Ellen McCarter Doubleday Papers, 1930s-1978

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Doubleday, Ellen McCarter, 1899-1978

Title:

Ellen McCarter Doubleday Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/zg64tk95z

Dates:

1930s-1978

Size:

13 boxes

Storage Note:

Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-13

Language:

English

Abstract: Ellen McCarter Doubleday was the wife of Nelson Doubleday (1889-1949), president of the publishing firm Doubleday & Company, and daughter of Thomas N. McCarter (Princeton Class of 1888), president of the Public Service Co. of New Jersey and a Princeton University benefactor. After her husband's death, she served on the board of directors of Doubleday until she moved to Hawaii in 1965. Papers consist of personal and business correspondence of Ellen McCarter Doubleday.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists of papers of Ellen McCarter Doubleday. Included is correspondence of both Ellen and Nelson Doubleday with Daphne Du Maurier, W. Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward, Sinclair Lewis, Thomas Costain, Ellen Glasgow, Edna Ferber, Kenneth Roberts, Booth Tarkington, and other Doubleday authors; Du Maurier's typescript for a play entitled Mother and a photocopy of her notebook for Rebecca (1938); a great deal of social correspondence with English and American friends; correspondence with their children and other family members; correspondence with doctors and others concerning Nelson Doubleday's illness and letters of condolence on his death; and documents concerning the estates of Frank Nelson Doubleday (1862-1934) and Nelson Doubleday and various trust disputes.

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Collection Creator Biography:

Doubleday, Ellen McCarter, 1899-1978

Ellen McCarter Doubleday was the wife of Nelson Doubleday (1889-1949), president of the publishing firm Doubleday & Company, and daughter of Thomas N. McCarter (Princeton Class of 1888), president of the Public Service Co. of New Jersey and a Princeton University benefactor. After her husband's death, she served on the board of directors of Doubleday until she moved to Hawaii in 1965.

Collection History

Acquisition:: The collection was a bequest from the estate of Ellen McCarter Doubleday in 1993.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.

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