Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material created and accumulated by George Harmon Coxe in the course of his career as a crime novelist and short story writer. Material includes writings, correspondence, financial papers, subject files, photographs, printed material and scrapbooks by or relating to George Harmon Coxe, spanning the years 1897 to 1980, with the bulk of the material spanning 1922 to 1980.
Dates
- 1897 - 1980
- Majority of material found within 1920 - 1980
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The George Harmon Coxe Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George Harmon Coxe, 1965-1979. Gift of J. Randolph Cox, 1973. Gift of Janet Coxe Davis, 1997.
Arrangement
Organized into two groupings: I. 1965-1979 Acquisitions II. October 1997 Acquisition.
Material within this collection has been organized by acquisition reflecting the fact that the collection has been acquired in increments over time.
Researchers should note that material within each acquisition overlaps with/or relates to material found in other acquisitions. For instance, correspondence and writings can be found in both groupings. In order to locate all relevant material within this collection, researchers will need to consult each acquisition described in the Collection Contents section.
Extent
33.27 Linear Feet (81 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
This collection consists of material created and accumulated by George Harmon Coxe in the course of his career as a crime novelist and short story writer. Material includes writings, correspondence, financial papers, subject files, photographs, printed material and scrapbooks by or relating to George Harmon Coxe, spanning the years 1897 to 1980, with the bulk of the material spanning 1922 to 1980.
George Harmon Coxe (1901-1984)
George Harmon Coxe, American novelist, was born in 1901 in Olean, New York. He attended Elmira Free Academy, Purdue University from 1919-1920, and Cornell University from 1920-1921. Coxe worked as a reporter in San Diego and New York and as an advertising salesman in Massachusetts. Coxe married Elizabeth Fowler in 1929 and they had one daughter and one son.
During the course of his career as a crime and detective novelist, Coxe authored over 60 books and numerous short stories published in magazines such as Black Mask, Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine, and Cosmopolitan. Two films were made from Coxe's stories: Women Are Trouble was released in 1936 and Here's Flash Casey in 1938. Coxe was awarded the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master award in 1964. He died January 30, 1984 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and in some instances minimal organization, at the time of acquisition. Further description was carried out in 2012. The collection is comprised of material formerly classed as: Za Coxe, Uncat Za Ms Coxe, and Uncat ZA MS 538. Various acquisitions associated with the collection have not been merged and organized as a whole. Each acquisition is described separately in the contents list below, according to month and year of acquisition.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and compiled from individual catalog cards. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during basic processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Title
- Guide to the George Harmon Coxe Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- 2007-05-16
- 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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