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This collection of the papers and correspondence of American novelist and short story
writer Edward Newhouse consists primarily of incoming correspondence from publishers
and
contemporary notables such as James Gould Cozzens, George Oppenheimer, Margaret Cousins,
Bill Maxwell, Granville Hicks, and Vincent Sheean; contracts, royalty statements,
and
reviews of published works; two typescripts from a novel and an unpublished short
story;
three photographs of Newhouse; newspaper clippings regarding his military career;
a
transcript of a biographical interview; and a tribute to Newhouse written by Smith. |
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The collection is arranged in two series: I. Works and Related Material, 1934-1965
(2
boxes) and II. Correspondence and Other Papers, 1935-2002 (1 box). |
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Most of the materials in Series I. are publishing house contracts and royalty statements,
reviews, publishers’ correspondence and editing notes, and general correspondence
relating
to Newhouse’s novels and short stories. There is one corrected typescript for The Temptation of Roger Heriott (1954) and an additional typescript
for an unpublished short story, Remembered Joys Are Never Passed, an
autobiographical account of Newhouse’s service in the Army Air Forces. Almost all
of the
correspondence is incoming to the author. Also present are two German language journals
and
tearsheets from U.S. magazines in which various short stories were published. |
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Series II. Correspondence and Other Papers consists of incoming correspondence from
James
Gould Cozzens (1946-1975), a lifelong friend whom Newhouse perhaps met when both were
majors
under the Chief of the Army Air Forces, General Henry H. Arnold; incoming fan mail;
incoming
correspondence and contracts regarding short stories that were adapted to motion pictures;
incoming correspondence from publishers and The New Yorker; and correspondence with Billy B. Smith. The series
also includes an interview of Newhouse regarding Stephen Brunauer, a chemist and probable
family friend who was caught up in the McCarthyism of the 1940s; materials relating
to
Newhouse, such as an Authors Guild membership certificate and copyright pamphlets;
military-career materials including two photographs and newspaper clippings relating
to a
scandal of commissioned officers of the armed services who were communists; photocopies
of
note cards with miscellaneous author quotations; and a tribute written by Billy B.
Smith
accompanied by a photograph of a young Newhouse. |
