The Inventory of the Leslie Fiedler Collection #1653 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center 1 Fiedler, Leslie 6/23/03 Preliminary Listing I Correspondence. Note: Unless specifically indicated otherwise, nearly every topic of correspondence contains ALS and/or TLS letters written to Fiedler and CTL duplicates of Fiedler=s responses. In the 1990's, Fiedler=s office began writing letters on computer and then kept TL copies of each letter sent out. Organized by year, then by subject within each year. [Also see Box 44.] Professional Correspondence (General). Box 1 A. No year / no date. [F. 1] 1. “Accent magazine,” letters to LF. a. TLS, Feb. 19, no year. b. TLS, Oct. 19, no year. c . ALS, n.d. 2. “Anderson, Quentin,” TLS to LF, n.d. 3. “Signet Society,” TLS to LF, Nov. 19, no year. B. 1940s. 1. “Furioso magazine,” re: LF poems, 4 TLS, ANS to LF, 1947. [F. 2] 2. “Hudson Review,” re: rejected story, TLS to LF, May 7, 1948. 3. “Smith, G. H.,” TLS to LF, Nov. 23, 1948. 4. “The Tiger=s Eye,” re: submissions, 1948. a. 5 ALS to LF. b. 2 TLS to LF. 5. “ViVa Editions,” re: poems submitted, 1946-1947. 6. “Western Review,” 1947-1950, 1965. 7. “The New Leader magazine,” 1948-1961. [F. 3] 8. “The New Yorker,” 1949-1950. [F. 4] 9. 3 TLS to LF. 10. Printed notes and comments. 11. “The Pacific Spectator magazine,” re: articles, 1949, 1955-1956. 12. “Quarterly Review of Literature,” 2 ALS to LF, 1947, 1950. 13. “Russell and Volkening, Inc.,” re: story submissions, 2 TLS to LF, Nov. 1948. 14. “Partisan Review,” re: articles, 1947-1972; includes many TLS to William Phillips. [F. 5] C. 1950s. 1. “Beacon Press,” re: lectures, 1958. [F. 6] 2. “Broadbeck, Arthur J.,” re: LF’s essay “Voting and Voting Studies,” contributed to AMERICAN VOTING BEHAVIOR, edited by Broadbeck; 1956-1959. Fiedler, Leslie (6/23/03) Page 1 of 102 2 3. “City College of New York,” re: lectures, TLS to LF, 1956-1957. [F. 7] 4. “Congress on Methods in Philosophy and the Sciences,” 1956- 1957. 5. “Congress Bi-Weekly, Jewish interest magazine,” re: contributing articles, 1951, 1953, 1965-1967. [F. 8] 6. “CONTEMPORARY LITERARY SCHOLARSHIP,” book edited by Lewis Leary; LF contributed essay “American Literature,” 1957. 7. “Crowell Co., publishers,” re: LF=s textbook THE ART OF THE ESSAY, 1958; includes letters re: royalty statements, mimeographed pages of reviews (1960s) and re: second printing (1970). [F. 9] 8. “Esquire Symposium,” 1958-1960. [F. 10] 9. “Theodore Herzl Institute,” re: lecture, 1956-1958. [F. 11] 10. “Houghton Mifflin Co., publishers,” re: “The Fear of Innocence,” 1950. 11. “Intercultural Publications, Inc.,” re: magazine articles, 1955-1956. 12. “Iowa University,” 1954, 1956. [F. 12] 13. “Italian Quarterly,” 2 TLS, ALS, CTL to LF, 1959-1961. 14. “Jewish Frontier magazine,” re: possible writing contributions, 1955. 15. “Jewish Matter,” misc. TLS and printed articles sent to LF, 1950- 1960. 16. “Journal of General Education,” TLS to LF, Mar. 25, 1953. [F. 13] 17. “Judaism, journal,” re: review of THE MASTER, 1951-1952, 1965. 18. “Kultura magazine,” re: publishing “The Middle Against Both Ends,” 1958. 19. “D.H. Lawrence Fellowship Fund,” re: suggestions, award recipient, 1958. 20. “Lectures,” 1959. 21. “Lecture series,” 1954-1956. [F. 14] 22. “Midstream,” Jewish quarterly review, re: contributions, 1956- 1960. 23. “Middlebury College,” re: lecture, 1957, 1969. [F. 15] 24. “Mills College,” re: lecture, 1951. 25. “Minnesota University,” re: teaching position, writing, 1947-1948, 1950, 1966. 26. “Modern Language Association of America (MLA),” 1950s-1960. [F. 16] 27. “Modern Humanities Research Association,” 1954-1956. [F. 17] 28. “Montana Opinion” magazine, TLS to LF, Oct. 21, 1957. Fiedler, Leslie (6/23/03) Page 2 of 102 3 29. “Montana State College,” re: lecture, 3 TLS to LF, 1955. 30. “National Institute of Arts and Letters,” re: honor for AN END TO INNOCENCE, 1957. 31. “New Directions,” re: books, 1957, 1959-1960, 1966. [F. 18] 32. “New York Post,” re: possible articles, Sep. 1958. 33. “New York Trip,” 1958. 34. “New York Trip (1963),” 1956-1969. [F. 19] 35. “New York University,” re: lectures, job offer, writing, 1957-1966. [F. 20] 36. “University of North Carolina,” re: lecture, 1959. 37. “Novel: THE GORGON=S HEAD,” re: publishing, 1951-1959. [F. 21] 38. “Off prints, editorial advice, etc.,” 1950s. [F. 22] 39. “The Pen magazine,” 3 TLS to LF, 1956. [F. 23] 40. “Penn State University,” re: lecture, 1957-1961. 41. “Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis,” re: lecture and printing talk, 1956. 42. “Sidney Phillips,” re: Criterion Books, 1956-1957. 43. “Prairie Schooner magazine,” re: writing contributions, 1958-1963. [F. 24] 44. “Pratt Institute,” re: lectures, 1957-1966. 45. “Princeton University,” re: teaching (1956-1957 term), writing, purchasing papers, 1955-1969. 46. “Problems of American Studies Association,” 1955. [F. 25] 47. “Radio - KPFA (FM), California,” re: Esquire program, 1959- 1961. 48. “Readers= Subscription, Inc., magazine,” re: writing contributions, 1957-1961. 49. “The Reconstructionist,” re: reviews by LF for magazine, 1957- 1958. 50. “Reed College,” re: lectures, student recommendations, 1951-1970. [F. 26] 51. “The Reporter magazine,” re: LF book review titled “If You Can=t Say It, You Don=t Know It,” 1956-1960; includes MS by LF, TS, 5 p. 52. “Reprints of stories, articles, etc. (misc. publications),” 1964-1968. 53. “Recommendation letter requests to LF,” 1950s. 54. “Requests to look at articles, etc.,” 1958-1963. [F. 27] 55. “Requests for off-prints,” 1957-1962. 56. “Requests for this and that,” 1964-1965. 57. “Requests to speak sent to LF,” 1958-1963. 58. “Requests for articles and reviews (mostly turned down),” 1956- 1957. [F. 28] Fiedler, Leslie (6/23/03) Page 3 of 102 4 59. “Requests for comments on manuscripts,” 1958-1960s. 60. “Response to articles,” 1956-1957. [F. 29] 61. “Rinehart and Co., publishers,” re: books, including Mark Twain=s PUDD=NHEAD WILSON, 1954-1963. 62. “University of Rochester (New York),” re: lectures, 1956-1970. 63. “School of Letters: Indiana University” [LF was named a Fellow], 1953-1958, 1972. [F. 30] 64. “Sewanee Review,”1947, 1951; includes 2 rejection slips (ANS) to LF. 65. “Speaking invitations - out of state,” 1950s. [F. 31] 66. “Stanford University Press,” re: LF contributing essay to LEAVES OF GRASS - 100 YEARS AFTER, 1955. [F. 32] 67. “Student League for Industrial Democracy,” re: conference, 1958. 68. “Tamiment Institute,” re: lectures, 1956-1957. 69. “St. Martin=s Press,” 1956-1960. [F. 33] 70. “St. John=s College – Annapolis,” re: lectures, 6 TLS to LF, 1956. [F. 34] 71. “Television (CBS),” re: “The Seven Lively Arts,” 1957; includes 3 TLS from Keith Botsford. [F. 35] 72. “Time, Inc.,” re: questionnaire, reviews, editorship offer to LF, 1956-1959. 73. “Wabash trip,” re: college lecture, 1959. 74. “Western Printing and Lithographing,” 3 TLS to LF, 1957-1958. 75. “Wesleyan University,” re: writing lectures, 1957-1975. [F. 36] 76. “Whitman,” re: Walt Whitman books and scholarship, 1953-1959, 1970. [F. 37] 77. “Whitney-Fulbright Seminar,” 2 typed lists of participants, 1956. D. 1960's. Box 2 1. “Arlene Francis,” re: “Arlene Francis at Sardi=s” transcript, 1963. [F. 1] 2. “Atlantic Studies Center, Freiburg, Germany,” re: lecture, 1968. 3. “University of British Colombia,” re: Jewish Book Month lecture,1963. 4. “Canadian Broadcasting Co. (CBC),” re: appearance on radio program, 1959-1970. [F. 2] 5. “Jonathan Cape,” British publishers, 1966-1982. [F. 3] 6. “University of Chicago,” re: lectures, 3 TLS to LF, 1964, 1965, 1970. [F. 4] 7. “City College of New York,” re: lectures, 1964-1970. 8. “Claremont Colleges,” re: lectures, 1965-1966, 1969. [F. 5] 9. “Colgate University,” 1960-1964. 10. “Colorado College,” re: lectures, 1961-1962, 1965, 1967-1968. [F. 6] Fiedler, Leslie (6/23/03) Page 4 of 102 5 11. “University of Colorado,” re: Conference on World Affairs, 1961- 1972. 12. “Colorado Women=s College - California trip,” re: lecture, 1961- 1967. [F. 7] 13. “Columbia Lecture Bureau,” re: spending agreements, 1968-1969. [F. 8] 14. “Columbia University,” 1967-1970. [F. 9] 15. “Columbus, Ohio,” re: Jewish Center lecture, 1966-1967. 16. “Conception of Man,” book project edited by Arthur Burton; LF contributed an essay, 1961-1962. [F. 10] 17. “Conference on Contemporary Cultural Studies,” 1969. [F. 11] 18. “Conference on the Idea of the Future,” 1965; includes TLS from William Phillips to LF, May 13, 1965. [F. 12] 19. “Conference on World Affairs: University of Colorado,” 1963. 20. “Congress for Cultural Freedom: Paris,” 1966-1967. 21. “Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association,” 1963-1964. [F. 13] 22. “University of Connecticut.” a. Re: job offer, 2 TLS to LF, Oct. 1949. b. Lectures, 1965-1970. 23. “Contact,” journal of writing, re: contributions, 1958, 1960. [F. 14] 24. “Cornell University,” re: lectures and Pavese translation consulting, 1967-1970. 25. “Crowell Co. Publishing,” re: THE ART OF THE ESSAY, by LF, 1963-1970. [F. 15] a. Royalty statements. b. Second Printing. 26. “Dijon University, France: Congress of English Professors,” 1968. [F. 16] 27. “Dell Publishing, Co.,” re: CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, compiled by LF, 1961-1968. [F. 17] 28. “DePauw University,” re: article on “The Arts” for Contemporary Civilization publication, 1969. [F. 18] 29. “Delta Book Contest, Dell Publishing” [LF was a judge; DRIVE, HE SAID chosen as winner], 1962-1964. 30. “Doubleday and Co.,” re: books sent to LF, 1968-1972. 31. “Drew University,” 1961, 1967, 1969. 32. “Encounter magazine,” re: articles, 1959-1968. [F. 19] a. TLS to LF. b. CTL from LF. c. “Caliban of Hamlet” page proof of essay by LF. d. Letters from readers to editor. Fiedler, Leslie (6/23/03) Page 5 of 102 6 33. “Encyclopedia Judaica Research Foundation,” 1964-1966, 1971.