Daniel Longwell papers, circa 1920-1974
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0798
- Bib ID:
- 4079042 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Longwell, Daniel
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 90 boxes (circa 24,750 items (90 boxes))
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Papers documenting Longwell's influential career in publishing and journalism. There are files of correspondence with such notables as Sir Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Hart Benton, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Christopher Morley, and H.L. Mencken as well as artists such as Tom Lea and Peter Hurd. Also, correspondence and memoranda dealing with the Time-Life organization, among them an extensive series of letters from Henry R. Luce and various editors of the magazines.
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged remainder listed and arranged.
- Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
- Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts, Drawings, and Photographs
- Series III: Cataloged Diaries, 1943-1968
- Series IV: Other Papers
- Subseries 1: Uncataloged Correspondence
- Subseries 2: Uncataloged Correspondence
- Subseries 3: Other Materials
- Series V: Art
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Daniel Longwell papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Related Archival Materials
For art works that came with this collection and are not in Boxes 8a and 8b, see the art collections shelf list.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Longwell, Mrs. Daniel. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1969. Accession number--M-69.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
Revision Description
2009-06-26 File created.
2018-12-21 dsc added
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
Editor. Longwell was an editor at Doubleday and supervised the publication of works of Edna Ferber, Ellen Glasgow, and other writers. In 1934, he joined Time, Inc., where he was one of founding editors of LIFE, and chairman of the board of editors from 1946 until his retirement in 1954.
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