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Series: I. Correspondence; II. Legal Papers; III. Works; IV. Photograph; V. Printed Matter; VI. Bank Statements.

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Contains correspondence relating to A. Scott Berg.

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Contains correspondence from January-April, 1941.

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Contains correspondence from May-December, 1941.

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Contains correspondence from 1943-1944 and 1946-1948.

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Contains correspondence from 1950-1958, as well as undated correspondence.

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Correspondence between F. Scott Fitzgerald and others, as well as some miscellaneous material (i.e.receipts from the Scribner Book Store).

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Contains illustration of the memorial at F. Scott Fitzgerald's burial place, as well as a rubbing of the memorial.

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Contains a photocopied version of a "History of Ellerslie Manor from Edge Moor Pigments Records".

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Contains the agreement between the Estate of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Houghton Mifflin Company for the Publication of The Lost Decade: Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Contains photo stats of F. Scott Fitzgerald's will, etc.

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Contains an article and newspaper clipping about F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Contains correspondence from 1944-1956, as well as undated correspondence.

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Contains correspondence to and from unidentified persons.

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Contains publishers' contracts for All the Sad Young Men, Babylon Revisited, The Beautiful and the Damned, The Crack-Up, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Head and Shoulders, The Great Gastby, Myra Meets His Family, The Last Tycoon, A New Collection of Short Stories, Tales of the Jazz Age, Tender is the Night, This Side of Paradise, The Vegetabke, and other miscellaneous contracts.

Series: I. Correspondence; II. Legal Papers; III. Works; IV. Photograph; V. Printed Matter; VI. Bank Statements.

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Several interviews with John Biggss, including "A Few Early Years".

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Contains xeroxed tearhseets of Infidelity, a photostat copy of Last Kiss, and an extra carbon copy of The Crack-Up.

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A photograph of F. Scott Fitzgerald with "Scottie," taken in 1921.

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Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the correspondence and legal documents of Biggs (Princeton Class of 1918) accumulated as executor and trustee of the estate of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Princeton Class of 1917). Included are copies of Fitzgerald's will, publishers' contracts, royalty reports, tax returns, and papers concerning the posthumous publications of The Last Tycoon (1941), Tender Is the Night (1944), and The Crack-Up (1945). There is correspondence with Edmund Wilson, Maxwell Perkins, Harold Ober, Frances Kroll, Nancy Milford, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith (Fitzgerald's daughter), Arthur Mizener, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald, and the law offices of Barry Brannen, as well as papers concerning Zelda's hospitalization and death. Also present are an extra carbon copy of The Crack-Up, a photograph of Scott and Scottie, and miscellaneous articles and printed matter about Fitzgerald.

Arrangement

Series: I. Correspondence; II. Legal Papers; III. Works; IV. Photograph; V. Printed Matter; VI. Bank Statements.

Collection Creator Biography:

Biggs, John, Jr., 1895-1979

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, born in 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota, attended the St. Paul Academy and the Newman School of Hackensack, New Jersey, before entering Princeton University in 1913. Fitzgerald left Princeton in 1917 to enlist in the United States Army. Following his discharge from the army, Fitzgerald worked in advertising in New York City. Fitzgerald's first commercial success as an author came in 1920 with the publication of his novel, This Side of Paradise. Fitzgerald continued to publish novels and short stories throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including the novels The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender Is the Night (1934). Due to financial difficulties, Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s and worked on scripts for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. Fitzgerald died in 1940. Lifelong friend, John Biggs had been Fitzgerald's roommate at Princeton.

Acquisition:

Gift of John Biggs III, Frances F. Smith, Charles R. Biggs, and Anna Biggs Pierce.

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

Folder inventory prepared by Michelle Ripplinger '2012 in 2011.

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Credit this material:

John Biggs Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald Estate Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Location:
Firestone Library
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Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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  • Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-9