Summary
Overview
Dashiell, Alfred, 1901-1970.
Selected Papers of Alfred S. Dashiell
This collection is stored at Firestone Library and Firestone Library.
This collection is stored onsite at Firestone Library. One item from box 1, folder 4 (a note by Ernest Hemingway)
is stored in special vault facilities.
Requests will be delivered to Manuscripts Division, RBSC Reading Room
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Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
One Washington Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA
Abstract
Alfred S. Dashiell was an American writer and editor. His papers relate primarily to his time as editor of Scribner’s and Reader’s Digest. Letters, memorabilia, and incomplete manuscripts of Thomas Wolfe appear, along with letters from other authors, assorted correspondence, and papers dealing with the Princeton matters of Terrace Club, Graduate Council, Hibben Fund, and Class of 1923 reunions.
Description
Description
The collection consists of papers of Dashiell (Princeton Class of 1923) related to his editorial work at Scribner's and The Reader's Digest. There are several folders of Thomas Wolfe material, including letters, memorabilia, and four incomplete manuscripts, including one for "The Train and the City." Other authors represented in the collection, generally by one or two letters, include Struthers Burt, Henry Seidel Canby, Robert Frost, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, H. L. Mencken, James Thurber, Franklin P. Adams, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, John Dewey, and Carl Sandburg. A brief disclaimer in the hand of Ernest Hemingway, which appeared with the serialization of A Farewell to Arms, is also included.
Collection Creator
Biography
Alfred Sheppard Dashiell was born on April 29, 1901 in Snow Hill, Maryland. Dashiell was a member of the Princeton University class of 1923 and went on to work for The Baltimore Evening Sun, New York World, Boston Transcript, and The New York Evening Post. He served as editor of Scribner’s and Reader’s Digest. Dashiell also wrote himself, producing several works including How Not to Write Short Stories and Editor’s Choice. He passed away on October 5, 1970.
Collection History
Acquisition
Gift of Alfred S. Dashiell.
Processing Information
Biography written by Alyxandra Cullen, '09.
Bibliography
The following sources were consulted during preparation of biographical note: Contemporary Authors Online.
Access and Use
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use. Researchers may be required to use surrogates of
collection items stored in special vault facilities.
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. 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.
Preferred Citation
Selected Papers of Alfred S. Dashiell; 1921-1967, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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