Leech, Margaret, 1893-1974. Margaret Leech papers: Guide.

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA

Last update on 2010 March 16

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 2020
Creator: Leech, Margaret, 1893-1974.
Title: Margaret Leech papers,
Date(s): 1933-1973.
Quantity: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Letters and manuscripts of American writer and historian Margaret Leech.

Acquisition Information:

*83M-8. Gift of Sydney Joseph Freedberg; received: 1984.

Access Restrictions:

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Preferred Citation for Publication:

Margaret Leech Papers (MS Am 2020). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Historical Note

Margaret Kernochan Leech was an American novelist, biographer, historian, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author. Manuscripts by Margaret Leech in items (9) and (10).

Scope and Content

Contains letters to Leech, mostly of a personal nature from other writers who were her friends. Also includes a manuscript by Leech and notes for stories.

Container List

(1) Berlin, Irving, 1888- . 1 letter to Margaret Leech; 1968.

(2) Ferber, Edna, 1887- . 15 letters to Margaret Leech; 1940-1967.

(3) Maugham, William Somerset, 1874-1965. 1 letter to Margaret Leech; [n.d.].

(4) Stevenson, Adlai Ewing, 1900-1965. 1 letter to Margaret Leech; 1956.

(5) Sullivan, Frank, 1892- . 1 letter to Edna Ferber; 1957.

(6) Sullivan, Frank, 1892- . 39 letters to Margaret Leech; 1934-1968 and [n.d.].
Item 30 is envelope only.

With 1 letter to Ottie Swope; 1968.

(7) Teichmann, Howard, 1916- . 1 letter to Margaret Leech; 1973.
Concerning Alexander Woollcott.

(8) Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943. 18 letters to Margaret Leech; 1933-1942 and [n.d.].
With printed caricature of Woollcott, Woollcott, Inc., Collection Hiver 1932, and 1 sheet of notes in the hand of Margaret Leech.

(9) Leech, Margaret, 1893- . A la mode May. A.MS. and MS.; [n.p., n.d.]. 10s.(20p.)
By Margaret Leech and others.

(10) Leech, Margaret, 1893- . [Notes for stories]. A.MS.; [n.p., n.d.]. 17s.(22p.)

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