: An Inventory of Its Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Contempo (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1931-1934 Title: Contempo Collection Dates: 1925-1945, undated Extent: 12 boxes (5.04 linear feet) Abstract: Includes letters to the Great Depression-era literary magazine Contempo (Chapel Hill, North Carolina), as well as works by its contributors, mostly addressed to editors Milton Abernethy and Anthony Buttitta. Publishing a portion of Joyce's Work in Progress, a special all-Faulkner issue, and two numbers on the Scottsboro trials, they established themselves as both original and controversial. Letters and works by Kay Boyle, William Faulkner, James T. Farrell, Ezra Pound, Nathanael West, William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky, and many others are present. Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-0908 Language: English, French, Spanish Access: Open for research Administrative Information Processed by: Joan Sibley and Dylan Davidson, 2015 Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions. Repository: The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Center Contempo (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1931-1934 Manuscript Collection MS-0908 2 Contempo (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1931-1934 Manuscript Collection MS-0908 Letters: TLS to Hardy, Robert T., 30 May no year. Container 1.1 3 Contempo (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1931-1934 Manuscript Collection MS-0908 Recipient: Unidentified author. APC to Milton Abernethy at Contempo, 20 December 1931. Container Possibly from Anthony Buttitta. 1.2 Unidentified author. ALS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 25 May 1932? Unidentified author. TL/ incomplete to Contempo, 12 June no year. Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-. ALS to Contempo, 25 October 1931. Abernathy, Arthur Talmage. TLS to Contempo, 9 October 1931. Actor-Managers, Inc. ALS, TLS to Contempo, 18 February and 2 April 1932. Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951. ALS, 4 ALI, AL, TLS, 3 TLI, 17 TL, 2 ANI, AN, TN, 2 APCS to Contempo, 1931-1933, undated. Included with these: typed notes and list. Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951. ALS, 2 TLS, 2 TLI to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 1933-1935, undated. Adams, James Donald, 1891-1968. 3 TLS to Contempo, 1932-1933. Adams, G. W. TLS to Contempo, 7 November 1932. Also signed by H. C. McSoley Adler, Elmer, 1884-. 6 TLS to Contempo, 1932-1934. One by secretary. Alajálov, Constantin, 1900-. ALS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 22 March no year. Alberts, Sydney Seymour. 9 TLS to Contempo, 1932-1933. Allen, Clifford, 1902-. TLS to Contempo, 23 February 1932. Anderson, Forrest, 1903-. 5 ALS, TLI to Contempo, 1932-1934. Included with Container these: newspaper clipping. Enclosed with ALS dated 30 April 1932: For Hart Crane, 1.3 signed handwritten manuscript, 2 pages, undated. Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. TLS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 12 November 1932. Andrews, George Lawrence. TLS to Contempo, 1 December 1931. Andrews, R. A. TLS to Contempo, 18 March 1933. Andrews, Wayne. 2 TLS to Contempo, 16 March and 9 June 1932. 4 Contempo (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1931-1934 Manuscript Collection MS-0908 Angell, Norman, Sir, 1874-1967. TLS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 7 March 1932. Angell, Norman, Sir, 1874-1967. TLS to Contempo, 2 April 1932. Antheil, George. 2 TLS, 2 APCS, TPCS to Contempo, 1933, undated. Appel, Benjamin, 1907-1977. 3 TLS, 2 APCS to Contempo, 1933, undated. Arenson, Meta. 3 TLS to Contempo, 1932-1933. Included with these: snapshot. Arts Book Shop. TccLS to Contempo, 31 January 1934. Arvin, Newton, 1900-. 3 ALS to Contempo, 13 October 1931, 12 February 1932, undated. Asenjo, Antonio. 2 TLS to Contempo, 16 January and 21 March 1934. Written in Spanish. Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948. 4 ALS to Contempo, undated. Atkinson, Justin Brooks, 1894-. TLS to Contempo, 21 September no year. Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934. TLS to Contempo, 23 November 1931. Container Baird, Leslie E., Jr. 2 TLS to Contempo, 26 December 1933, undated. 1.4 Ballou, Robert Oleson, 1892-. TLS to Contempo, 12 January 1933. Barber, Solon R. ALS, ALS, 17 TLS, 5 TLI to Contempo, 1931-1933, undated. Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1889-. 2 TLS to Contempo, 24 November and 22 December 1931. Included with these: TLS Ludwell Denny to Contempo. Bartlett, Alice Hunt, 1870-. TLS to Contempo, 6 April 1932. Bates, Sylvia Chatfield. TLS to Contempo, 1 November 1932. Beals, Carleton, 1893-. TLS to Contempo, undated. Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948. 2 TLS to Contempo, 17 January no year, 3 March 1932. Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948. TLS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 4 February no year. Beckwith, Ethel. TLS to Contempo, 6 February 1933. 5 Contempo (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1931-1934 Manuscript Collection MS-0908 Beffel, John Nicholas. 2 TLS to Contempo, 12 January 1932, 4 June 1933. Belgarde, Peter. ALS to Contempo, 12 January 1931. Bell, S. L. TLS to Contempo, undated. Benêt, William Rose, 1886-1950. ALS to Contempo, 29 July 1933. Bentley, Phyllis Eleanor, 1894-1977. TLS to Contempo, 7 September 1932. Container Berg, Louis, 1900-. 2 ALS to Contempo, 22 April and 9 May 1932. 1.5 Best, Marshall Ayres. 2 TLS to Contempo, 12 May and 12 June 1933. Bird, William. TLS to Contempo, 10 May 1932. Bishop, John Peale, 1892-1944. ALS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, undated. Björkman, Edwin August. 2 TLS to Contempo, 20 October 1931, 7 April 1932. Blackburn, Alan R., Jr. 3 TLS to Contempo, 1933. Blakeston, Oswell. 7 TLS, APCS to Contempo, 1932-1933, undated. Blankfort, Michael, 1907-. TLS to Contempo, 28 November no year. Blankner, Frederika. 2 TLS to Contempo, undated. Blassingame, Lurton. TLS to Contempo, 13 October 1933. Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977. TLS to Contempo, 23 March 1933. Block, S. John. TLS to Contempo, 12 October 1934. Bloodhart, John, Jr. ALS to Contempo, 6 March 1934. Bobzin, Ralph. ALS to Contempo, 20 December 1931. Boleslavski, Richard, 1889-1937. TLS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 29 December 1932. Bonino, Louise. 3 TLS to Contempo, 1931-1932. Bosschère, Jean de, 1878-. TLS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 30 January 1933. Bossi, Quentin A. TLS to Contempo, 5 March 1934. Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-. 3 TLS to Contempo, 1932-1934. 6 Contempo (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1931-1934 Manuscript Collection MS-0908 Bower, Dorothy F. TLS to Contempo, 15 January 1934. Bowers, Florence W. 5 TLS to Contempo, 1933-1934. Boyd, Ernest Augustus, 1887-1946. TLS to Contempo, 15 August 1932. Boyle, Kay, 1903-. 3 ALS, 6 TS, 2 TL to Contempo, 1932-1933. Included with these: TLI DDH to Boyle, 10 December 1932. Brace, Beatrice. TLS to Contempo, 1 January 1934. Container 1.6 Bradford, Gamaliel. 3 TLS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 1931. Bradford, Gamaliel, TLS to Contempo, 22 August 1931. Bragin, Moe. 4 TLS to Contempo, 1932-1933. Braun, Bobbie Vivian. ALS, 6 TLS to Contempo, 1933-1934. Brentano, Lowell, 1895-. TLS to Contempo, 2 November 1932. Brickell, Herschel, 1889-. TLS to Contempo, 16 October 1931. Briffault, Robert, 1876-1948. 3 TLS to Contempo, 1931-1932. Briggs, Le Baron Russell, 1855-1934. ALS to Contempo, 6 October 1931. Brinig, Myron, 1900-. 4 TLS to Contempo, 1932-1933. Britt, George, 1895-. ALS to Contempo, 4 December 1931. Brittain, Vera Mary. TLS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 14 November 1933. Brockway, Wallace, 1905-. TLS to Contempo, 27 May 1932. Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956. TLS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 8 February 1932. Brown, Bruce. ALS, TLS to Contempo, 30 April 1932, 14 October 1933. Brown, Carlton F., 1905-. TLS to Contempo, 20 December 1931. Enclosed with this: Review of An anthology of readies for Bob Brown's machine, typescript, 5 pages, undated. Brown, Robert Carlton, 1886-1959. APCS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 9 April 1934. Brown, Robert Carlton, 1886-1959. ALS, 18 TLS, 4 APCS, TPCS to Contempo, 1932-1933, undated. 7 Contempo (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1931-1934 Manuscript Collection MS-0908 Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-. ALS to Contempo, 20 December 1931. Brown, Warren. TLS to Contempo, 25 November 1931. Container Brussel, Isidore Rosenbaum, 1895-. ALS to Contempo, 13 December 1931. 1.7 Bryant, Helen. TLS to Contempo, 4 January 1934. Buchanan, R. M. K. TLS to Contempo, 2 January 1934. Buchman, Alexander H. 19 TLS, 5 TLI, TLI/ incomplete, 2 TL/ incomplete, APCS, APCI, 4 TPCS, TPCI, TPC, 1932-1934, undated. Included with these: TccL Buchman to authorities of Case School of Applied Science, 5 April 1933. Buchman, Alexander H. TLS to Contempo, 9 June 1932. Bunting, Basil. TLS to Contempo, 5 February 1932. Burnett, Whit, 1899-1973. 5 TLS to Contempo, 1932-1933. Included with these: TLS Burnett to W. D. Trowbridge, 12 September 1933. Burnshaw, Stanley, 1906-. ALS to Contempo, 3 October 1932. Burt, Maxwell Struthers, 1882-1954. ALS, TLS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 10 February 1933, 2 October 1933. Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968. 3 TLS, TLI to Contempo, 1932. Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-. 2 TPCS to A. J. Buttitta at Contempo, 26 February and 8 Container October 1933. Included with these: TLS from Helen Caldwell to Buttitta, 20 2.1 January 1934. Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-. 17 TLS, 8 TPCS to Contempo, 1931-1933. Included with these: TLS Marshall Best to Contempo with enclosure of Caldwell's biographical notes; review of God's little acre by Bennett Cerf with copy of Caldwell's reply; list of Caldwell material. Container Calverton, Victor Francis, 1900-1940. 4 TLS, 6 TLI to Contempo, 1931-1932. 1.8 Calverton, Victor Francis, 1900-1940. TLS to A. J.