Stuart's correspondence is divided into three files. Correspondence that was not maintained in any order can be found, unarranged, in the first file. Stuart kept many of his letters in topical folders, and these items have been collected into the file of Alphabetical and Topical materials. Finally, some correspondence was removed in the mid 2000s (mostly by Lyle Stuart's son Rory, at Stuart's direction and with his occasional annotations) and filed in binders. There were three sets of alphabetical binders, one of letters from Stuart, and four binders that lacked specific order. While the binders have been discarded, the letters have been maintained in the order in which they were found.
The correspondence spans most of Stuart's life and covers personal, professional, and private activities. A single correspondent is occasionally represented in all three alphabetical binders as well as in a dedicated folder in the Alphabetical file and in the unarranged material. Major correspondents are listed in Subject Headings.
Box 15
General, 1940-2006, 20 folders
Box 16
General, 1940-2006, 20 folders
Box 16
Alphabetical and Topical, 1942-2010, 82 folders
Box 17
Alphabetical and Topical, 1942-2010, 82 folders
Box 18
Alphabetical and Topical, 1942-2010, 82 folders
Box 18
Correspondence Removed from Binders, 1942-2002, 35 folders
Box 19
Correspondence Removed from Binders, 1942-2002, 35 folders
General Mss Box 81 Folder 20
Ggeoge Seldes (1890-1995). An archive of 46 typed letters signed (George or George Seldes) to publisher Lyle Stuart,, 1952-1955
(Together 56 pages. 8vo. on personal stationery. With 42 curbons of Stuart's letters to either Seldes or to Brandt Aymar of Greenberg.... Publishers . in connection with Stuart purchasing copies of Seldes's book,Tell the Truth and Run. Also with three printed checks from Stuart to Seldes (one endorsed by Seldes. the others endorsed with stump).
Accession number: 2016.2017.M091