Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1902-1962
Creator
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Box 9: Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
3.17 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Llewellyn Jones (1884-1961)
Jones was a member of the Chicago Literary Club, the Cliff Dwellers of Chicago and PEN, and was President of the Greater Boston American-Scandinavian Forum. He authored books and essays and translated several publications from Danish and Swedish. His books include First Impressions; Essays on Poetry, Criticism, and Prosody (1925); How to Criticize Books (1928); and How to Read Books (1930). Jones was one of thirty-four individuals who signed the 1933 Humanist Manifesto I, written by Roy Wood Sellars and Raymond Bragg. He lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts until his death in 1961.
- American Unitarian Association
- American literature -- 20th century
- American-Scandinavian Foundation
- Authors
- Authors -- 20th Century
- Chicago Daily News, Inc
- Chicago Post Company
- Christian Herald Association
- Christian Register Office
- Christians -- Massachusetts -- Newspapers
- Cliff Dwellers (Club)
- Fite, Warner, 1867-1955
- Humanist Press Association
- Humanist manifesto
- Jones, Llewellyn, 1884-1961
- Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950
- Newspaper publishing -- United States
- Unitarianism
- Title
- Guide to the Llewellyn Jones Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Molly Wheeler
- Date
- July 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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