Robert Newton Linscott Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms071

Staff Only

The Robert Newton Linscott Papers consists of correspondence to Linscott include Truman Capote, writing 1946-1963, discussing Yaddo, Leo Lerman, Richard Plant, his book [Other Voices, Other Rooms], death of Newton Arvin; Carson McCullers, writing [1940]-[1945], discussing her family, father's death, her husband, Reeves McCullers and their divorce, friend Annemarie Clarac-Schwarzenback, Truman Capote, Granville Hicks, her books, including Reflections in a Golden Eye, Member of the Wedding, and The Ballad of the Sad Café; Annemarie Clarac-Schwarzenback, writing 1940, discussing her writing, Reeves McCullers, Carson McCullers' health; Edmund Wilson, writing 1931-1962, discussing personal plans, reading work for [Apology to the Iroquois]; and Archibald MacLeish, writing [1933], complaining about the lack of publisher's promotion for Conquistador [collection of poems].

Dates

Creation: 1931-1963

Creator

Linscott, Robert N. (Robert Newton), 1886-1964 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

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Extent

1.00 boxes

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Robert Newton Linscott (May 1, 1886 – September 25, 1964) was an American editor. From 1904 to 1944, Linscott was an editor at Houghton-Mifflin. He served as editor for early Truman Capote and Carson McCullers works. From 1944 until his retirement in 1957, Linscott was the senior editor for Random House.

Linscott himself edited a number of collections for both houses, among them Best American Humorous Short Stories (1945), Best Short Stories of Bret Harte (1947), The World's Great Thinkers: A Boston Reader (1948), Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1957), and Letters and Poems of Emily Dickinson (1959).