Richard Sullivan Papers

Class record books closed.

Preferred Citation

Richard Sullivan Papers (SUL), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Journals (1932-1981); correspondence (1930-1981) with Harry Sylvester, John T. Frederick, Leo L. Ward, CSC, and others; financial records (1873-1981); manuscripts of his novels (1941-1978), books of short fiction and non-fiction (1950-1951), short stories (1930-1979), plays (1930-1940), poetry (1929-1971), and book reviews (1945-1981); class record books (1936-1976); class and lecture notes (1940-1959); subject files (1940-1962); phonograph records of his radio programs "Notre Dame Authors" and "The Story of Notre Dame"; photographs and printed material.

Background

Fiction writer and professor of English, University of Notre Dame.

Index :

 Sullivan, Richard, 1908-1981. 
 Sylvester, Harry, 1908- 
 Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975. 
 Ward, Leo L. (Leo Lewis), 1898-1953. 
 American literature -- 20th century. 

• CSUL Richard Sullivan: Manuscripts
  • CSUL 1-3 Correspondence A-Z 1931-1971
    • CSUL 1/1 Correspondence, A-Z, [1931-1940]
      Correspondence deals with and includes: publications and publishers; stories and books written by Richard Sullivan; personal note; literary agents. Correspondents include The Atlantic Monthly, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Collier's, Houghton-Mifflin Company, Whitman Publishing Company, Yale Review.
    • CSUL 1/2 [Record of Work Begun and Ideas for Stories, 1932-1933]
      Material includes: notebook with notes and ideas for stories.
    • CSUL 1/3 [Record of Work Submitted, July, 1933 - Nov. 1938]
      Material includes: handwritten, unbound book of addresses of publishers and magazines with list of stories published by Richard Sullivan each year.
    • CSUL 1/4 [Record of Work Submitted, Nov., 1938 - May, 1942]
      Material includes: handwritten, unbound addresses of publishers and magazines with list of stories published by Richard Sullivan each year.
    • CSUL 1/5 Correspondence, A-Z, [1940-1943]
      Correspondence deals with and includes: publications and publishers, stories and books written by Richard Sullivan; faculty contract with the University of Notre Dame; literary agent, Henry Volkening; royalty reports. Correspondents include, Houghton-Mifflin Publishers, Mademoiselle magazine, Hugh O'Donnell.
    • CSUL 1/6 Correspondence, A-Z [1942-1947]
      Correspondence deals with and includes: publications and publishers; stories; books and book reviews written by Richard Sullivan; royalty statements; faculty contracts from the University of Notre Dame; personal, family letters; literary agent, Henry Volkening. Correspondents include: Chicago Tribune; Dramatic Publishing Company; The New Yorker; New York Times Book Review; Thomas A. Sullivan, Richard Sullivan's father; Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation; Henry Volkening
    • CSUL 1/7