Contents


Collection Overview

Administrative Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Organization of the Collection

SERIES 1: SHERWIN CODY (AC 1889) CORRESPONDENCE, 1893-1916

Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) Correspondence, 1893-1916

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Miranda Marraccini (AC 2012), Peter A. Nelson.

2012

Collection Overview

Creator: Cody, Sherwin, 1868-1959
Title: Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) Correspondence
Dates: 1893-1916
Abstract: The collection consists almost entirely of incoming correspondence, mostly concerning social affairs, editorial work, and publishing. Correspondents include a wide range of writers, editors, and artists, including Edmund Gosse, Walter Blackburn Harte, William Dean Howells, Arthur Curtiss James (AC 1889), Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Lee Masters, and William Butler Yeats.
Extent: 1 archives box(0.5 linear ft.)
Language: English

Administrative Information

Gift of E. Morrill Cody (AC 1921), 1965.

Alumni Biographical file - 1889 - Cody, A. SherwinMorrill Cody (AC 1921) Papers

In 2011 the collection was removed from the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection to form its own collection.

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Sherwin Cody Correspondence [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

There is no restriction on access to the Sherwin Cody Correspondence for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from the Sherwin Cody Correspondence should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

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Biographical Note

Alpheus Sherwin Cody (November 30, 1868-April 4, 1959) was an American writer and entrepreneur who developed a long-running home-study course in speaking and writing and a signature series of advertisements asking "Do You Make These Mistakes in English?" A critic of traditional English education, Cody advocated colloquial style and grammar. His course, presented in a patented workbook format which he described as "self-correcting," was purchased by over 150,000 students from its inception in 1918. He published essays, books and articles virtually nonstop from 1893 through 1950. As an Amherst undergraduate, he studied with Professor John Franklin Genung and worked as a secretary to President Julius Hawley Seelye. He was the father of Morrill Cody (AC 1921).

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection consists almost entirely of incoming correspondence, mostly concerning social affairs, editorial work, and publishing. Correspondents include a wide range of writers, editors, and artists, including Edmund Gosse, Walter Blackburn Harte, William Dean Howells, Arthur Curtiss James (AC 1889), Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Lee Masters, and William Butler Yeats.

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Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into one series:

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SERIES 1: SHERWIN CODY (AC 1889) CORRESPONDENCE, 1893-1916


Box
Folder
1 1
Alden, Henry Mills, editor of Harper's Magazine, New York, TL 1894 May 1

2-4
Atherton, Gertrude, 3 ALS to Sherwin Cody (AC 1889). [ca. 1895]

5
Bennett, James Gordon, The Herald, New York, New York, ALS 1893 Oct 7

6
Cody, Sherwin, TDS (carbon); contract agreement with Anne Shannon Monroe for Those Grey Eyes. 1900 Dec 3

7-8
Cook, John H., 2 TLS, New York, 2 TLS plus envelopes, 2 copies 1896, 1897

9-24
Dowden, Edward, 16 ALS 1894-1904

25
Fullerton, Morton, D'Anglas, France, Paris, ALS 1911 May 2

26-32
Garnett Family, 7 letters 1895-1897, 1904

33-34
Gosse, Edmund, n.p., 2 ALS plus 1 envelope 1895

35
Goudy, Fred. Hingham, Massachusetts, n.p., ALS 1905 Nov 10

36-66
Harte, Walter Blackburn and Grace, (31 letters) 1893-1900

67
Howells, William Dean, New York, TLS 1894 Jan 4

68-69
James, Arthur Curtiss (AC 1889), New York, 2 ALS, 2 folders 1893 Sep

70-75
James, Henry, United Kingdom, London, 6 ALS, 6 folders 1895-1896

76-77
Kipling, Rudyard, 2 ALS 1893, 1896

78
Masters, Edgar Lee, Chicago, to Mrs. Sherwin Cody, Lake Bluff, Illinois, ALS 1916 Mar 9

79-80
Page, Walter Hines, New York, New York, 2 letters, 2 folders 1894

81-84
Parker, Gilbert, 4 ALS, 4 folders ca. 1895

85
Parker, J.F., New York, ALS 1893 Nov 17

86
Reid, Whitelaw, New York, TLS 1894 Jan 27

87
Ritenour, John S., Pittsburgh, TLS 1895?

88
Smith, Hoke, Washington, D.C., New York, TLS 1893 Jul 5

89
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, ALS plus envelope (London) 1895 Aug 16

90
Wells, Herbert George, Woking, United Kingdom, ALS 1896

91
Yeats, William Butler, Chicago, ALS [1914 Feb 26]