Fitzgerald mss. II, 1923-1926
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
Creator
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott),
1896-1940
TitleFitzgerald mss. II, 1923-1926
Collection No.
LMC 1369
Extent
11 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Fitzgerald mss. II, 1923-1926,
consist of writings and correspondence of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald,
1896-1940.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St. Paul, MN, and raised mainly in Buffalo, NY. He
attended Princeton University before dropping out to join the Army in 1917,
following the United States' entry into World War One. Fitzgerald never saw action
but instead was stationed at Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, AL. It was at a local
country club where he met his future wife, Zelda Sayre, 1900-1948. In the 1920s,
Fitzgerald became part of the "Lost Generation" of American expatriate writers in
Paris, the era from which the materials in this collection derive. His literary
works include
This Side of Paradise (1920),
The Beautiful and the Damned (1922),
The
Great Gatsby
(1925),
Tender is the Night (1934), and an unfinished novel,
The Love of the Last Tycoon
(originally
The Last Tycoon, published posthumously, 1941).
Scope and Content Note
All of the letters in the collection were written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also
included are drafts of
The Last Tycoon and a play
titled
The Vegetable (based on a Fitzgerald short
story), as well as pen and ink drawings by "M.F." and a photograph of Zelda (Sayre)
Fitzgerald.
Related Material
Fitzgerald mss. III, also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 1958
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Fitzgerald mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Processing InformationProcessed by Staff.
Completed in 2013
Box 1
Fitzgerald, F. Scott to Post Office. 1926, Mar. 21
Photograph of Mrs. Zelda (Sayre) Fitzgerald. undated
Fitzgerald, F. Scott to Perkins, M.E. undated
Fitzgerald, F. Scott to [?]. undated
Pen and ink drawings by "F.M." undated
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Fragment of
The Last
Tycoon,
typed and hand-written draft. undated
Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
The Vegetable,
typescript of play. 1923
