Joseph Hergesheimer collection, 1922-1951.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

English

In English.

Acquired from various sources. Photocopies of catalog cards and provenance information are filed in the collection.

This collection is open for research.

Joseph Hergesheimer, American author of novels, short stories, and essays.

Contains autograph letters, signed, from Joseph Hergesheimer to various individuals and drafts of writings by Hergesheimer. Correspondents are James Babb, Curtis Brown, Gelett Burgess, John Fanar, James Huneker, and Sidney and Dorothea Withington. Writings include a bound typescript of the play Cytherea (1923), a bound autograph manuscript of the essay George Moore (1923), a typescript of the short story Changu (undated), and a typescript dedicatory note from Hergesheimer to Carl Van Vechten for A Portrait in Alabaster (1947).

October 27, 2011

Joseph Hergesheimer Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Joseph Hergesheimer Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.