Craig House Medical Records on Zelda Fitzgerald 1932-1934

Summary

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Overview

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Abstract

Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of the American novelist and storywriter F. Scott Fitzgerald, wrote of their turbulent life and marriage in her novel Save Me the Waltz (1932). This collection consists of psychiatric evaluations, correspondence, and reports concerning Zelda Fitzgerald when she was a patient at Craig House, Beacon, N.Y., under the care of Dr. C. Jonathan Slocum.

Description

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Description

The collection consists of psychiatric evaluations, correspondence, and reports concerning Zelda Fitzgerald when she was a patient at Craig House, Beacon, N.Y., under the care of Dr. C. Jonathan Slocum. Included are 18 letters, telegrams, and notes by F. Scott Fitzgerald, letters by various doctors and from Mrs. A. D. Sayre (Zelda's mother), copies of reports, some in French, and statements from Johns Hopkins Hospital and Prangin, Switzerland, as well as a stenographic transcript (114 pp.) of a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Dr. Thomas Rennie in 1933.

Collection Creator History

Craig House was an American private psychiatric clinic located in Beacon, N.Y.

Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, was a patient at Craig House, under the care of Dr. C. Jonathan Slocum.

Collection History

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Acquisition

Gift of Jonathan Slocum.

Custodial History

The records were a gift from Dr. Slocum's son, Jonathan Slocum (Princeton Class of 1936).

Access and Use

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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

Files cannot be copied. Readers are asked to use a set of preservation photocopies of the material. 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

Craig House Medical Records on Zelda Fitzgerald; 1932-1934, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• American literature
• Women's studies

Subject Terms

• Mental health
• Women

Genre Terms

• Correspondence
• Psychiatric records
• Reports

Contents and Arrangement

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	Title	Date	Container
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, ALS 1	1932 May 16	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. C.M. Gilmore to F. Scott Fitzgerald, TL (carbon) 1	1932 May 19	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Chilton Thorington to F. Scott Fitzgerald, TL 1	1933 August 11	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, telegram 1	1934 March 8	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, telegram 1	1934 March 9	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Eleanor Pavenstedt to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, TLS 1	1934 March 10	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Eleanor Pavenstedt to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, TL (copy) 1	1934 March 10	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Zelda Fitzgerald, telegram 1	1934 March 12	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Zelda Fitzgerald to F. Scott Fitzgerald, ANS 1	1934 March 12	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Zelda Fitzgerald to F. Scott Fitzgerald, TN (copy) 1	1934 March 12	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, TLS 3	1934 March 12	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to Dr. Eleanor Pavenstedt, TL (copy) 1	1934 March 12	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Secretary to E.H. & A.C. Friedrichs Co., TL (copy) 1	1934 March 14	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Zelda Fitzgerald, telegram 1	1934 March 16	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to F. Scott Fitzgerald, TL (copy) 2	1934 March 19	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerlad to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, TLS 5	1934 March 22	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Zelda Fitzgerald to Mrs. A.D. Sayre (“Mama”), telegram 1	1934 March 25	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Mrs. A. D. Sayre to Zelda Fitzgerald, ANS (draft) 1	1934 March 25	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to F. Scott Fitzgerald, TL (copy) 2	1934 March 26	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Zelda Fitzgerald, telegram 1	1934 March 30	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Zelda Fitzgerald & F. Scott Fitzgerald to Mrs. Edward Fitzgerald & Mr. A. D. Sayre, ANsS (drafts) 1	1934 April 1	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Zelda Fitzgerald to F. Scott Fitzgerald, ANS (draft) 1	1934 April 1	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, TLS 2	1934 April 2	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Secretary to Friedrichs Co. TL (copy), ANs 4	1934 April 3	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, TLS 4	1934 April 8	Box 1, Folder 1
	Mrs. Fitzgerald's Daily Schedule, TMs 1	1934 April 10	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to F. Scott Fitzgerald, TL (copy) 2	1934 April 11	Box 1, Folder 1
	Request for $2 to be sent on Mrs. Fitzgerald's behalf to the Philamarmonic Symphony Society, OK'd by Dr. C.J. Slocum to TNS 1	1934 April 17	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Mrs. A. D. Sayre (“Mama”) to Zelda Fitzgerald, telegram 1	1934 April 28	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Zelda Fitzgerald to Mrs. A. D. Sayre, ANS (draft) 1	1934 April 28	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, telegram 1	1934 April 30	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to F. Scott Fitzgerald, ANS (draft) 1	1934 April 30	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, telegram 1	1934 April 30	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Mrs. A. D. Sayre to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, ALS 1	1934 May 3	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Rex Blankenship, TLS 2	1934 May 4	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Mrs. A. D. Sayre (“Mama”) to Zelda Fitzgerald, telegram 1	1934 May 5	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to Mrs. A. D. Sayre, TL (copy) 1	1934 May 7	Box 1, Folder 1
	Request for Mrs. Fitzgerald to buy some inexpensive summer dresses, OK'd by Dr. Jonathan Slocum to TN 1	1934 May 8	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Zelda Fitzgerald, telegram 1	1934 May 11	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, telegram 1	1934 May 14	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, TLS, TLS(copy)3	1934 May 14	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to F. Scott Fitzgerald, telegram 1	1934 May 14	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, telegram 1	1934 May 17	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to F. Scott Fitzgerald, telegram 1	1934 May 17	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, telegram 1	1934 May 17	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to F. Scott Fitzgerald, telegram 1	1934 May 17	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Secretary to F. Scott Fitzgerald, TL (carbon) 1	1934 May 18	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to F. Scott Fitzgerald, TL (copy) 1	1934 May 19	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Secretary to Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital TL 1	1934 May 23	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Mrs. A. D. Sayre to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, ALS 1	1934 May 31	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Jonathan Slocum to Mrs. A. D. Sayre, TL (copy) 1	1934 June 4	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Dr. Ross Chapman to Dr. Jonathan Slocum, TLS 1	1934 June 18	Box 1, Folder 1
	From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Zelda Fitzgerald, ANS 1	undated 1934 May	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Zelda Fitzgerald to F. Scott Fitzgerald, ANS 1	undated 1934 May	Box 1, Folder 1
	From Zelda Fitzgerald to Mrs. A. D. Sayre, ANS 1	undated 1934 May	Box 1, Folder 1
	Psychiatric Reports on Zelda Fitzgerald	1927-1934 March 14	Explore Multiple Containers
	Printed matter	1934-1978	Explore Multiple Containers