Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) Correspondence, 1893-1916
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Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) Correspondence
Creation of Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) Correspondence
Time of Creation of Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) Correspondence
Cody, Sherwin, 1868-1959
Biographical History for: Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) Correspondence
Biographical Note Alpheus Sherwin Cody (November 30, 1868-April 4, 1959) was an American writer and entrepreneur who developed a long-running home-study course in speaking and writing and a signature series of advertisements asking "Do You Make These Mistakes in English?" A critic of traditional English education, Cody advocated colloquial style and grammar. His course, presented in a patented workbook format which he described as "self-correcting," was purchased by over 150,000 students from its inception in 1918. He published essays, books and articles virtually nonstop from 1893 through 1950. As an Amherst undergraduate, he studied with Professor John Franklin Genung and worked as a secretary to President Julius Hawley Seelye. He was the father of Morrill Cody (AC 1921).
Gift of E. Morrill Cody (AC 1921), 1965.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists almost entirely of incoming correspondence, mostly concerning social affairs, editorial work, and publishing. Correspondents include a wide range of writers, editors, and artists, including Edmund Gosse, Walter Blackburn Harte, William Dean Howells, Arthur Curtiss James (AC 1889), Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Lee Masters, and William Butler Yeats.
There is no restriction on access to the Sherwin Cody Correspondence for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Sherwin Cody Correspondence 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.
Alumni Biographical file - 1889 - Cody, A. Sherwin Morrill Cody (AC 1921) Papers
In 2011 the collection was removed from the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection to form its own collection.
series
SERIES 1: SHERWIN CODY (AC 1889) CORRESPONDENCE, 1893-1916
Alden, Henry Mills, editor of Harper's Magazine, New York, TL 1894 May 1
Atherton, Gertrude, 3 ALS to Sherwin Cody (AC 1889). [ca. 1895]
Bennett, James Gordon, The Herald, New York, New York, ALS 1893 Oct 7
Cody, Sherwin, TDS (carbon); contract agreement with Anne Shannon Monroe for Those Grey Eyes. 1900 Dec 3
Cook, John H., 2 TLS, New York, 2 TLS plus envelopes, 2 copies 1896, 1897
Dowden, Edward, 16 ALS 1894-1904
Fullerton, Morton, D'Anglas, France, Paris, ALS 1911 May 2
Garnett Family, 7 letters 1895-1897, 1904
Gosse, Edmund, n.p., 2 ALS plus 1 envelope 1895
Goudy, Fred. Hingham, Massachusetts, n.p., ALS 1905 Nov 10
Harte, Walter Blackburn and Grace, (31 letters) 1893-1900
Howells, William Dean, New York, TLS 1894 Jan 4
James, Arthur Curtiss (AC 1889), New York, 2 ALS, 2 folders 1893 Sep
James, Henry, United Kingdom, London, 6 ALS, 6 folders 1895-1896
Kipling, Rudyard, 2 ALS 1893, 1896
Masters, Edgar Lee, Chicago, to Mrs. Sherwin Cody, Lake Bluff, Illinois, ALS 1916 Mar 9
Page, Walter Hines, New York, New York, 2 letters, 2 folders 1894
Parker, Gilbert, 4 ALS, 4 folders ca. 1895
Parker, J.F., New York, ALS 1893 Nov 17
Reid, Whitelaw, New York, TLS 1894 Jan 27
Ritenour, John S., Pittsburgh, TLS 1895?
Smith, Hoke, Washington, D.C., New York, TLS 1893 Jul 5
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, ALS plus envelope (London) 1895 Aug 16
Wells, Herbert George, Woking, United Kingdom, ALS 1896
Yeats, William Butler, Chicago, ALS [1914 Feb 26]