Charles Hanson Towne papers

id
1026
origination
Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949
date statement
1891-1948 [bulk 1902-1945]
key date
1891
identifier (local_mss)
3014
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 3014
b-number
b11822978
total components
229
total series
0
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:04 UTC
updated
2017-05-24 01:22:18 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitdate
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{"value"=>"1902-1945", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1902/1945"}
date_inclusive_start
1891
date_inclusive_end
1948
keydate
1891
date_start
1891
date_end
1948
unittitle
{"value"=>"Charles Hanson Towne papers"}
physdesc
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repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an author, editor and popular New York celebrity. From 1924 to 1929 he edited many magazines including Smart Set, Delineator, Designer, McClure's, and Harper's Bazaar. He also wrote poetry, novels, plays, travel essays, song cycles, lyrics for musicals and operettas, memoirs, and newspaper columns; taught poetry at Columbia University; and toured with the Broadway hit, Life With Father. Much of his writing celebrated New York City and he was considered to be the quintessential New Yorker. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, financial papers, press clippings, photographs, and ephemera. Correspondence, 1924-1948, contains letters from Towne's friends and fans, many of them prominent in literature and the arts; occasional copies of his replies; and his outgoing letters, 1918-1931. Bulk of the collection is made up of Towne's writings, including manuscripts of poems, plays, stories, essays and newspaper columns. Also, scrapbooks of press clippings, financial correspondence and documents, papers relating to the poetry course he taught at Columbia (including poetry by his students), ephemera, and photographs."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Charles Hanson Towne papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949), was an author, editor, and popular New York celebrity. He moved from Kentucky to New York City with his family at the age of three. Towne began his literary career quite early as the eleven year old \"publisher\" of the <em>Unique Monthly</em>, a children's magazine written by and for Towne and his friends. After a year at City College, Towne got his first break as an editorial assistant at <em>Cosmopolitan</em> magazine. In 1901 he moved to the <em>Smart Set</em>, a new magazine for a sophisticated urban clientele, where he held numerous positions before becoming editor in 1904. <em>Smart Set</em> was the first of the many important magazines Towne was to edit, including the <em>Delineator</em> (1907-1910), <em>Designer</em> (1910-1915), <em>McClure's</em> (1914-1920), and <em>Harper's Bazaar</em> (1926-1929). In addition to his editorial duties, Towne was a prolific writer. He authored numerous volumes of poetry, novels, plays, travel essays, an etiquette book, song cycles, lyrics for musicals and operettas, and memoirs. Much of his writing celebrates New York City, most notably his work <em>Manhattan: A Poem</em> (1909) and his books of reminiscences. Towne was felt by many to the quintessential New Yorker. From 1931-1937 he wrote a personal and literary column for the <em>New York American</em>, taught a poetry course at Columbia University and in 1940 joined the touring company of the Broadway hit, <em>Life With Father</em>. In 1945 Towne summed up his career with the autobiography, <em>So Far, So Good</em>.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Charles Hanson Towne Papers contain correspondence, his writings, financial papers, press clippings, photographs, and ephemera. The correspondence, 1922-1948, is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent, and contains letters from Towne's friends and fans, many of them prominent in literature and the arts. His most frequent correspondents represented in the collection include, Gertrude Atherton, Marie Adelaide Belloc, Major Edward Bowes, Royal Cortissoz, Theodosia P. Faulks, Zona Gale, Ellen Glasgow, Carolyn Wells Houghton, Fannie Hurst, Richard Le Gallienne, Edgar Lee Masters, Somerset Maugham and Edgar P. Snow. Following the incoming letters is a small folder of outgoing letters, 1918-1931. However, some copies of Towne's replies can be found filed with incoming letters.</p> <p>The bulk of the collection consists of Towne's writings. Nine notebooks contain holograph manuscripts of his poems, plays, stories, essays, and newspaper columns, 1915-1944. Following the notebooks are undated typescripts of many of his works arranged by genre. His writings also appear in the scrapbooks of press clippings.</p> <p>The remainder of the collection contains financial correspondence and documents, papers relating to the poetry course he taught at Columbia, and additional press clippings, ephemera, and photographs. Among his Columbia papers are poems written by his students, among them, J. D. Salinger.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Mrs. Ora Searle, 1949 and purchase from the Carnegie Book Shop, 1949.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Melanie A. Yolles, May 1984</p>"}
altformavail
{"value"=>"<p>Edgar Snow correspondence available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}
extent_statement
4.7 linear feet (9 boxes)
date_bulk_start
1902
date_bulk_end
1945

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