Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- McCoy, Samuel Duff and Chambers, David Laurence
- Abstract:
- The McCoy mss., 1909-1956 (principally 1949-1956), consist largely of the correspondence of Samuel Duff McCoy, 1882-1964, journalist and author, with David Laurence Chambers, president of Bobbs-Merrill Company, publishers of Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], McCoy mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Samuel Duff McCoy was an American journalist and author. David Laurence Chambers was the president of Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis.
- Scope and Content:
The letters relate to authors, book reviewers, college professors, friends, literary agents, critics, politicians, manuscripts for books, and Indiana politics.
Also included in the collection are some poems by McCoy, 1909-1910; the manuscript of a paper by Chambers entitled "The first hundred years," which relates to James Whitcomb Riley and which was published in the Indianapolis News in six installments, October 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1949, for the Riley centennial; and 1950 correspondence between Edmund Henry Eitel, nephew of and secretary to James Whitcomb Riley, 1913-1916, McCoy and Chambers relating to a book of reminiscences or a life of Riley, which Eitel was trying to write, and the possibility of McCoy collaborating with him on it.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase: 1961
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], McCoy mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu