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| Title: | Feldkamp, Fred. Collection |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1933-1971 |
| Accession Number: | 2011-088, 2012-304 |
| Size: | 1.25 linear feet (3 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Fred Feldkamp (1914-1981) editor, writer, and film director and producer. Contains correspondence with writers, including William Faulkner, drafts of books by Will Cuppy, photographs, and articles by and about Feldkamp. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Feldkamp, Fred. Collection, [Box #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Fred Feldkamp was born on March 12, 1914,in Newark, New Jersey. He served as a Marine Corps correspondent in World War II. Following the war, he became an editor for books and magazines, including Life As editor of the humor magazine For Men, he published articles by James Thurber, Irving Wallace, Zane Grey, and others during the 1930s and 1940s. He also worked as a film director, and as the producer for Operation Manhunt (1954), The Silken Affair (1956), and Triple Cross (1966).
Feldkamp was literary editor for American humorist Will Cuppy, who was also a close friend of Feldkamp and his wife, fashion writer Phyllis Dubsky Feldkamp. Fred published some of Cuppy’s writings in For Men and, after Cuppy passed away, completed and published his final two books.
Feldkamp died on December 7, 1981, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Accession 2011-088 |
| Box 1 | Telegrams and Correspondence A-B, 1938-1954 |
| Box 1 | Will Cuppy Correspondence and Clippings, 1941-1949 |
| Box 1 | Correspondence C-D, 1937-1938 |
| Box 1 | Correspondence E-F, 1939 |
| Box 1 | Correspondence and Invitations G-H, 1938-1947 |
| Box 1 | Correspondence I-J, 1939 |
| Box 1 | Correspondence K-L, Faulkner Correspondence, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Correspondence M-N, 1937-1948 |
| Box 1 | Correspondence O-Q, 1939-1951 |
| Box 1 | Sculpture Catalog, Correspondence R-S, 1937-1950 |
| Box 1 | Correspondence T-U, 1937-1950 |
| Box 1 | Correspondence V-W, 1933-1948 |
| Box 1 | Cuppy Lawyer Notes and Correspondence, 1949-1951 |
| Box 1 | William the Conqueror Drawing, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Will Cuppy and Fred Feldcamp Photos, 1933-1948 |
| Box 1 | James Thurber Sketch Reprints #71-74, 77-78, n.d |
| Box 1 | “How to Get from January to December” Manuscript, Medallion, 1951 |
| Box 1 | “The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody” Manuscript, 1951 |
| Box 2 | “The Decline and Fall of Everybody” Drafts, n.d. |
| Box 2 | “The Decline and Fall of Everybody” Final Drafts / Rinehart Copies, 1946 |
| Box 2 | “The Decline and Fall of Everybody” Beach Group, n.d. |
| Box 2 | “The Decline and Fall of Everybody” Final Drafts Feldkamp Copies, n.d. |
| Box 2 | “Decline and Fall of Everybody” Reviews and Publicity, 1950-1951 |
| Box 2 | “How to Get from January to December” Reviews and Publicity, 1950-1951 |
| Box 2 | Reviews of “How to Attract the Wombat” – And Other, 1949-1950 |
| Box 2 | “How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes” galleys, manuscripts, 1934-1949 |
Accession 2012-304 |
| Box 3 | Newsweek magazine, 1951 |
| Box 3 | Sunday News, 1953 |
| Box 3 | Harper’s Magazine, 1971 |