Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) Correspondence, 1893-1916
1 archives box (0.5 linear ft.)
Terms of Access and Use:
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.
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).
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.
This collection is organized into one series:
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.
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
Gift of E. Morrill Cody (AC 1921), 1965.
In 2011 the collection was removed from the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection to form its own collection.
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Robert Frost Library
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SERIES 1: SHERWIN CODY (AC 1889) CORRESPONDENCE,
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1893-1916
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Alden, Henry Mills, editor of Harper's Magazine, New York, TL
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1894 May 1
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Box 1: folder 1
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Atherton, Gertrude, 3 ALS to Sherwin Cody (AC 1889).
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[ca. 1895]
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Box 1: folder 2-4
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Bennett, James Gordon, The Herald, New York, New York, ALS
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1893 Oct 7
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Box 1: folder 5
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Cody, Sherwin, TDS (carbon); contract agreement with Anne Shannon Monroe for Those Grey Eyes.
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1900 Dec 3
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Box 1: folder 6
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Cook, John H., 2 TLS, New York, 2 TLS plus envelopes, 2 copies
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1896, 1897
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Box 1: folder 7-8
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Dowden, Edward, 16 ALS
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1894-1904
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Box 1: folder 9-24
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Fullerton, Morton, D'Anglas, France, Paris, ALS
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1911 May 2
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Box 1: folder 25
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Garnett Family, 7 letters
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1895-1897, 1904
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Box 1: folder 26-32
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Gosse, Edmund, n.p., 2 ALS plus 1 envelope
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1895
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Box 1: folder 33-34
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Goudy, Fred. Hingham, Massachusetts, n.p., ALS
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1905 Nov 10
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Box 1: folder 35
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Harte, Walter Blackburn and Grace, (31 letters)
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1893-1900
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Box 1: folder 36-66
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Howells, William Dean, New York, TLS
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1894 Jan 4
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Box 1: folder 67
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James, Arthur Curtiss (AC 1889), New York, 2 ALS, 2 folders
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1893 Sep
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Box 1: folder 68-69
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James, Henry, United Kingdom, London, 6 ALS, 6 folders
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1895-1896
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Box 1: folder 70-75
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Kipling, Rudyard, 2 ALS
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1893, 1896
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Box 1: folder 76-77
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Masters, Edgar Lee, Chicago, to Mrs. Sherwin Cody, Lake Bluff, Illinois, ALS
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1916 Mar 9
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Box 1: folder 78
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Page, Walter Hines, New York, New York, 2 letters, 2 folders
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1894
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Box 1: folder 79-80
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Parker, Gilbert, 4 ALS, 4 folders
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ca. 1895
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Box 1: folder 81-84
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Parker, J.F., New York, ALS
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1893 Nov 17
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Box 1: folder 85
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Reid, Whitelaw, New York, TLS
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1894 Jan 27
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Box 1: folder 86
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Ritenour, John S., Pittsburgh, TLS
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1895?
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Box 1: folder 87
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Smith, Hoke, Washington, D.C., New York, TLS
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1893 Jul 5
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Box 1: folder 88
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Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, ALS plus envelope (London)
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1895 Aug 16
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Box 1: folder 89
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Wells, Herbert George, Woking, United Kingdom, ALS
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1896
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Box 1: folder 90
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Yeats, William Butler, Chicago, ALS
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[1914 Feb 26]
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Box 1: folder 91
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