Series 1: Works, 1833-1977
Consists of novels, short stories, poetry and articles written by James Gould Cozzens as well as works by others.
Arranged by genre of material.
Subseries 1A: Novels, 1833-1970
Ask Me Tomorrow, 1940
Chapter One, undated
Chapter Two, undated
Chapter Three, undated
Chapter Four, undated
Chapter Five, undated
Chapter Six, undated
Chapter Seven, undated
Chapter Eight, undated
Chapter One: draft, undated
Chapter Two: draft, undated
Chapter Three: draft, undated
Chapter Four: draft, undated
Chapter Five: draft, undated
Chapter Six: draft, undated
Chapter Seven: draft, undated
Chapter Eight: draft, undated
AMss, fragment, dates not examined
AMss, fragment, dates not examined
AMss, fragment, dates not examined
AMss, fragment, dates not examined
Marked Galleys, undated
Marked Galleys, undated
Book Jacket, undated
By Love Possessed, 1957
2 Versions of Title Page, undated
Draft: pp. 7-17, dates not examined
Draft p. 73/239, pp. 75-90, undated
Draft, pp. 32-81, dates not examined
Carbon, draft, pp. 1-11, undated
Carbon (2nd text to p. 78), undated
Draft, pp. 70-82, dates not examined
Draft (D), pp. 64-71, undated
Draft: pp. 2-3; (Gladys), pp. 3-4; (Sam Orcutt), p. 4; (The Argument List), pp. 4-6, undated
Drafts: (The Man of Morals, etc.), pp. 211-6; (The Ponemah Association), pp. 29-31, undated
Carbon, pp. 1-10, dates not examined
Carbon, pp. 6-11, dates not examined
Draft, pp. 538-577, undated
Malcolm Cowley, "The World of Arthur Winner Jr.," New York Times Book Review, 1957 August 25
j. Clippings, 1961
Brandt, Carl (Brandt & Brandt), 1957
Bundy, McGeorge (Harvard):, 1957
Stark, Ray, 1957
Fan Mail, dates not examined
Castaway, 1934
Eleven Clippings, dates not examined
B-F, dates not examined
H-O, dates not examined
R-W, dates not examined
Fan Mail, 1930-1934
Guard of Honor, 1948
Reviews by Helen Garrett, Virginia Kirkus, Merle Miller, and for Literary Guild of America, undated
B, dates not examined
C, dates not examined
D-F, dates not examined
G, dates not examined
H, dates not examined
K-M, dates not examined
N-P, dates not examined
R-S, dates not examined
T, dates not examined
W-Z, dates not examined
Unidentified, dates not examined
Pulitzer Prize, 1949
A-B, dates not examined
C, dates not examined
D, dates not examined
F, dates not examined
G-H, dates not examined
J-L, dates not examined
M, dates not examined
N-P, dates not examined
R-S, dates not examined
T-Y, dates not examined
Unidentified, dates not examined
Part I, Let Us Be True, undated
Part Three, So Various, undated
Part Five, Night, undated
The Just and the Unjust, 1942
a. Drafts, dates not examined
pp. 29-45, dates not examined
pp. 24, 46, 59, dates not examined
pp. 63-71, 74-6, dates not examined
pp. 72-100, 107, n, n2, undated
pp. 101-9, 120-3, undated
pp. 110-29, dates not examined
pp. 130-77, undated
pp. 178-211, dates not examined
pp. 212-83, dates not examined
pp. 312-38, dates not examined
pp. 339-348, dates not examined
pp. 349-69, dates not examined
pp. 370-401, dates not examined
pp. 402-29, dates not examined
pp. 430-70, undated
pp. 471-9, dates not examined
pp. 480-95, dates not examined
pp. 496-516, dates not examined
pp. 517-31, dates not examined
pp. 1, 28, 83-9, undated
A-B, dates not examined
C-E, dates not examined
Hoover, John Edgar (FBI), 1942
F-J, dates not examined
K-M, dates not examined
N-S, dates not examined
The Last Adam, 1933
B, dates not examined
D-E, dates not examined
F-G, dates not examined
H, dates not examined
K-M, dates not examined
Read, Willard F. (Uncle), 1932-1933
P-S, dates not examined
Men and Brethren, 1935-1970
One set, dates not examined
Book Jacket, dates not examined
B, dates not examined
C, dates not examined
D-L, dates not examined
M-P, dates not examined
Morning Noon and Night, 1968
Chapter One, dates not examined
Chapter Two, dates not examined
Chapter Three, dates not examined
Chapter Four, dates not examined
Chapter Five, dates not examined
Chapter Six, dates not examined
Chapter Seven, dates not examined
Chapter Eight, dates not examined
Chapter Nine, dates not examined
Chapter Ten, dates not examined
Epilogue, dates not examined
Chapter One, dates not examined
Chapter Two, dates not examined
Chapter Three, dates not examined
Chapter Four, dates not examined
Chapter Five, dates not examined
Chapter Six, dates not examined
Chapter Seven, dates not examined
Chapter Eight, dates not examined
Chapter Nine, dates not examined
Chapter Ten, dates not examined
Epilogue, dates not examined
One set, dates not examined
One set, dates not examined
Text Corrections, undated
d. Publicity, 1968-1970
Book-of-the-Month Club News, with Articles by Clifton Fodiman and Frederick Bracher, 1968 September
B, dates not examined
C-F, dates not examined
H-L, dates not examined
M-W, dates not examined
Son of Perdition, 1929
S. S. San Pedro, 1931
1 marked set, undated
Chapter One, undated
Chapter Two, undated
Chapter Three, undated
Chapter Four, undated
Reviews, dates not examined
A-Z, dates not examined
1. Children and Others, 1964
"Child's Play", dates not examined
"Total Stranger", dates not examined
"Men Running", dates not examined
"Eyes to See", dates not examined
"Child's Play", dates not examined
"Total Stranger", dates not examined
"Men Running", dates not examined
"Eyes to See", dates not examined
"Child's Play," fragment, undated
"Total Stranger," fragment, undated
Candida by Bernard Shaw, undated
"Heart's Desire," fragment, undated
Ten Clippings, dates not examined
Ten Clippings, dates not examined
Ten Clippings, dates not examined
Ten Clippings, dates not examined
Ten Clippings, dates not examined
"Jersey Street": fragment, undated
"Peace and Quiet": fragment, undated
"Watch and Ward": fragment, undated
"Year After Year": fragment, undated
"Year After Year", undated
"A Flower in Her Hair", undated
Series 2: Correspondence, 1680-2999
Consists of personal and family correspondence as well as business and legal correspondence.
Arranged by genre of correspondence.
Anderson, Millicent, 1946
Angier, M. Estelle, 1968
Author's Guild, 1941-1959
A (General), dates not examined
Baker, Carlos, 1963
Barry, Hon. John Vincent, 1959
Bartlett, George, 1920
Beebe, Lucius M., dates not examined
Bellow, Saul, 1965-1970
The Berkshire Eagle, 1959-1967
Brace, Donald C, 1933
Bracher, Frederick, 1905-, 1958
Bracher, Frederick, 1905-, 1959-1960
Bracher, Frederick, 1905-, 1961-1976
Bradshaw, George, 1945-1960
Bruccoli, Matthew, 1972-1978
B (General), dates not examined
Caldwell, Erskine, 1942
Catton, Bruce, 1960-1963
Chamberlin, Jo Hubbard, 1945-1946
Columbia University, 1935-1962
C (General), dates not examined
Dennis, Nigel, 1950
Dodd, Edward H., 1940-1942
Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1931-1968
Doulens, Humphrey, 1946-1961
Dykstra, John W., 1958-1960
D (General), 1925-1968
Esquire, 1959-1965
E (General), 1924-1970
Fact, 1963-1964
Fairbanks, Eva Lee, circa 1926-1934
Fitts, Dudley and Edith, 1924
Ford, Mrs. Consuelo, 1961-1964
Fortune, 1939-1949
Furth, Albert L., 1942-1957
F (General), dates not examined
Giroux, Robert, 1947-1949
Giroux, Robert, 1950-1955
G (General), dates not examined
Haddock, George, 1945-1957
Harcourt, Alfred, 1932-1935
Harper and Brothers, 1957-1962
Harris, William B., 1951-1968
Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 1963-1970
Harvard Class of 1926, 1961-1976
Harvard Law School, 1949-1965
Harvard Law Review, 1957-1958
Harvard University, 1924-1969
Hauke, Richard L., 1963-1964
Hersey, John, 1954-1967
Hicks, Granville, 1950-1970
Hillman, Serrell (Time), 1957
Hills, L. Rust, 1963-1968
Hillyer, Robert d. 1961, 1950-1952
Hirsch, Richard, 1947
Hopson, Ann, 1934-1953
Howard, Thomas F., 1924-1927
H (General), 1924-1970
Iggulden, John, 1962-1969
Indiana University, 1941-1949
I (General), 1959-1968
Johnson, Margaret M., 1945-1948
Jovanovich, William, 1920-
Jovanovich, William, 1961-1963
Jovanovich, William, 1964
Jovanovich, William, 1965-1967
Jovanovich, William, 1968-1970
Jovanovich, William, 1971-1976
J (General), dates not examined
Kent School, 1918-1956
Kent School, 1957-1973
K (General), dates not examined
La Farge, Oliver, 1949-1950
Leonard, Frank G., 1958
Lindley, Denver, 1957-1958
Lindley, Denver, 1959-1969
"Lu", circa 1968-1969
Luce, Henry R., 1963
Ludwig, Richard M., 1957-1968
L (General), 1949-1970
McCallum, John Hamilton, 1957-1958
McCullough, Dan H., 1957-1960
Maxwell, Desmond E. S., 1962-1965
Meriwether, James B., 1958-1971
Meriwether, James B., 1972-1975
Michel, Pierre, 1959-1970
Mizener, Arthur, 1970
M (General), 1924-1970
National Review, 1961-1965
New York Herald-Tribune, 1933
New York Times, 1949-1956
Newhouse, Edward b. 1911, 1945-1957
Newhouse, Edward b. 1911, 1958-1969
Nichols, Lewis Lowther, 1958-1972
N (General), 1959-1972
O'Hara, John, 1962-1964
O (General), 1957-1968
Peter, Emmett B., Jr., 1960-1963
P (General), 1924-1972
Riggs, Lynn, 1931-1936
R (General), 1920-1969
Saturday Evening Post, 1929-1964
Scholes, Robert E., 1955-1960
Smith, Olcott Damon, 1966-1967
Sproul, Kathleen, 1959-1960
Staten Island Academy, 1963-1975
Syracuse University, 1949-1965
S (General), 1918-1977
Tennant, Rev. Roger, 1960-1969
Trauch, W. Lester, 1957-1964
T (General), 1958-1969
Updike, John Hoyer, 1932-
U (General), 1960-1969
V (General), undated
Ward, Allen, 1951-1961
Ward, John W., 1957
Whelen, Christopher, 1967-1972
Whelen, Christopher, 1973-1977
Williams University, 1958-1968
Letters from Willie, 1923-1925
Letters from Willie, undated
Letters from Willie, undated
Letters from Willie, undated
Letters from Willie, undated
Letters from Willie, undated
W (General), 1948-1969
Y (General), 1968
Zechlin, Mila L., 1965-1967
Unidentified, 1924-1970
Miscellaneous Envelopes, 1919-1969
7 Letters from JGC, undated
Letters from Kent, 1917-1918
Letters from Kent, 1919
Letters from Kent, 1920
Letters from Kent, undated
Letters from Kent, undated
Letters from Kent, undated
Letters from Kent, undated
Letters from Kent, undated
Letters to Jim at Kent, undated
Letters from Harvard, 1922
Letters from JGC, 1927-1932
14 Letters from JGC, 1929-1934
14 Letters to JGC, 1934 January-May
26 Letters to JGC, 1935-1938
1944 April-June, 1944 April-June
7 letters from JGC, 1951 July-August
C______, Louisa, H., circa 1927
Read, Prue (sister); Read, Willard (brother-in-law); Read, Willard, Jr. (nephew), 1903-1953
Robinson, Landon, undated
Stearns, Lillian (niece), 1953
Connecticut Probate Court, 1953-1955
Hanover Bank, 1928-1953
Hunt & Faherty (Lawyers), 1933-1945
Hunt & Faherty (Lawyers), 1948-1957
United States Tax Court, 1951-1953
Business Correspondence, 1925-1953
Business Correspondence, 1954-1964
Business Correspondence, 1965-1970
Ephemera, dates not examined
Series 3: Diaries, 1920-1970
Consists of diaries of James Gould Cozzens, ranging from 1920-1970.
Arranged chronologically.
My Trip Abroad, undated
The Excelsior Diary, 1920
Year Book Diary, 1921
Year Book Diary, 1922
Guild Diary, 1934-1958
Guild Diary, 1934
Guild Diary, 1935
Guild Diary, 1936
Guild Diary, 1937
Guild Diary, 1938
Guild Diary, 1939
Guild Diary, 1940
Guild Diary, 1941
Guild Diary, 1942
Guild Diary, 1946
Guild Diary, 1947
Guild Diary, 1948
Guild Diary, 1949
Guild Diary, 1950
Guild Diary, 1951
Guild Diary, 1952
Guild Diary, 1953
Guild Diary, 1954
Guild Diary, 1955
Guild Diary, 1956
Guild Diary, 1957
Guild Diary, 1958
Daily Reminder, 1959-1970
Daily Reminder, 1959
Daily Reminder, 1960
Daily Reminder, 1961
Daily Reminder, 1962
Daily Reminder, 1963
Daily Reminder, 1964
Daily Reminder, 1965
Daily Reminder, 1966
Daily Reminder, 1967
Daily Reminder, 1968
Daily Reminder, 1969
Daily Reminder, 1970
Consists of notebooks, ranging from 1960-1967.
Arranged chronologically.
Consists of war journals, both original and photocopied, ranging from 1911-1945.
Arranged chronologically.
Consists of Air Force materials of James Gould Cozzens, including press conference transcripts, manuals, training aids, and Cozzen's 201 file.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Consists of the correspondence of James Gould Cozzens during his service in WWII.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Consists of documents such as the certificate of marriage between Henry William Cozzens, Jr. and Mary Bertha Wood (JGC's parents) and the Kent diploma, as well as obituaries and religious articles and other printed matter.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Kent Diploma, 1922
Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard, 1951
Miscellaneous Documents, 1920-1964
Place-cards, dates not examined
The Anglican Digest, 1966 Spring
Harvard Honorary Degree, 1952
Legal Judicial Articles, undated
Miscellaneous Articles, 1967
Obituaries, undated
Reviews of Books not by JGC, undated
"Speaking Out" Articles, undated
Wedding Announcements, undated
Reviews, dates not examined
Consists primarily of family photographs and portraits of James Gould Cozzens.
Arranged by genre of photograph.
Collections, 1964
Miscellaneous, dates not examined
Portraits of JGC, undated
Consists of letters written to Richard M. Ludwig and John Abbott.
Arranged by correspondent.
- Scope and Contents
The collection illustrates the literary and military careers of Cozzens in manuscripts, notebooks, diaries (1920-1970), war journals (1911-1945), correspondence (general, family, and business), documents, memorabilia, clippings, and photographs. Ten of his novels Ask Me Tomorrow, By Love Possessed, Castaway, Guard of Honor, The Just and the Unjust, The Last Adam, Men and Brethren, Morning Noon and Night, Son of Perdition, S. S. San Pedro—as well as short stories, poetry, articles, and introductions, are represented by drafts, typescripts with author's corrections, and/or galleys.
Cozzens's correspondence with his mother, Bertha Wood Cozzens, covers almost 40 years (1917-1953); other correspondents include Carlos Baker, Saul Bellow, Matthew Bruccoli, Erskine Caldwell, Granville Hicks, William Jovanovich, Oliver La Farge, Richard M. Ludwig, Arthur Mizener, and John O'Hara. Also included is military material, such as transcripts of press conferences, correspondence, manuals, and Cozzens's Air Force file.
In addition, there are seventeen letters to John Abbott regarding problems with the publisher B. J. Brimmer & Co. (1924-1926), fourteen letters and one postcard to Richard M. Ludwig (1957-1975), two letters to Pat Lawler (1958), and one lettter to Pearson (1968).
Abbreviations used, mostly in correspondence:
JGC: James Gould Cozzens (had a great-uncle by the same name; is clearly marked as such)
BWC: (Mary) Bertha Wood Cozzens (1875-1953) JGC's mother
MEW: Mary Eliza Wood JGC's maternal grandmother
HWC: Henry William Cozzens, Jr. (1866-1920) JGC's father
Note: JGC married Sylvia Bernice Baumgarten. She is sometimes referred to as Sylvia and other times referred to as Bernice. Her professional name (as a literary agent) was "Bernice Baumgarten".
- Collection Creator Biography:
Cozzens, James Gould, 1903-1978
James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978), author of fourteen novels and numerous short stories, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the Kent School, and after his graduation in 1922 he went on to Harvard University. While attending Harvard, he published his first novel, Confusion, in 1924. A few months later, he withdrew from Harvard for reasons of health and finances. He moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where he wrote his next novel, Michael Scarlett. Like Confusion, it was not well received. He relocated to Cuba, where he began to write short stories. His experiences there provided material for later stories and novels, but he resigned after only a brief period as he felt that his writing career was stagnating. Though he published two more novels, his career did not improve until 1927, when he married Sylvia Bernice Baumgarten, a literary agent who successfully guided his career for the rest of her life.
Cozzens published ten more novels and a volume of short stories entitled Children and Others. He was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and won many awards, including the O. Henry Award in 1931 for "A Farewell to Cuba" and again in 1936 for "Total Stranger," the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for Guard of Honor, and the William Dean Howells medal in 1960 for By Love Possessed. However, none of his works achieved great success or popularity and Cozzens increasingly withdrew from society. As the years went on, he displayed a loss of appetite for living and an interest in suicide which pervaded his diaries. In 1978, he died in a hospital in Stuart, Florida, of cancer of the spine.
1903 Born on August 19 in Chicago, Illinois 1916 Entered the Kent School 1922 Graduated from Kent School; entered Harvard University 1924 Published Confusion; withdrew from Harvard University 1925 Published Michael Scarlett 1927 Married Sylvia Bernice Baumgarten 1928 Published Cock Pit 1929 Published Son of Perdition 1931 Published S.S. San Pedro; received O. Henry Award for "A Farewell to Cuba" 1933 Published The Last Adam 1934 Published Castaway 1936 Published Men and Brethren; received O. Henry Award for "Total Stranger" 1940 Published Ask Me Tomorrow 1942 Published The Just and the Unjust 1948 Published Guard of Honor 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Guard of Honor 1957 Published By Love Possessed 1960 William Dean Howells Medal for By Love Possessed 1964 Published Children and Others, a volume of short stories 1968 Published Morning Noon and Night 1978 Died on August 9 in Stuart, Florida
- Acquisition:
The collection developed from numerous gifts from James Gould Cozzens beginning in 1957 and continuing till 1970 .
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
James Gould Cozzens Papers, 1878-1978; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/c821gj788
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-44; 46-51
- Bibliography
Manuscripts of Cozzens found in the collection came to print in the following publications: Ask Me Tomorrow (NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940), By Love Possessed (NY: Harcourt, 1957), Castaway (NY: Random House, 1934), Children and Others (NY: Harcourt, 1964), Cock Pit (NY: W. Morrow & Company, 1928), Confusion (Boston: B. J. Brimmer Company, 1924), Guard of Honor (NY: Harcourt, 1948), The Just and the Unjust (NY: Harcourt, 1942), The Last Adam (NY: Harcourt, 1933), Men and Brethren (NY: Harcourt, 1936), Morning Noon and Night (NY: Harcourt, 1968), S.S. San Pedro (NY: Harcourt, 1931), The Son of Perdition (NY: W. Morrow, 1929).
- Subject Terms:
- American fiction -- 20th century.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Diaries.
Mothers and sons -- United States -- 20th century.
Novelists, American -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- American diaries -- 20th century.
Correspondence -- 20th century
Fiction -- 20th century.
Journals -- 20th century.
Manuscripts.
Notebooks -- 20th century - Names:
- United States. Air Force
Cozzens, Bertha Wood, d. 1953.