Collection ID: LMC 1218
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Summary

Abstract:
The Cordell mss., 1909-1963, consists of letters to university professor Richard Albert Cordell, 1896-1986, from prominent literary figures.
Extent:
1 folio
Language:
Materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Cordell mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Albert Cordell, 1896-1986, was a professor of English at Purdue University.

Scope and Content:

The Cordell mss., 1909-1963, consists of letters to Richard Albert Cordell, 1896-1986, university professor, from prominent literary figures.

Among the correspondents are Franklin Pierce Adams, George Ade, Maxwell Anderson, Winifred Ashton, Samuel Nathaniel Behrman, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Witter Bynner, Rachel Crothers, Cleo Dawson, David Cornel De Jong, Arthur Durham Divine, Paul Hamilton Engle, St. John Greer Ervine, Maurice Evans, John Galsworthy, Florence Emily (Dugdals) Hardy, Moss Hart, Lillian Hellman, Josephine (Jackson) Hubbard, Hatcher Hughes, Robert Nichols Hunt, Henry Arthur Jones, George Simon Kaufman, George Edward Kelly, Sir Gerald Festus Kelly, Eva Le Gallienne, Doris Emrick Lee, Benn Wolfe Levy, Sir Desmond MacCarthy, Jessica Nelson (North) MacDonald, William Somerset Maugham, Angus McDonnell, Henry Louis Mencken, Ogden Nash, Allardyce Nicoll, Sean O'Casey, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, William Lyon Phelps, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, Elmer L. Rice, Lennox Robinson, Alan Searle, Bernard Sobel, Philip Duffield Stong, John William Van Druten, Kurt Vonnegut, and Leonard Daniel Wickenden.

Acquisition information:
Purchase: 1966
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged following original order.

Physical location:
Lilly - Folio

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RESTRICTIONS:

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Cordell mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu