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Series 2: Correspondence, 1912-2008

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Series 2: Correspondence Content List
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Aiken, Conrad. 1L to JPB1940Box 20, Folder 1
Anderson, Eleanor [Mrs. Sherwood]. 4L to JPB1937-1941Box 20, Folder 2
Anderson, Sherwood. 11L to JPB, 1921-1940 3 undated1921-1940Box 20, Folder 3
A (General)1927-1943
Bishop, Jonathan1971-2008Box 20, Folder 4a
Bishop, Margaret Grosvenor Hutchins1921-1947
Bishop, Margaret Miller Cochran. 12L to JPB, 1924 9 undated 3L to Margaret G. H. Bishop, 1925 3 undated1924, 1925Box 20, Folder 8
B (General)1917-1943
Carrera Andrade, Jorge1942-1943
Cummings, Edward Estlin. 17L to JPB, 1933-1938, 16 undated Also sketches, 1 poem1933-1938Box 20, Folder 11
C (General)1922-1947
David, Lambert ("The Virginia Quarterly Review"). 10L to JPB1933-1938Box 20, Folder 13
Donahoe, Edward. 21L to JPB, 1935-1943, 1 undated1935-1943Box 20, Folder 14
Dos Passos, John. 7L to JPB, 1920-1942 4 undated1920-1942Box 20, Folder 15
D (General)1931-1943
Les Entretiens de Pontigny1943
E (General)1929-1943
Faulkner, William. 1L to JPB1932Box 21, Folder 3
Fitzgerald, F. Scott1931-1935
F (General)1922-1944
Goll, Ivan1942-1943
G (General)1922-1944
Hemingway, Ernest. 1L to JPB1937Box 21, Folder 8
H (General)1924-1943
I (General)1916
J (General)1933-1943
K (General)1925-1942
de Lanux, Elizabeth1940-1941
Larsson, R. E. F. 6L to JPB1936-1941Box 21, Folder 14
Laughlin, James ("New Directions"). 10L to JPB, 1939-1943 3 undated1939-1943Box 21, Folder 15
Littlefield, William H. 7L to JPB1942-1944Box 21, Folder 16
Lowenfels, Walter. 17L to JPB, 1932-1935 2 undated1932-1935Box 21, Folder 17
L (General)1916-1943
MacLeish, Archibald. 6L from JPB, 1924 4 undated1924Box 21, Folder 19a-c
Masefield, John. 2L to JPBundatedBox 21, Folder 20
Mellquist, Jerome. 5L to JPB, 1935; also review of Act of Darkness TMs, 2 pp.1935Box 21, Folder 21
Merriam, Eve (WQXR). 7L from JPB, 1941-1942; 6L to JPB, 1941-1942; also "Out of the Ivory Tower," radio script of poetry reading by JPB, 19421941-1942, 1941-1942, 1942Box 21, Folder 22
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. 2L to JPB, 1920 1 undated1920Box 21, Folder 23
Moore, Marianne. 4L to JPB1943Box 21, Folder 24
Myers, Margaret Bishop (JPB's sister). 3 folders1927-1931
M (General)1918-1943
Nabokoff, Nicolas. 10L to JPB, 1933-1941 3 undated1933-1941Box 22, Folder 5
N (General)1921-1944
O'Donnell, George Marion. 1L to JPB, 1939; also "Mr. Faulkner's Mythology," by O'Donnell, TMs, carbon, 18 pp.1939Box 22, Folder 7
O (General)1932-1942
Perkins, Maxwell (Charles Scribner's Sons). 20L to JPB1930-1942Box 22, Folder 9
Poore, Dudley. 2L from JPB, 1941, 1942; 5L to JPB, 1942 1 undated1941, 1942, 1942Box 22, Folder 10
Porter, Katherine Anne. 2L from JPB, 1941, 1942; 3L to JPB, 1941 1 undated1941, 1942, 1941Box 22, Folder 11
Pound, Ezra. 7L to JPB, 1927 6 undated1927Box 22, Folder 12
P (General)1918-1943
Ransom, John Crowe ("The Kenyon Review"). 2L from JPB, 1941; 4L to JPB, 1940-1941 1 undated1941, 1940-1941Box 22, Folder 14
de Rochemont, Richard. 10L to JPB, 1934-1936; also documents concerning the renting of JPB's French house1934-1936Box 22, Folder 15
Rosenfeld, Paul ("The American Caravan"). 2L from JPB, 1941; 7L to JPB, 1926-19411941, 1926-1941Box 22, Folder 16
R (General)1913 July 26-1944
Stevens, Wallace. 3L to JPB1943Box 22, Folder 18
S (General)1922-1944
Tate, Allen1929-1945
T (General)1931-1942
U (General)1942
Vincent, Allen. 8L to JPB, 1921-1922 4 undated1921-1922Box 23, Folder 6
V (General)1920-1942
Warren, Robert Penn (The Southern Review). 9L to JPB1934-1943Box 23, Folder 8
Wheelock, John Hall (Charles Scribner's Sons). 21L to JPB1931-1944Box 23, Folder 9
Williams, Oscar. 2T from JPB, 1942; 3L from JPB, 1942; 6L to JPB, undated; 1L from JPB to Henry Allen Moe, concerning Williams, 19421942, 1942, 1942Box 23, Folder 10
Williams, William C. 1L from JPB, 1941; 1L to JPB, 19411941, 1941Box 23, Folder 11
Wilson, Edmund (The New Republic)1919-1947Box 23, Folder 11
W (General)1922-1943
Y (General)1913-1934
Z (General)1912-1941
Official Correspondence1941-1943Box 23, Folder 17
Unidentifieddates not examinedBox 23, Folder 18
Collected Poems Correspondence1946-1968Box 23, Folder 19

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Sherwood Anderson, e. e. Cummings, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Marianne Moore, Katherine Anne Porter, and Edmund Wilson, as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Collection History

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Barbara McElroy '81 in 1980. Finding aid written by Barbara McElroy '81 in 1980.

Biography written by Jessica Marati, '08.

In 2022, restrictions on an Ernest Hemingway letter where researchers were required to use surrogates were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Series 2: Correspondence; John Peale Bishop Papers, C0138, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Firestone Library
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Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (mss): Box 20-23

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