Art Young correspondence, 1891-1943.

0.42 linear feet (1 box)

English

In English.

Purchased from Alexander Autographs on the Jockey Hollow Fund, 2008.

Arranged alphabetically.

Art Young, cartoonist and author.

Collection of letters to Art Young from journalists, editors, left-wing and social organizations, cartoonists, and writers. Letters date from 1891 to 1943, with the bulk from the 1920s and 1930s, when Young resided in New York. The collection features letters from New York area journalists, editors, and activists, many of which concern contributions to labor and socialist publications such as The Advance, New Masses, and Socialist Call. New York area correspondents include Paul Blanshard, Max Eastman, Lewis Gannett, Frazier Hunt, Manuel Komroff, Dudley Nichols, James Oneal, Burton Rascoe, and Upton Sinclair, as well as many others. Other noteworthy correspondents include Paul Carus, Stuart Chase, John Haynes Holmes, Horace Traubel, and Carl Zigrosser. There are several original outgoing letters.

December 18, 2008

Art Young Correspondence. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Art Young Correspondence. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.