) and that of Ivan Moffat (1961).
A futher addition to the collection contains 32 letter and cards from Fitzgerald
to "Dear Patsy" (Hazel McCromack); miscellaneous correspondence to and from
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald to Francis Kroll, Matthew Bruccolli and others;
correspondence related to Marie Stokes Jemison; letters sent by authors and
critics to William Goldhurst regarding Fitzgerald, including T. S. Eliot, Norman
Mailer, Harold Ober, and Thornton Wilder; photographs; drawings; and newspaper
clippings. Also included are a photocopy of the screenplay by Harold Pinter
which is based on Fitzgerald's last, unfinished novel The
Last Tycoon and the script and film print of Marked for Glory, a film about Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald by Gwinn
Owens.
Occasionally, a reference is made to the following locations using the
abbreviations noted below:
"Published Juvenilia of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1909-1917." A bound collection.
Abbr.: "Published Juvenilia..." (Box 2, Folder 24)
"Various Contributions of Scott Fitzgerald to the Nassau
Literary Magazine of Princeton, 1915-1917." A bound collection.
Abbr.: "Various Contributions..." (Box 2, Folder 25)
"The Apprentice Fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1909-1917." Two folders of
photocopied material. Abbr.: "The Apprentice Fiction..." (Box 3, Folders
1-2)
"Excerpts from the Nassau Literary Magazine -1917."
A folder of photocopied material. Abbr.: "Excerpts from the Nassau..." (Box 3, Folder 3)
Newman News. A folder containing Easter issues:
1912, 1913. (Box 3, Folder 4)
Collection Creator
Biography
F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald (1896-1940), novelist, poet, playwright,
screenwriter, author of short stories, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He entered
Princeton University in 1913 as an undergraduate, and joined the famous Princeton
Triangle Club, for which he wrote the scripts and lyrics for various shows. However,
he withdrew from Princeton in January 1916, ostensibly because of his health, though
in reality for bad grades. He returned to the University in 1917, but never
graduated, opting to serve in the army to fight in World War I, from 1917-1919.
During this time, while stationed at Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, Alabama, he met
Zelda Sayre, a writer, artist, and dancer. They married on April 3, 1920, a week
after Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise,
was published.
Fitzgerald went on to publish three more novels in his lifetime: The Beautiful and Damned (1922), The Great Gatsby (1925), and Tender Is the Night:
A Romance (1934). His last, and unfinished, novel, The Last Tycoon, was published posthumously in 1941. Besides his novels,
Fitzgerald also wrote numerous articles and short stories, which were published in
such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post and Esquire. He also worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood,
first with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (he had a hand in writing the script for Gone with the Wind), then as a freelancer for other
studios. In Hollywood, he met Sheilah Graham, a film columnist. They had a
relationship which was, at times, stormy, due to Fitzgerald's alcohol-abuse problem.
He died at her apartment in Hollywood of a sudden heart attack on December 21,
1940.
1896Born on September 24 in St. Paul, Minnesota1913Entered Princeton University as an undergraduate student1916Withdrew from Princeton University1917Re-entered Princeton but did not graduate. Entered army; October -
appointed second lieutenant1918Met Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama1919 Discharged from army Worked for a New York advertising agency1920March - published
This Side of Paradise
April 3 - married Zelda Sayre September - published
Flappers and Philosophers (stories) 1921October - daughter Frances Scott Fitzgerald ("Scottie") born1922March - published
The Beautiful and Damned
September - published
Tales of the Jazz Age
(stories) 1925March - published
The Great Gatsby1925-1926Met Ernest Hemingway in Paris1926 February - published
All the Sad Young Men
(stories) 1927 Met Irving Thalberg, producer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (later the
primary model for the hero of
The Last Tycoon)
1930Zelda had breakdown, hospitalized at a sanatorium in Switzerland1931Zelda released from sanatorium and the Fitzgeralds returned to live in
the United States1933Zelda had two more breakdowns, entered various asylums1934April - published
Tender Is the Night1935Published
Taps at Reveille (stories)
1937July - went to Hollywood, California, to work as a screenwriter at MGM
studios Met Sheilah Graham1940December 21 - died of sudden heart attack in Hollywood1941
The Last Tycoon (unfinished) published
posthumously
Collection History
Acquisition
The collection has developed principally through gifts from Fitzgerald's
friends-Marie Shank and Sheilah Graham in 1959, Bertie Barr and Esquire magazine in 1962-and a purchase from Laura
Hearne in 1967. In addition, there was a significant, anonymous gift in 1992. Additional photographs and the
"Marked for Glory" film and script were the gift of the Owens family in honor of
Gwinn Owens in 20092009. The
Fitzgerald letter to William C. Hodapp containing notes on the editing to an
unproduced theatrical adapation of "A Diamond as Big as the Ritz," was purchased
with support from the Richard M. Ludwig Endowment, donated by Michael Spence,
Class of 1966. The Finney family material was the gift of Mrs. Margaret Finney
McPherson in October, 2011.
In May 1999, the Princeton University Library was awarded a federal grant under
the "Save America's Treasures" program, administered by the National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH), to deacidify, repair, and rehouse the F. Scott
Fitzgerald Papers. Work was completed in August 2001. Microfilm Note: Due to
additional microfilming in the summer of 2001, as well as the rehousing of the
collection, some of the microfilm box numbers may not correspond to the
manuscript box numbers listed in "A Guide to Microfilm for F. Scott Fitzgerald
Papers." The "Guide" will be revised and updated as soon as possible.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in
1993. Finding aid written in
1993.
Access and Use
Access Restrictions
There are no closed or sealed materials in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Additional
Papers. However, for legal or preservation reasons, only microfilm or
preservation photocopies are generally available for certain Fitzgerald
materials. Both the F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers (C0187) and the F. Scott
Fitzgerald Additional Papers (C0188) have been heavily used since 1950, and a
substantial portion of papers has been published and is widely available in
research libraries. Accordingly, potential researchers should understand the
relationship of the papers themselves to information available in print, as here
described.
Use Restrictions
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Most photoduplication will
be in form of duplicate microfilm and photographic prints. Photocopies are not
provided when microfilm exists. Formerly closed materials relating to Zelda
Fitzgerald's illness and hospitalization are not available for photoduplication.
No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made
when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to
publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate
University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no
information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers
are responsible for determining any questions of copyright. The Fitzgerald
copyright is owned by the Fitzgerald Literary Trust and administered by Harold
Ober Associates, Inc. Researchers are therefore advised to address all questions
about Fitzgerald literary rights to Harold Ober Associates Inc., 425 Madison
Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (Telephone: 212-759-8600; FAX: 212-759-9428).
Publication, reproduction, and broadcast of the image of F. Scott Fitzgerald and
Zelda Fitzgerald involve additional rights owned by the Fitzgerald Literary
Trust and administered by Harold Ober Associates, Inc.
Preferred Citation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Additional Papers; 1909-2008, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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Manuscripts: Researchers should be aware that facsimiles of the manuscripts of
Fitzgerald's books and articles were published in the multi-volume series F. Scott Fitzgerald Manuscripts, edited by Matthew J.
Bruccoli and Alan Margolies (New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1990).
Complete sets of the facsimile edition are available at more than fifty research
libraries (including Firestone Library). The original manuscript of Fitzgerald's
ledger is not at Princeton. One should use F. Scott
Fitzgerald's Ledger: A Facsimile, with an introduction by Matthew J.
Bruccoli (Washington, D.C.: NCR/Microcard Editions, 1972) or refer to the
photostats in Box 60 (C0187). With respect to using Fitzgerald's manuscripts at
Princeton, researchers should be aware that the 1950 deed of gift stipulates
that Fitzgerald's manuscripts were to be microfilmed to preserve the originals,
and that researchers must use the microfilm for most purposes. Researchers who
believe that there are compelling reasons why they must have access to the
original manuscripts instead of the facsimile edition or microfilm must request
permission in advance from the Curator of Manuscripts. Researchers should also
be aware of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott
Fitzgerald, edited by James L. W. West III (Cambridge, England, and
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991- ). Based on Fitzgerald's manuscripts
and published editions, the Cambridge edition will eventually number 17
volumes.
Correspondence: A large portion of correspondence in the F. Scott Fitzgerald
Papers and other collections at Princeton has been published in critical
editions. The following editions of correspondence (listed alphabetically by
editor) can be found in most research libraries: As Ever
Scott Fitz-: Letters between F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Literary Agent
Harold Ober, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli with Jennifer Atkinson
(Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1972); A Life in Letters: F.
Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli with Judith S.
Baughman (New York: Scribner's, 1994); Correspondence of
F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli and Margaret
Duggan with Susan Walker (New York: Random House, 1980); Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda
Fitzgerald, edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy Barks (New York: St.
Martin's Press, 2002); Dear Scott/Dear Max: The
Fitzgerald-Perkins Correspondence, edited by John Kuehl and Jackson
R. Bryer (New York: Scribner, 1971); Letters of F. Scott
Fitzgerald, edited by Andrew Turnbull (New York: Scribner, 1963);
Scott Fitzgerald: Letters to his Daughter,
edited by Andrew Turnbull with an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan
(New York: Scribner, 1965).
Photographs: Photographs of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald are very
frequently requested by publishers, newspapers, magazines, and documentary film
makers. Researchers should be aware that the Department of Rare Books and
Special Collections maintains a large file of copy negatives to facilitate
reproduction of these photographs. Most of the photographs in the F. Scott
Fitzgerald Papers and other collections at Princeton were reproduced in The Romantic Egoists: A Pictorial Autobiography from the
Scrapbooks and Albums of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, edited by
Matthew J. Bruccoli, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, and Joan P. Kerr (New York:
Scribner, 1974). Often-requested images can be viewed online by visiting the
Library's RBSC Portfolio at http://libweb2.princeton.edu/rbsc2/portfolio/portfolio.html
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