This series contains correspondence that was processed and arranged at the file level. See Series I: Cataloged Correspondence, for additional correspondence files.
This series contains both personal and professional correspondence. There is some additional professional correspondence in both Series IV and Series X.
For family correspondence, see Series I, IX and X.
Box 5
A
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Agents, 1934-1965
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Esther Andrews, 1947-1958, undated
Box 27 Folder 1
Esther Andrews, 1957, undated
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Appleton, Charlotte Johnson (Mrs. George), 1919, 1951-1956
Box 27 Folder 2
Brooke Astor, 1965
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B
Box 27 Folder 3
Carlos Baker, 1965
Professor of Literature, Princeton University. Correspondence re: Ernest Hemingway.
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Elsie Blume (Mrs. Peter), 1949-1963
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Cinderella Bouer, undated
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Mary Rose Sciarra Himlet Bradford (Mrs. Roark), 1942, undated
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Katharine Vedder Busch, 1947-1965
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C
Box 27 Folder 4
Christmas Cards, 1961, undated
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Annetta Hart Colie (Mrs. Stuart), 1960-1962
Box 27 Folder 5
Malcolm Cowley--Re: The Golden Spur, 1960-1961
Includes two page synopsis.
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D
Box 27 Folder 6
Margaret DeSilver, 1948-1961, undated
Primarily correspondence from Powell to DeSilver.
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Edward Donahoe, 1965
Box 27 Folder 7
John Dos Passos, 1934-1961, undated
1 a.l.s. is very fragile.
Box 27 Folder 8
John Dos Passos--Card, undated
Handwritten note in card from JR indicates she recalls this was from Dos Passos. While there is a short note written in the card, it is unsigned.
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E
Box 27 Folder 9
England, 1955-1961
Primarily correspondence from the A.D. Peters literary agency.
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F
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Dwight Fiske, 1948-1958
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Ruth Van Sickle Fond, 1948-1955, undated
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G
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Coburn Gilman, 1934-1960, undated
Box 27 Folder 10-12
Coburn Gilman, 1917-1950, undated
Correspondence from Powell to Gilman. Files includes a few other items, including Gilman's resume (1949).
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Phyllis Givens (Mrs. Eben), 1954-1965, undated
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H
Box 27 Folder 13
"The Widow Hemingway", undated
1 t.l.s. Signed, "The Widow Hemingway"
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Robert H. Hethman, 1956
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Ann Honeycutt, 1961-1965, undated
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Russia Hughes (Mrs. William), 1962, undated
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K
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Marcus Klein, 1960-1961
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L
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Louise Lee, 1960
Box 27 Folder 14
John Leggett, undated
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J. Fred Lissfelt, 1957-1965, undated
Box 27 Folder 15
Literary Agents--Correspondence, 1932-1936, 1940, 1958, 1962
Correspondence is primarily related to Carol Hill, and includes several carbons of agency correspondence.
Box 27 Folder 16
Augusta Wallace Lyons, 1965, undated
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Augusta Wallace Lyons, 1965, undated
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M
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Magazines, 1927-1965
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Lawrence McKinney, 1942
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Walter Rumsey Martin, 1957-1964
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Effie Miller (Mrs. Charles), undated
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Maurice Morency, 1950, undated
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P
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William Peterson, 1962-1965
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John Boynton Priestly, 1962
Copy of letter to Viking Press.
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Publishers, 1934-1964
Includes correspondence, and some contracts.
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R
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Jacqueline Miller Rice, 1965, undated
Box 27 Folder 17
Jacqueline Miller Rice, 1956-1965
Correspondence to and from Dawn Powell.
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S
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Y.K. Smith, 1957-1958
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T
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Lionel Tompkins, 1929, 1960-1964
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W
Box 27 Folder 18
Edmund Wilson, 1953-1957, undated
Box 27 Folder 19
Rosalind Wilson, 1951-1965
Includes carbons of Powell's correspondence. Wilson was an editor at Houghton Mifflin.
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Clifford Wright, 1960
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Marguerite Young, 1957
Box 28 Folder 1-2
Personal Correspondence--Miscellaneous, 1935-1965, undated
Box 28 Folder 3
Personal Correspondence--Miscellaneous Postcards and Cards, 1929-1965, undated
Box 28 Folder 4
Professional Correspondence--Refile by Title, 1948-1956
Primarily correspondence with publishers and agents. Includes outgoing carbons of correspondence written by Powell.
Box 28 Folder 5-6
Professional Correspondence--Miscellaneous, 1935-1965, undated
Arranged chronologically.
Box 28 Folder 7
Professional Correspondence--Miscellaneous, 1944-1963
Includes several professional letters, as well as some poems and notes.
Box 28 Folder 8
Assorted Correspondence, 1940-1962
Box 28 Folder 9
Assorted Correspondence, 1936-1972
A mix of correspondence. Includes notes on the play "Rosy Future"
Box 28 Folder 10
Assorted Correspondence, 1943-1990
Primarily professional correspondence, and includes several letters from publishers. Some of the correspondence is addressed to Jaqueline Rice.
Box 29 Folder 1-2
Correspondence--In, 1930-1965
Box 29 Folder 3
Correspondence--Out, 1946-1963, undated
Includes correspondence to family members and carbons of correspondence to others.
Box 29 Folder 4
Correspondence--Out--Miscellaneous, 1946, undated
Box 29 Folder 5
Correspondence--Miscellaneous, 1928-1962
Note on original file (perhaps by Jacqueline Rice) indicates that correspondence was unidentified, to be filed, and not copied.
Box 6
Unidentified Letters