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Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947

 Person

Biography

William Maxwell Evarts "Max" Perkins was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Thomas Wolfe.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald ephemera, 1919-1976

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Identifier: 1976-003
Scope and Contents The ephemera is grouped into five series: Correspondence, Writings, Photographs, Miscellaneous, and Library.The correspondence consists of photocopied and photographically reproduced autograph letters by Fitzgerald and two greeting cards signed by Zelda Fitzgerald.The writings, dating from 1920-1976, include two typescript draft poems attributed to Fitzgerald by S. Donovan Swann, Jr.; a facsimile of an autograph draft of a promotional piece for This Side of Paradise,...
Dates: 1919 - 1976

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