Allan Nevins papers, 1912-1992

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Series IV: 1982 Gift

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, obituaries, memorials, and scrapbooks. Included are three letters from Van Wyck brooks and one letter from Willa Cather.



Box 205 1. Two AN letters (2) to Roland Baines written while abroad, 1912 -- 2. xerox of letter to AN from Ashley Thorndike, September 1, 1913, inviting AN to accept an instructorship in English Department, Columbia. -- 3. Cablegrams (5) sent by AN from England, 1940 (while he was Harmsworth professor at Oxford). -- 4. ANs description of an evening with Vishinsky, undated letter to Pete and Barbara Long. -- 5. AN letter to Pete and Barbara Long concerning work on volumes 8 and 9 of Ordeal. Undated but probably 1969. -- 6. Letters from Lillian Bean to AN (2) (included with other Bean letters) -- 7. AN letter to Norman Cousins concerning possible reviewing work after his stroke. (1969?) -- 8. Letter from Henry Commager to Anne Loftis, March, 1992. -- 9. Publication: "The City of Mansoul" an address of AN delivered on Founders Day, 1956, at Huntington Library. Publ. May, 1956. -- 10. Letters (25) to Mary Richardson Nevins: A. A.L. Rouse (2); B. Herbert Nicholson (1); C. Henry Commager (18); D. Lillian Bean (3); E. Louis Starr (2); F. E.M. flier (1); 11. Letter from Lillian Bean to Joseph G.E. Hopkins, editor, Scribners 1970; 12. A collection of photographs (41), 1930s to l971.