Beer, Thomas, 1889-1940
Person
Thomas Beer (1889-1940), American biographer, novelist, and short story writer
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Beer family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 73
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, printed material, and other papers documenting the personal lives and professional careers of the Beer family. Extensive files of correspondence and papers for family members from the 1850s through the 1980s detail the lives and activities of such family members as William Collins Beer, a lobbyist for J.P. Morgan and Company, International Harvester Company, and the government of Italy, and a close friend of Mark Hanna; Thomas Beer, a...
Dates:
1740-1981, bulk 1827-1981
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Beer family papers
Thomas Beer Collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 389
Overview:
The Thomas Beer Collection contains correspondence between Beer and his publisher Alfred A. Knopf and printed versions of Beer's writings. The Collection also contains reviews of Beer's writings, articles about Beer, original illustrations for Beer's publications, and a photograph of Beer.
Dates:
1919-1947
Letters : to John L. Toohey, 1919-1921
Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 396, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Fifteen TLS and six ALS discussing Beer's writing, his social activities, and gossip about the theatrical and literary communities in New York and Siasconset, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1919-1921
Wayland Wells Williams papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 551
Overview:
The collection contains drafts of writings and correspondence documenting the professional life of New Haven area writer Wayland Wells Williams. Writings contain drafts of published and unpublished novels, including Goshen Street (1920) and "The King of Iceland's Eldest Son," and shorter works. Correspondence includes letters from Yale professor William Lyon Phelps and from prominent contemporaries Thomas Beers and Monty Woolley. There are also production files relating to the collection of...
Dates:
1910-1942