hou00389 Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Lewis Gannett correspondence (MS Am 1888.9): Guide. 03/22/2002 Pacific Data Conversion Corp. 11/07/2013 Loaded into OASIS 09/04/2003 Sarah Chiappetta June 8, 2006 hou00389 converted by Harvard University Library OIS from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2006-06-08). MS Am 1888.9 Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Lewis Gannett correspondence: Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University b MS Am 1888.9 Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Lewis Gannett correspondence, 1920-1965. 1 box (.5 linear ft.) Collection materials are in English. Correspondence of journalist and author Lewis Gannett.

*81M-54. Gift of Mr. Michael R. Gannett, Box 350, Old River Road, West Cornwall, Connecticut 06796; received: 1981 June, October, and December.

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Lewis Gannett Correspondence (MS Am 1888.9). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Gannett was a journalist and author. For many years he wrote the daily book review column for the New York Herald Tribune.

Organized into the following series: I. Letters to Lewis Stiles Gannett II. Letters from Lewis Stiles Gannett

Correspondence on topics such as publishing books, a letter from John Merrick Hollister on difficulties arising from a novel Hollister wrote on Walt Disney, US politics, and a letter about Chicago. Letters written by Gannett include a letter to the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery about Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and a response from the library. Collection also includes letter written by Gannett to the Editor of the New York Times, and newspaper clippings.

 I. Letters to Lewis Stiles Gannett (1) Billington, Ray Allen, 1903- 1 letter to Lewis Stiles Gannett; 1965.

See also item no. (6) in this series.

(2) Hohenberg, John. 2 letters to Lewis Stiles Gannett; 1965. (3) Hollister, Paul Merrick, 1890- 1 letter to Lewis Stiles Gannett; [ca.1957].

With a TS. (mimeographed) composition by Hollister concerning Walt Disney; [n.p.] 15 Jun 1956. 8s.(8p.)

With a TS. annotation attached; 1s.(1p.)

(4) Norris, George William, 1861-1944. 1 letter to Lewis Stiles Gannett; 1928. (5) Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. 1 letter to Lewis Stiles Gannett; 1935. II. Letters from Lewis Stiles Gannett (6) Gannett, Lewis Stiles, 1891-1966. 1 letter to Ray Allen Billington; 1965. (7) Gannett, Lewis Stiles, 1891-1966. 1 letter to [(Mrs.) ] Browne; 1920. Also from Mary (Ross) Gannett.

Probably to the mother of Theodore C. Browne.

(8) Gannett, Lewis Stiles, 1891-1966. 1 letter to the editor of The New York times; 1938. (9) Gannett, Lewis Stiles, 1891-1966. 1 letter to [ ] Stamp; 1965. (10) Gannett, Lewis Stiles, 1891-1966. [Miscellaneous printed matter]. 2 items.