Morrill Cody (AC 1921) Papers, 1930-1969 (bulk 1958-1962)
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Morrill Cody (AC 1921) Papers
Creation of Morrill Cody (AC 1921) Papers
Time of Creation of Morrill Cody (AC 1921) Papers
Cody, Morrill, 1901-
Biographical History for: Morrill Cody (AC 1921) Papers
Biographical Note Morrill "Bill" Cody was born in Lake Forest, Illinois on April 10, 1901, the son of Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) and Marian Hurley. He attended secondary school in France. After graduating from Amherst College in 1921, he returned to Paris as a journalist, living and working with the American artists and writers of the "Lost Generation." In the 1930s, Cody worked as a magazine editor and writer in New York, contributing to the Literary Digest among other publications. He published This Must Be the Place, a memoir of Montparnasse, in 1934, and Passing Stranger, a novel, in 1936. At the time of his marriage to Marion Holbrook in 1935, he had a son, Malcolm Peter (b. 1925). His daughter, Judith Alden, was born in 1936. Cody joined the Foreign Service in 1941, holding diplomatic posts in Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Washington, Paris, Stockholm, and Madrid. In 1960 he married Jane Hoster, and had another daughter, Gabrielle Hamilton Cody. Before retiring from the Service in 1963, he served as assistant director of the United States Information Agency under Edward R. Murrow. In his later years, Cody headed the Paris bureau of Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, and wrote two more books, The Favorite Restaurants of an American in Paris (1966) and The Women of Montparnasse (1984). Morrill Cody died in Maryland on November 23, 1987.
Gift of Morrill Cody, 1965.
Scope and Contents of the Collection Incoming and some outgoing correspondence with American writers, mostly concerning social affairs, editorial work, and publishing. Correspondents include Sylvia Beach, e. e. cummings, Marcel Duchamp, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Raymond Queneau, Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith Sitwell, Alice B. Toklas, and William Carlos Williams. Organization of the CollectionThis collection is organized into one series: Morrill Cody Papers
There is no restriction on access to the Morrill Cody Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Morrill Cody Papers 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.
Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) PapersAlumni biographical files: Morrill Cody (AC 1921)
The collection originally formed part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection but was removed to form its own collection in 2011.
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Beach, Sylvia.
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962.
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
Queneau, Raymond, 1903-1976.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Toklas, Alice B.
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.
series
SERIES 1: MORRILL CODY (AC 1921) PAPERS 1930-1969 (bulk 1958-1962)
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus carbon 1959 Feb 18
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. 1959 Feb 21
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus TM copy of preface [1959] Mar 21
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus envelope 1959 Apr 17
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. 1959 Nov 23
Antheil, Boski, (Mrs. George Antheil), New York, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 1p. 1959 Feb 21
Barnes, Djuna, New York, to [Dorothea] Speyer, n.p., TLS 1p. (given by E. Morrill Cody) 1959 May 12
Barnes, Djuna, [New York], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus envelope [1859 Jun 3]
Beach, Sylvia, Greenwich, Connecticut, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ALS 2p. 1959 Feb 10
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. 1959 Apr 17
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ALS 2p. plus envelope 1959 May 23
Beach, Sylvia, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. plus envelope and news clipping 1959 Jun 19
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 2p. 1959 Jul 19
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, [Paris], ANS 1p. 1959 Sep 26
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, [Paris], ALS 2p. plus envelope 1960 Jan 1
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, Washington D.C., TLS 1p. 1962 Jun 6
Beach, Sylvia, Les Deserts, Savoie, [France], to E. Morrill Cody, Washington D.C., ALS 2p. plus envelope [1962 Jul?]
Beach, Sylvia, Les Deserts, Savoie, [France], to E. Morrill Cody, Washington D.C., ALS 2p. plus envelope 1962 Jul 18
Beach, Sylvia, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, telegram annotated by unknown 1969 Mar 4
Benét, Stephen Vincent, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ANS 1p. plus clipping mounted [1938]
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 2p. plus envelope 1958 Nov 21
Bird, William, Tangier, [Morocco], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. 1958 Dec 6
Bird, William Tangier, [Morocco], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus preface 4p., and corresponding letters from Cody 1958 Dec 12
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. 1959 Mar 13
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TNS 1p. PC 1959 Jun 11
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TNS 1p. plus envelope 1959 Dec 19
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TNS 1p. 1960 Nov 9
Boyle, Kay, Rowayton, Connecticut, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. 1959 Feb 27
Bryher, Winifred, Vaud, [Switzerland], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. 1959 Feb 26
Bryher, Winifred, Vaud, [Switzerland], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 2p. 1959 Mar 20
Bryher, Winifred, Vaud, [Switzerland], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. 1959 Nov 29
Carter, John, [London], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. 1959 Feb 17
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Margaret Anderson, Le Cannet, (A.M.) [France], carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 Apr 15
Cody, Morrill, Paris, France, to Margaret Anderson, Le Cannet, [France], carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 Nov 6
Cody, Morrill, Paris, France, to Margaret Anderson, Le Cannet, [France], carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 Nov 30
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Margaret Anderson, Le Cannet, [France], carbon copy TS 1 p. 1962 May 29
Cody, Morrill, Paris, to Djuna Barnes, New York, carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 May 26
Cody, Morrill, Paris, to Sylvia Beach, n.p., carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 Dec 28
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to William Bird, Tangier, Morocco, carbon copy TS 2p. 1958 Dec 2
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to William Bird, Tangier, Morocco, carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 Feb 3
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to William Bird, Tangier, Morocco, carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 Mar 16
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to William Bird, n.p., carbon copy TS 1p. 1960 Jan 12
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Nancy Cunard, London, carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 Mar 25
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Nancy Cunard, London,carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 Apr 30
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Langston Hughes, New York, carbon copy TS 1p. 1959 Oct 19
cummings, e.e., [New York], PC to E. Morrill Cody, Paris 1959 Feb 16
Cunard, Nancy, London, to Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 2p. 1959 Mar 1
Cunard, Nancy, London, to Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 3p. 1959 Mar 20
Cunard, Nancy, London, to Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 1p. plus env. 1959 Apr 1
Cunard, Nancy, London, to Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 2p. plus env. 1959 Apr 13
Cunard, Nancy, Gourdon, France, to Morrill Cody, Paris, France, ANS 1p. postcard 1959 Dec 1
Cunard, Nancy, Nice, Grimaldi, France, to Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 2p. plus env. 1959 Dec 15
de Falla, Manuel, Alta Gracia, Argentina, to Morrill Cody'21, Buenos Aires, TLS 1945 Oct 25
de Falla, Manuel, Alta Gracia, Argentina, to Morrill Cody'21, Buenos Aires, TLS 1946 Jun 14
de Falla, Manuel, Alta Gracia, Argentina, to Morrill Cody'21, Buenos Aires, TLS 1946 Aug 15
de Falla, Manuel, Alta Gracia, Argentina, to Morrill Cody'21, Buenos Aires, TLS 1946 Oct 23
Dos Passos, John, Westmoreland, Virginia, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TNS 1p. 1959 Feb 16
Duchamp, Marcel, á bord de Champlain, á [E. Morrill Cody], n.p., ALS 1p. [1933 Nov]
Duchamp, Marcel, New York, á E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ALS 2p. 1957 Jan 30
Duchamp, Marcel, Cadaques, Gerona, [Spain], á E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ANS 1p. PC 1959 Jun 20
Dudley, Katherine, n.p., to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. ALS 1 p. 1959 Nov 24
Hemingway, Ernest, Nairobi, Kenya, to Morrill Cody, Dobbs Ferry, New York, ANS 1p. plus envelope 1934 Jan 2
Hemingway, Ernest, Paris, to [E. Morrill Cody], n.p., ANS 1p. 1933 Nov 20
Hemingway, Ernest, [Paris], to [E. Morrill Cody, Paris], ALS 1p. [1933 Sep]
Hiler, Hilaire, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p. 1959 Feb 21
Hiler, Hilaire, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 1p. plus envelope 1960 Jan 8
Huddleston, Sisley, Saint-Pierre-D'Autils to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. ALS 1p. 1930 Jul 29
Huddleston, Sisley, Saint-Pierre-D'Autils to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. TNS 1p. 1933 Oct 13
Hughes, Langston, [New York, NY], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, France TLS 1p. plus env. 1959 Oct 8
Hughes, Langston, [New York], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, France TLS 1p. 1959 Nov 4
Kahler, Woodland, [Paris], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. 1959 Mar 18
Le Breton, Andre, [Paris] á [E. Morrill Cody], n.p., ALS 1p. 1959 Nov 22
Masson, Andre, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ALS 1p. plus envelope 1958 Feb 3
McAlmon, Robert. Caldetas, Barcelona, Spain, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 2p. 1933 Jul 16
Mauriac, Francois, [St. Maixant-Gironde, France], to [Morrill Cody], n.p., ANS 1p. PC [1959?]
Maurois, André, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, á Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. 1959 Nov 20
Milhaud, Darius, Oakland, California, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p. [1959] Apr 15
Milhaud, Darius, [Paris], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p. [1959] Nov 19
Miller, Eve, Big Sur, California, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. 1959 Feb 16
Moore, Marianne, [Brooklyn, New York], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. 1959 Feb 15
Moore, Marianne, [New York], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. plus envelope 1959 Apr 12
Picabia, Gabriel, Laval, Mayenne, [France], á E. Morrill Cody, [France], ANS 1p. 1959 Dec 31
Poulenc, Frances, n.p., á E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p. 1959 Nov 24
Pound, Ezra, Siena, [Italy], to E. Morrill Cody, Figueras, Cadaques, Spain, ANS 1p. PC [1933 Jul 18]
Queneau, Raymond, n.p., to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ANS 1p. 1959 Nov 18
Reyes, Alfonso, n.p., to Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p. [1947]
Romains, Jules, Paris, á E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. 1959 Nov 26
Roosevelt, Eleanor, Hyde Park, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TNS 1p. plus envelope 1948 Sep 1
Saillet, Maurice, Paris, á E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. 1959 Feb 12
Sitwell, Edith, Florence, Italy, to E. Morrill Cody, Davis, France, ALS 2p. plus envelope 1959 Feb 25
Slocombe, George, [Paris], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p. 1959 Apr 1
Stewart, Donald Ogden, [London], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 2p. 1959 Feb 14
Supervielle, Jules, [Paris], to [Morrill Cody], n.p., ALS 1p. 1959 Nov 20
Toklas, Alice B., Paris, France, to E. Morrill Cody '21, Paris, France, ALS 1p. plus env. 1959 Mar 25
Toklas, Alice B., Paris, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. ALS 1p. plus env. 1959 Mar 3
Vail, Laurence, Solda, Prov. di Bolagno, Italy, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. 1933 Jul 27
Vail, Laurence, Altmünster, Transea, Austria, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. 1933 Sep 5
Williams, William Carlos, [Rutherford, New Jersey], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. 1959 Feb 13
Wilson, Edmund, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TNS 1p. 1959 Feb 16