Newberry Library - Sherwood Anderson papers, 1872-1992

Sherwood Anderson papers, 1872-1992

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Title Sherwood Anderson papers, 1872-1992

Creator Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941

Date 1872-1992

Place Illinois--Chicago

Language English

Subjects American literature, Bohemianism, Novelists, American

Summary Letters, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, publicity materials, financial records, artifacts, etc., of Sherwood Anderson. Includes Anderson's voluminous correspondence, as well as the correspondence of third wife Eleanor Anderson following Anderson's death. Major correspondents include Margaret C. Anderson, Charles J. Connick, Hart Crane, Floyd Dell, John Dos Passos, Arthur Dove, Theodore Dreiser, John Emerson, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Julia Collier Harris, Ben Hecht, Aldous Huxley, Ernest Hemingway, J.J. Lankes, Anita Loos, H. L. Mencken, Harriet Monroe, Georgia O'Keeffe, Maxwell Perkins, Paul Rosenfeld, Carl Sandburg, Ferdinand Schevill, Roger Sergel, Gertrude Stein, and Alfred Stieglitz. Also significant correspondence with Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson, including "letter-a-day" letters by Anderson to his wife, written in the year before their marriage; manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, printed items, and reprints of Anderson's works; photographs, a tape recording, and videocassette of Anderson, his family, friends, homes, and works; and plaster busts of Winesburg characters sculpted by Anerson's second wife, the artist Tennessee Mitchell.

Biographical/Historical Note Midwestern writer best known for his work, Winesburg, Ohio (1919). Active member of the early 20th century realist movement commonly known as the Chicago Literary Renaissance.

Extent 61 cubic ft. (121 boxes and 3 oversize boxes)

Format Manuscripts, Photographs, Correspondence, Artifacts

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Call Number Midwest MS Anderson

BibID 992747888805867

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2650px × 1640px 24.93 MB

Filename 992747888805867_midwest_ms_anderson_box_00012_fl_00577_000007.tif

Unique Identifier NL12WQDN

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