William McCollum's Don Marquis Collection
Held by Special Collections, Linderman Library
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
Call No.: SC MS 061
12 Boxes, 5 linear feet
Material from the estate of William Mc Collum, Jr., Lehigh 1937, executive in Tingley Rubber Co., who developed an interest in Don Marquis, 1878-1937, newsman, author, poet and creator of "archy and mehitibel". It includes many photocopies of letters written by Don Marquis, which were collected and published by Mc Collum as The Selected Letters of Don Marquis; (Stafford, Va.: Northwoods Press, 1982.) Also includes material about, and copies of, a "Don Marquis Letter" a one sheet newsletter with excerpts and tidbits about Marquis, published by Mc Collum, from 1980 to 1982; correspondence regarding these endeavors, including a trip to Lehigh where he gave a talk to the English Honorary Society in February 1981, and other correspondence.
Box 1: Resources
- Folder 1.01 Marquis Privately printed material
- Folder 1.02 Marquis unpublished poems
- Folder 1.03 Maude and Neva Marquis material from Walnut Library
- Folder 1.04 Marquis High School graduation, from Walnut Library
- Folder 1.05 "Archy" colums by Marquis
- Folder 1.06 Marquis original material
- Folder 1.07 Illustrations
- Folder 1.08 Barbara Marquis paper
- Folder 1.09 Search for Heins Marquis
- Folder 1.10 Zinsser article on humor
- Folder 1.11 Original library notes on D. M. letters
- Folder 1.12 Humanities Research Center, Marquis cards
- Folder 1.13 Marquis' "Perfect State"
- Folder 1.14 Discarded biographical material
- Folder 1.15 Librarians to Write, List of
- Folder 1.16 Libraries, Dead ends
- Folder 1.17 Marquis Correspondents
- Folder 1.18 Marquis Possible correspondents
- Folder 1.19 For Port Townsend, 100th birthday celebration
- Folder 1.20 100th Birthday clippings
- Folder 1.21 Article by Benjamin De Casseres on Marquis
- Folder 1.22 Robert Frost article and clippings
- Folder 1.23 William McFee poetry
Box 2: Publication Preparation
- Folder 2.01 Introductions and chapters, edited
- Folder 2.02 Chapter 14
- Folder 2.03 Letters to go to U.N.I. Press (3rd copy)
- Folder 2.04 Cuts from final mss.
- Folder 2.05 Letters for U.N.I. Press
- Folder 2.06 More letters
- Folder 2.07 Original copies of Marquis letters
- Folder 2.08 Marquis material form Walnut Township Memorial Library
- Folder 2.09 Marquis letters, N.Y.P.L.
- Folder 2.10 Marquis letters, Hampden Library
Box 3: Publications
- Folder 3.01 Material for future newsletters
- Folder 3.02 Notes on final drafting
- Folder 3.03 Original photocopies of Marquis letters
- Folder 3.04 Cover, forward and appendix of book
- Folder 3.05 Introductions to chapters of book
- Folder 3.06 First drafts of chapters
- Folder 3.07 Indes of letters and chapter headings
- Folder 3.08 Preface for book
- Folder 3.09 Poetry for newslettes
- Folder 3.10 Prepublication orders
- Folder 3.11 Vanity presses
- Folder 3.12 University presses
- Folder 3.13 Ad rates
- Folder 3.14 Quotes on printing book
- Folder 3.15 Orders for book, filled
Box 4: Copies of Letters
- Folder 4.01 Original photocopies, Numbers 1-180
- Folder 4.02 Original photocopies, Numbers 181-267
- Folder 4.03 Photocopy of manuscript, Part 2
Box 5: Manuscript
- Folder 5.01 Corrected Manuscript (printed)
- Folder 5.02 Part 2 Manuscript (typescript)
- Folder 5.03 More Letters (not yet in Mss. 3)
- Folder 5.04 Appendix and Calendar, Bibliography
- Folder 5.05 Chronology revisited
- Folder 5.06 Foreward, extra copy
- Folder 5.07 Bibliography
Box 6: Letters
- Folder 6.01 Marquis letters
- Folder 6.02 Letters, Mss. 1
- Folder 6.03 Letters, First half of Mss. 2
- Folder 6.04 Letters, for Mss. 3
- Folder 6.05 Letters
Box 7: Poety, Dealers, Lehigh
- Folder 7.01 Selected serious poetry of Don Marquis (2 sets)
- Folder 7.02 Duplicates of serious poetry
- Folder 7.03 Princeton Antique Bookstore
- Folder 7.04 Used book dealers
- Folder 7.05 Lehigh University Talk material
- Folder 7.06 Armstrong, Raycorrespondence
- Folder 7.07 Beidler, Peter correspondence
- Folder 7.08 Miscellaneous correspondence
Box 8: Correspondence A-E, Files
- Folder 8.01 Adams, Jeff
- Folder 8.02 Aphorisms, Gilders, Notes
- Folder 8.03 Atlanta Journal, clippings
- Folder 8.04 Copyright law
- Folder 8.05 Corrections in photocopies
- Folder 8.06 Correspondence, 1981
- Folder 8.07 Correspondence, 1982
- Folder 8.08 Correspondence from Marquis newsletters
- Folder 8.09 Dole, Jeremy
- Folder 8.10 E.P. Dutton
- Folder 8.11 Elbert, Carol
- Folder 8.12 Editing of D.M. Letters by Ennes
- Folder 8.l3 Ennes, James M. 1977-79
- Folder 8.14 Ennes, James M. 1980
- Folder 8.15 Ennes, James M. 1981
Box 9: Correspondence E-M, Files
- Folder 9.01 Expenses re D.M. 1977-78
- Folder 9.02 Expenses re D.M. 1980
- Folder 9.03 Expenses re D. M. 1981
- Folder 9.04 Extra copies of favorite D.M. letters
- Folder 9.05 Furnas, J. C.
- Folder 9.06 Gonzalez, Kevin
- Folder 9.07 Hallahan's precepts and correspondence
- Folder 9.08 Jackson, J. R.
- Folder 9.09 Knox College
- Folder 9.10 Libararies, current permissions
- Folder 9.11 Libraries, D.M. correspondence
- Folder 9.12 Marquis letter Lists, 1980-82
- Folder 9.12 A Marquis' "Ode to Hollywood" facsimile copies
- Folder 9.13 Marx Brothers idea, 1931
- Folder 9.14 McCormick, Doubleday 1977-81
Box 10: Correspondence M-Z, Files
- Folder 10.01 Morley Bibliography
- Folder 10.02 Morley's daughters
- Folder 10.03 Wm. Morrow & Co.
- Folder 10.04 Newsletter comments
- Folder 10.05 Northern Illinois University Press
- Folder 10.06 O'Neill, Charles
- Folder 10.07 Permissions granted
- Folder 10.08 Proof reading marks
- Folder 10.09 Random House
- Folder 10.10 Rodman Gilder Inventory
- Folder 10.11 Replies to Marquis newsletter, 1981
- Folder 10.12 Responses to Saturday Review ad
- Folder 10.13 Scribner's, Princeton U. Press
- Folder 10.14 Returned cards, Newsletter, 1980
- Folder 10.15 Staton, Harry P.
- Folder 10.16 Thomajan, P. K.
- Folder 10.17 Treat, Asher
- Folder 10.18 White, E.B.
- Folder 10.19 Work papers
- Folder 10.20 Zinnser, William
Box 11: Marquis Newsletter
- Folder 11.01 Complete set and index
- Folder 11.02 Originals, first year
- Folder 11.03 First year sets
- Folder 11.04 Sept., Oct., 1980 copies
- Folder 11.05 Nov., Dec., 1980 copies
- Folder 11.06 Jan. 1981 copies
- Folder 11.07 March 1981 copies
- Folder 11.08 April 1981 copies
- Folder 11.09 May 1981 copies
- Folder 11.10 June 1981 copies
- Folder 11.11 July 1981 copies
- Folder 11.12 August 1981 copies
- Folder 11.13 Sept. 1981 copies
- Folder 11.14 June 1982 copies
- Folder 11.15 July 1982 copies
- Folder 11.16 Sept. 1982 copies
Archival Carton
- More copies of Marquis newletter.
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