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Guide to the Mitchell Kennerley Papers, 1898-1984

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Collection Summary

Repository: Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator: Kennerley, Mitchell, 1878-1950
Title: Mitchell Kennerley Papers
Dates: 1898-1984
Quantity: 1 cubic foot (3 boxes)
Abstract: Correspondence, contracts, printed ephemera, and other materials from publisher Mitchell Kennerley that document his work on behalf of writers, including Randolph G. Adams, Zoe Atkins, Arnold Bennett, Dorothy Beall Cunningham, Bliss Carman, Max Eastman, Frank Harris, Alfred A. Knopf, D.H. Lawrence, Christopher Morley, and Edna St. Vincent Millay.
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Biographical Note

Mitchell Kennerley (1878-1950) was an American publisher and art dealer.

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Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, contracts, reports, photographs, and printed materials from Mitchell Kennerley's work on behalf of writers including Randolph G. Adams, Zoe Atkins, Arnold Bennett, Dorothy Beall Cunningham, Bliss Carman, Max Eastman, Frank Harris, Alfred A. Knopf, D.H. Lawrence, Christopher Morley, and Edna St. Vincent Millay.

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Access

This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.

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Subject Headings

Names:

  • Adams, Randolph Greenfield, 1864-1950
  • Atkins, Zoe
  • Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931
  • Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929
  • Cunningham, Dorothy Beall
  • Eastman, Max, 1883-1969
  • Harris, Frank, 1855-1931
  • Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984
  • Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
  • Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950
  • Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

Subjects:

  • Authors
  • Women authors, American

Document Types:

  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Correspondence
  • Photographs
  • Printed ephemera

VCL Categories:

  • Literature and Writing
  • Printing and Publishing
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Encoding Information

Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, April 2007. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, July 2024.

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Preferred Citation

Mitchell Kennerley Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.

Processing Information

Original processing October 1989. Finding aid revised August 1992. Collection re-housed and folders numbered by Emma Gronbeck, July 2024.

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Container List

Correspondence

Folder 1.1 Adams, Randolph G. to Kennerley, 1934
Folder 1.2 Bennett, Arnold to and from Kennerley, 1926
Folder 1.3 Blount, L.E. to Kennerley, with clipping, 1917
Folders 1.4-1.8 Borden, Fanny to and from Kennerley, 1930-1950
Folder 1.9 Borden, Fanny from miscellaneous, re: Kennerley, 1930-1931
Folder 1.10 Bynner, Witter ("Hal") to Kennerley, 1914
Folders 1.11-1.15 Carman, Bliss to Kennerley, 1898-1929, undated
Folder 1.16 Carter, John to Kennerley, 1934
Folder 1.17 Cunningham, Dorothy Beall to Kennerley, 1932
Folder 1.18 Gracie, Archibald to Kennerley, 1912
Folder 1.19 Harvey, Alexander to Kennerley, 1923
Folder 1.20 Harris, Frank to Kennerley, 1901-1909
Folder 1.21 Hergesheimer, Joseph to Kennerley, 1914-1915
Folder 1.22 Jefferson, Allan A. to Kennerley, 1929
Folder 1.23 Kemp, Harry to Kennerley, undated
Folder 1.24 Lanza, Clara to Kennerley, 1925
Folder 1.25 Lawrence, D.H. to Kennerley, 1913
Folder 1.26 Lee, Gerald Stanley to Kennerley, 1918
Folder 1.27 McArthur, Peter to Kennerley, 1920
Folder 1.28 Melville, John to Kennerley, 1932 Jan 3
Folder 1.29 Miscellaneous to Kennerley, re: Donald Lowrie, 1925
Folder 1.30 Morley, Christopher to Kennerley, 1922-1933, undated
Folder 1.31 Neihardt, John G. to Kennerley, 1909
Folder 1.32 Nirdlinger, Charles to Kennerley, undated
Folder 1.33 Noguchi, Yone to Kennerley, undated
Folder 1.34 Pierce, Lorne to Kennerley, 1928-1932, undated
Folder 1.35 Wagstaff, Blanche Shoemaker to Kennerley, undated

Writings, Printed Ephemera, and Other Material

Folder 1.36 Articles about Kennerley, 1929-1984
Folder 1.37 Autograph - Ficke, Arthur Davison, undated
Folder 1.38 Book prospectuses, 1915-1937, undated
Folder 2.1 Card catalog - Kennerley publications, undated
Folders 2.2-2.3 Checklists of Kennerley publications, 1906-1938
Folder 2.4 Clippings and printed ephemera - By and about Kennerley, 1931-1940
Folder 2.5 Clippings and printed ephemera - By and about Others, 1905-1935
Folder 2.6 Miscellaneous letters, leaflets, and photographs removed from the Kennerley Book Collection, 1912-1939
Folder 3.1 Pamphlets, 1919-1932
Folder 2.7 Photographs, 1930, undated
Folder 3.2 Publishing contracts, A-G (by author's name), 1909-1918
Folder 3.3 Publishing contracts, H-V (by author's name), 1906-1915
Folder 3.4 "Publishing - Old and New" by Lewis Mumford (The New Republic), 1930 Oct 1
Folders 2.8-2.14 Reader's Reports by Arthur Hooley (Charles Vale), 1908-1924

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Abstract

Correspondence, contracts, printed ephemera, and other materials from publisher Mitchell Kennerley that document his work on behalf of
writers, including Randolph G. Adams, Zoe Atkins, Arnold Bennett, Dorothy Beall
Cunningham, Bliss Carman, Max Eastman, Frank Harris, Alfred A. Knopf, D.H. Lawrence,
Christopher Morley, and Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Finding Aid Date
Dates: 1898-1984
Collection Title
Mitchell Kennerley Papers