Lillian B. Gilkes Papers An inventory of her papers at Syracuse University (original) (raw)
An inventory of her papers at Syracuse University
| Overview of the Collection | |
|---|---|
| Creator: | Gilkes, Lillian B. (Lillian Barnard), 1902-1977. |
| Title: | Lillian B. Gilkes Papers |
| Dates: | 1900-1976 |
| Quantity: | 3 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | The Lillian B. Gilkes Papers comprises the correspondence, writings, research notes, and memorabilia of the American author, educator, and biographer of Cora Crane (b. 1902). The collection not only illuminates Gilkes' professional writings, but also reveals a personal life marked by political activity and connections with radical artists and writers of the early to mid-20th century. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly AvenueSyracuse, NY 13244-2010https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Lillian B. Gilkes Papers comprises the correspondence, writings, research notes, and memorabilia of the American author, educator, and biographer of Cora Crane (b. 1902). The collection not only illuminates Gilkes' professional writings, but also reveals a personal life marked by political activity and connections with radical artists and writers of the early to mid-20th century.
Spanning the years 1900 to 1976, the alphabetically arranged Correspondence-Subject Files (Boxes 1-4) consists of any combination of incoming and/or outgoing correspondence, clippings, photographs, miscellaneous printed material, and writings. Correspondence includes that of family members (Louise Davidson, Fannie Gilkes, Fannie E. Taylor); authors (Benjamin Appel, Margaret Culkin Banning, Paul Corey, Martha Dodd (Stern), Janet Flanner, Gladys Benjamin Goddard, Josephine Herbst, Robert Hillyer, Langston Hughes, Helen R. Hull, Ruth Lechlitner, Robert Morss Lovett, Grace Lumpkin, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Jennings Rice, Felizia Seyd, Genevieve Taggard, Richard Wright, Leane Zugsmith); Gilkes' co-authors (Millen Brand, Dorothy Brewster); performing artists (Geradine Farrar, Georgette Leblanc, Eva Le Gallienne, Enrico and Dorothy Caruso); political figures (Henry Wallace); and publishers (Margaret C. Anderson, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, and Charles Scribners's Sons). Subject files contain a variety of documents relating to anti-ballistic missile systems, an anti-fascist anthology project, Gilkes' New York University short story writing class, Nixon and Watergate, the Progressive Party (of which Gilkes was a member), and the Southern Tenant Farmers Union and Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Produced between 1926 and 1972, the twenty-two articles, several book reviews, three books, and notes constitute Writings (Boxes 5-6).
Memorabilia (Box 6) includes photographs of Gilkes; printed material, such as clippings, periodicals, British political pamphlets and flyers, Democratic Party publications, and programs; writings by others; and miscellany, including a World War I armband, a "Normandie" hatband, and a photograph.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
The Lillian Gilkes Research Files on the American realist author Stephen Crane and his wife, Cora, are inventoried and housed in the Stephen Crane Collection.
Subject Headings
Persons
Alpert, Hollis, 1916-2007.
Anderson, Margaret C.
Appel, Benjamin, 1907-1977.
Babcock, Edwina Stanton.
Banning, Margaret Culkin, 1891-1982.
Bessie, Alvah Cecil, 1904-1985.
Bigelow, Gordon E.
Brand, Millen, 1906-1980.
Brewster, Dorothy, 1883-1979.
Brickell, Herschel, 1889-1952.
Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Matthew Joseph), 1931-2008.
Caruso, Dorothy.
Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921.
Corey, Paul.
Davidson, Louise.
Deiss, Joseph Jay.
Dodd, Martha, 1908-1990.
Downes, Anne Miller.
Dykeman, Wilma.
Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967.
Fielding, Alfred.
Flanner, Janet, 1892-1978.
Gilkes, Fannie.
Gilkes, Lillian B. (Lillian Barnard), 1902-1977.
Goddard, Gladys Benjamin.
Hard, Margaret M.
Hard, Walter R., 1882-
Herbst, Josephine, 1892-1969.
Hills, Mathilda M.
Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961.
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Hull, Helen R. (Helen Rose), 1888-1971.
Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991.
Leblanc, Georgette, 1869-1941.
Lechlitner, Ruth, 1901-1989.
Lovett, Robert Morss, 1870-1956.
Lumpkin, Grace.
McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-1976.
Namara, Marguerite, 1888-
O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1890-1941.
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953.
Rice, Jennings, 1900-
Schlauch, Margaret, 1898-1986.
Seyd, Felizia.
Taggard, Genevieve, 1894-1948.
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965.
Whipple, Chandler.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
Zugsmith, Leane, 1903-1969.
Corporate Bodies
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948)
Subjects
American literature -- 20th century.
Anti-fascist movements -- United States.
Authors and publishers.
Authors, American.
Biographers -- United States.
Peace movements -- United States.
Political letter-writing -- United States.
Political oratory -- United States.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Teachers as authors -- United States.
Women authors, American.
World politics -- 20th century.
Places
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Description and travel.
Soviet Union -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
United States -- Exiles.
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Genres and Forms
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Notes (documents)
Photographs.
Occupations
Authors.
Biographers.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Lillian B. Gilkes Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Finding Aid Information
Created by: SEH
Date: Oct 1993
Revision history: 26 Jun 2005 - EAD file created (MRR); 20 Sep 2006 - References to anti-fascist project added (MRR); 26 Oct 2012 - extent revised (MBD)
Inventory
| Correspondence-Subject Files | |
|---|---|
| Box 1 | A (1 folder) |
| Box 1 | Alpert, Hollis 1949 |
| Box 1 | Anderson, Margaret C. 1948-1970, undated |
| Box 1 | Anti-ballistic missile system letters (Gilkes/U.S. senators) |
| Box 1 | Anti-fascist anthology project - Correspondence - 1937-1938Writings |
| Box 1 | Appel, Benjamin 1939-1965, undated |
| See also Anti-fascist anthology project | |
| Box 1 | Authors League of America, the Authors Guild 1951 |
| Box 1 | B (1 folder) |
| Box 1 | Babcock, Edwina Stanton 1922 |
| Box 1 | Banning, Margaret Culkin 1966-1971, undated |
| Box 1 | Bessie, Alvah 1942 |
| Box 1 | Bigelow, Gordon E. 1965-1967 |
| Box 1 | Brand, Millen 1949-1954 |
| See also Anti-fascist anthology project | |
| Box 1 | Brewer & Warren Inc. 1930 |
| Box 1 | Brewster, Dorothy 1923-1968, undated - Correspondence (2 folders); Writings - "The Russian Soul: an English Literary Pattern" - The American Scholar, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Brickell, Herschel 1949-1951 |
| Box 1 | Bruccoli, Matthew 1974 |
| See also Lumpkin, Grace | |
| Box 1 | C (1 folder) |
| Caruso, Enrico and Dorothy | |
| See Goddard, Gladys Benjamin | |
| Corey, Paul | |
| See Anti-fascist anthology project | |
| Box 1 | Corey, Paul and Lechlitner, Ruth |
| Costain, Thomas B. | |
| See Goddard, Gladys Benjamin | |
| Box 1 | D (1 folder) |
| Davidson, Louise | |
| Box 1 | Correspondence, photographs 1912-1974, undated |
| Box 1 | American Friends of France, Inc and Morgan, Anne 1949-1954 - correspondence, clippings |
| Box 1 | Farrar, Geraldine 1946-1967, undated |
| See also Taylor, Fannie E. | |
| Box 2 | Goddard, Gladys B. 1961-1972 |
| Box 2 | Leblanc, Georgette 1916-1923 - photographs |
| Box 2 | Le Gallienne, Eva 1953-1956, undated - correspondence, clippings, photographs |
| Box 2 | Writings - "The Alley" - The New Yorker 11 Jan 1936 |
| Box 2 | Deiss, Joseph Jay 1967 |
| Box 2 | Dodd, Martha (Stern) 1950-1957, undated - correspondence, clippings |
| Box 2 | Downes, Anne Miller 1943 |
| Box 2 | Dykeman, Wilma 1966 |
| Box 2 | Farrar, Geraldine |
| Correspondence (1945-1966, undated); Memorabilia, clippings, photographs, printed (1902-1974) | |
| See also Davidson, Louise | |
| Box 2 | Fielding, Alfred 1933 |
| Box 2 | Flanner, Janet 1936 |
| Box 2 | G (1 folder) |
| Box 2 | Gilkes, Fannie (Lillian Gilkes' mother) 1929-1946, undated - photographs |
| Goddard, Gladys Benjamin | |
| Box 2 | Benjamin family - original and copy photographs, and tintypes (2) |
| See also Davidson, Louise | |
| Box 2 | Caruso, Enrico and Dorothy (Goddard's sister) 1918-1938 - Correspondence (copies), clippings, photographs (mostly copies) |
| Box 2 | Goddard, Torrance [pseud.] / Costain, Thomas B. 1927-1962 - legal and production records for Wings of Song |
| Box 2 | Johnson, Burgess 1900 |
| Box 2 | Pryor, Roger A. 1912 |
| Box 3 | Zirato, Bruno and Nina 1967-1974 - correspondence, clippings, photographs |
| Box 3 | Miscellaneous thank-you letters 1928-1976 |
| Box 3 | Writings - ms. of unpublished short story, poems (1908), notes, a drawing |
| Box 3 | Memorabilia |
| Box 3 | Clippings, ms. of obituary by L. Gilkes |
| Box 3 | H (1 folder) |
| Box 3 | Hard, Walter R. and Margaret 1952-1971 |
| Box 3 | Hemingway, Ernest 1950 - Gilkes' criticisms to editors about reviews of his book, Across the River and Into the Trees - clippings |
| Box 3 | Herbst, Josephine 1937-1938 |
| Box 3 | Hillyer, Robert 1949-1953 |
| Hills, Mathilda | |
| See Mayfield, John | |
| Box 3 | Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1936 |
| Box 3 | Hughes, Langston 1946 |
| Box 3 | Hull, Helen R. 1930-1948 |
| Box 3 | J (1 folder) |
| Johnson, Burgess | |
| See Goddard, Gladys Benjamin | |
| Box 3 | Korea 1951-1952 |
| Box 3 | L (1 folder) |
| Box 3 | League of American Writers (publications) 1938-1941 |
| Leblanc, Georgette | |
| See Davidson, Louise | |
| Box 3 | Lechlitner, Ruth and Corey, Paul 1937-1966 |
| Le Gallienne, Eva | |
| See Davidson, Louise | |
| Box 3 | Levesque, Jacques-Henry and Angele 1972 - writings, photographs |
| Box 3 | Lovett, Robert Morss 1949-1955, undated |
| Box 3 | Lumpkin, Grace 1930s-1976, undated |
| Box 3 | M (1 folder) |
| Box 3 | McBride, Mary Margaret 1948-1957 |
| Box 3 | Mayfield, John 1966-1973, 1977 - includes Hills, Mathilda |
| Morgan, Anne | |
| See Davidson, Louise | |
| Box 4 | N (1 folder) |
| Box 4 | Namara, Marguerite undated |
| Box 4 | Neruda, Pablo undated |
| Box 4 | New Masses 1937-1938 |
| Box 4 | New York University Short Story Writing class - miscellaneous correspondence with the institution and Gilkes' students |
| Box 4 | Richard Nixon Impeachment/Watergate 1952-1975 - correspondence, clippings |
| Box 4 | O (1 folder) |
| Box 4 | O'Brien, Edward J. 1933 |
| Box 4 | P (1 folder) |
| Box 4 | Political letters 1968-1976 - incoming and outgoing to governors, presidents, senators |
| Progressive Party | |
| Box 4 | Wallace, Henry A. and Ilo 1938-1975 |
| Box 4 | Miscellaneous correspondence 1948-1949 |
| Box 4 | Clippings 1948-1975 |
| Box 4 | Radio and meeting talks by L. Gilkes - typescript ms. and holograph notes |
| Box 4 | Memorabilia 1948 - founding convention pamphlets, programs, delegate pins and IDs |
| Pryor, Roger A. | |
| See Goddard, Gladys Benjamin | |
| Box 4 | R (1 folder) |
| Box 4 | Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan and Baskin, Norton 1949-1954 |
| Box 4 | Rice, Jennings 1935-1949 |
| Box 4 | S (1 folder) |
| Box 4 | Schlauch, Margaret 1947-1972, undated - clippings |
| Box 4 | Charles Scribner's Sons 1930-1936 - clippings |
| Box 4 | Seyd, Felizia 1951 |
| See also Anti-fascist anthology project | |
| Box 4 | Solano, Solita 1962, undated - photograph, writings |
| Box 4 | Southern Tenant Farmers Union and Works Progress Administration (WPA) 1937-1947 - photograph, printed material |
| Box 4 | Stern, Martha Dodd |
| See Dodd, Martha (Stern) | |
| Box 4 | T (1 folder) |
| Box 4 | Taggard, Genevieve undated |
| Taylor, Fannie E. | |
| Box 4 | Davidson, Louise 1915-1917, undated - correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs |
| Box 4 | Varesi, Gilda 1913 - correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs |
| United States Works Progress Administration (WPA) | |
| See Southern Tenant Farmers Union and Works Progress Administration (WPA) | |
| Varesi, Gilda | |
| See Taylor, Fannie E. | |
| Box 4 | W (1 folder) |
| Wallace, Henry | |
| See photographs in Progressive Party West Side Committee to Aid China | |
| Box 4 | Whipple, Chandler 1951 |
| Box 4 | Wolfson, Norman 1946 - "Hollow Skin" typescript ms. |
| Box 4 | Wright, Richard 1937-1945 |
| Box 5 | Zirato, Bruno 1972 |
| See also Goddard, Gladys Benjamin | |
| Box 5 | Zugsmith, Leane 1938 - correspondence, writings |
| Writings (by Gilke) | |
|---|---|
| Articles | |
| Box 5 | "Afterword for The Wedding, a Novel by Grace Lumpkin" - typescript ms. |
| Box 5 | "The Apostate: a Story" - Scribner's, Jan 1933 |
| Box 5 | "Barnard Property Acquired by the Barnett First National Bank: Some Jacksonville History" - typescript mss. (1 partial) |
| Box 5 | "Experiment at Highlander" - Direction, Nov 1939 |
| Box 5 | "Experiment at Highlander" - Writers Teach Writing [1940/1941] "Foreword", for the League of American Writers Writers School Bulletin, Spring 1940 - corrected typescript ms., printed material |
| Box 5 | "Further Discussion of the Angene and Botkin Papers" - The English Journal, Part II, Feb. 1940 |
| Box 5 | "Get Together! A True Story About the CIO Agricultural Workers Union" - The CIO News, July 10, 1939 |
| Box 5 | "Goldilocks and the Red-Herring: a Tale of the Campaign" - typescript ms. |
| Box 5 | "Hawthorne, Park Benjamin, and S.G. Goodrich: a Three-Cornered Imbroglio" 1970 |
| Box 5 | "Hope for the South" - The Fight, Jan. 1938 |
| Box 5 | "Letter Back Home" - New Advance, Oct. 1939 |
| Box 5 | "Life in the Big Cities" n.d. - The Bookman |
| Box 5 | "A New Voice in the Old South" - New York Citizen, July 1, 1940 |
| Box 5 | "Oil for Defense" - typescript ms. |
| Box 5 | "Owen Whitfield" - Equality, Oct./Nov. 1940 |
| Box 5 | "Park Benjamin, Henry William Herbert, and William Gilmore Simms: Some New Light on Old Differences" - typescript drafts |
| Box 5 | "Park Benjamin: Literary Agent, Et Cetera" - typescript mss. |
| Box 5 | "Taxation and Inflation" - 1943 |
| Box 5 | "To the Editor (The Ridgefield Press, 1943): the poll-tax congressman . . ." - typescript ms. |
| Box 5 | "The Trial of Preacher Blackstone" - Direction, Summer 1942 |
| Box 5 | "Writer Defends Her Parley Piece, Stays Unscalped" - The Ridgefield Press, Apr. 20, 1972 |
| Book reviews | |
| Box 6 | "Humorous Philosophizing, a Review by Lillian Gilkes" - The Book Review, Oct. 1926 |
| Box 6 | "A Study of Selfishness" - New York Tribune, Mar. 2, 1924 |
| Box 6 | Miscellaneous reviews by L. Gilkes (1 folder) |
| Books | |
| Box 6 | A Home Study Course in the Technique of the Short Story 1928 - (uncredited author L. Gilkes) prepared under the supervision of the Department of English, Columbia University |
| Box 6 | How to Write for Pleasure and Profit - legal material |
| Box 6 | Short Story Craft - production records - preparatory and legal correspondence with co-author Warren Bower, contributing authors, publisher - miscellaneous letters about book, advertisements, clippings (3 folders) |
| Box 6 | Memorabilia |
| Box 6 | Notes (1 folder) |
| Photographs | |
|---|---|
| Box 6 | Lillian Gilkes - portrait and ID card |
| Printed material | |
|---|---|
| Clippings | |
| Box 6 | Lillian Gilkes related 1947-1974 |
| Box 6 | Political 1970-1976, undated |
| Box 6 | War poster by L. Gilkes (clipping) 1917 |
| Box 6 | Miscellaneous 1940-1972, undated |
| Periodicals | |
| Box 6 | Miscellaneous 1923-1955 |
| Miscellany | |
| Box 6 | British political pamphlets and flyers 1975 - from Nicolas Pease (family knew Stephen Crane) |
| Box 6 | Political publications 1942-1946 - Democratic-Independent Club of Ridgefield, Connecticut publications (1943-1945); Democratic Party flyers (1942-1946) |
| Box 6 | Programs 1927-1934 |
| Writings (by others) | |
|---|---|
| See also Correspondence-subject files: Anti-fascist anthology project | |
| Box 6 | Albee, George |
| Box 6 | Appel, Benjamin |
| Box 6 | Arguedas, Jose Maria |
| Box 6 | Brand, Millen |
| Box 6 | Corey, Paul |
| Box 6 | Dorais, Leon |
| Box 6 | Field, Ben |
| Box 6 | Gelhorn, Martha |
| Box 6 | Hellman, Lillian |
| Box 6 | Maltz, Albert |
| Box 6 | Nexo, Martin |
| Box 6 | Pereda, Prudencio de |
| Box 6 | Seyd, Felizia |
| Box 6 | Shinaki, Kensaku |
| Box 6 | Warner, Sylvia W. |
| Box 6 | Wolfe, Thomas |
| Wolfson, Norman | |
| See Correspondence-Subject Files: Wolfson, Norman | |
| Zugsmith, Leane | |
| See Correspondence-Subject Files: Zugsmith, Leane |
| Miscellany | |
|---|---|
| Box 6 | Armband - World War I |
| Box 6 | Hatband - "Normandie" |
| Box 6 | Photograph of Innesley Dorrian |