Collection View
Consists of manuscripts and notes for works such as "Death of the Strange Star," "The Arrow at the Heel," and "Selected Poems" among others.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
poems: A-M, dates not examined
poems: N-Y, dates not examined
poems: sonnets, dates not examined
poems: untitled, dates not examined
Wildlife Mysteries, edited TMs, intro.-chapter 9, pp. 1-79, book jacket, dates not examined
articles: B-W, dates not examined
Consists of correspondence with such organizations as Charles Scribner's Sons Publishers, The New Yorker, and Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
A - D, dates not examined
Dodd, Mead & Co, 1954-1964
Dodd, Mead & Co, 1965-1973
E - L, dates not examined
M - S, dates not examined
The New Yorker, dates not examined
Random House, dates not examined
T - unidentified, dates not examined
Consists of documents of or related to Raymond Holden.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Documents, dates not examined
Consists largely of reviews of fiction and poetry.
Arranged by genre.
printed material, dates not examined
fiction reviews, dates not examined
poetry reviews, dates not examined
miscellaneous, dates not examined
printed material, dates not examined
Consists of papers of individuals other than Raymond Holden.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Series 6: Additions, 1932-1968
Consists largely of manuscripts, correspondence, and notes regarding "Sexual Autobiography" and "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral."
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
- Scope and Contents
Contains various drafts of books of Holden (Class of 1915)-- Death and the Strange Star (unpublished), Murder Breeds Murder(unpublished), The Arrow at the Heel (NY: Henry Holt, 1940), The Reminding Salt (NY: Dodd, Mead, 1964), Selected Poems (NY: Henry Holt, 1946), The Merrimack (NY: Rinehart, 1958), All About Famous Scientific Expeditions (NY: Random House, 1955), Famous Fossil Finds: Great Discoveries in Paleontology (NY: Dodd, Mead, 1966), Secrets in the Dust (NY: Dodd, Mead, 1959), and Wildlife Mysteries (NY: Dodd, Mead, 1972)--as well as versions of some of his short stories, poems, and articles. Included is sizeable correspondence from John Hall Wheelock, Raymond T. Bond, John Holmes, Morton Dauwen Zabel, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and there is correspondence from contemporary poets in response to a 1946 survey conducted by Holden and Sara Henderson Hay. The collection concludes with documents, printed material, and papers of other persons.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Holden
Raymond Holden was born on April 7, 1894 in New York City. He graduated form Princeton University in 1915 and served in the National Guard from 1916-1917. From there, Holden became involved in publishing. During his career he worked for a variety of publications, including the New Yorker, Fortune, Newsweek, and Reader's Digest. Holden was also a writer in his own right, producing a number of books, short stories, and poetry. Later in life he moved to New England, where he became involved in both the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the New Hampshire Library Trustees Association. He passed away on June 26, 1972.
- Acquisition:
Gift of Barbara Holden Yeomens, Raymond P. Holden, Anonymous
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Biography written by Alyxandra Cullen, '09.
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Raymond Holden Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/4q77fr35n
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-9
- Subject Terms:
- American fiction. -- 20th century
American poetry. -- 20th century
Detective and mystery stories, American -- 20th century.
Novelists, American. -- 20th century
Paleontology -- History.
Scientific expeditions -- History. - Genre Terms:
- Fiction -- United States. -- 20th century
- Places:
- Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.)
