Newman Levy Papers
circa 1914-1960, inclusive
The collection consists of 7 boxes of manuscript material of articles, book reviews, drama, fiction, verse, and an unpublished biography of Franklin P. Adams, including some letters written to Levy by people who knew Adams.
Luke Martin. Derived from the document levy.html
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Fales Library and Special Collections
Series I: Articles
The Affair Aurelio., undated
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The American Boy's Handy Book., undated
1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology., undated
1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"And a Good Judge Too--"., undated
1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Are We Getting the Law We Need?, undated
1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Art of Teaching to Give., undated
1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Aunt Emma., undated
1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Be Your Age., undated
1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Bill of Rights. [3 copies], undated
1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Boy Who Made Good., undated
1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Case of Genevieve Nicodemus., undated
7, Folder: 216 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Case of Thomas F. Mulligan.
7, Folder: 217 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Clipping Bureau., undated
1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clubs and Trumps., undated
1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Constitution., undated
1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Contribunion., undated
1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Conversation Killer., undated
1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Criminal Procedure in England., undated
7, Folder: 218 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cuteisms. [2 copies], undated
1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Danger, Men Working!, undated
1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Doctors and Doctors. [4 copies], undated
1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Elegy., undated
1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Everything is Under Control", undated
1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Excuse it Please., undated
1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
F.P.A., undated
1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Female Superiority., undated
1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Frenchy Case., undated
7, Folder: 219 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
From Poll to Poll., undated
1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gallery Gods., undated
1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Getting Away with Murder., undated
1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handbags for Men., undated
1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handbags for Men. [clipping from Woman's Day], May 1953
1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Happy Days are Here Again., undated
1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Happy Ending., undated
1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The High Imperial Potentate., undated
1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The House. [2 copies], undated
1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
How to Not Read a Book., undated
1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
How to Write Light Verse., undated
1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
I Go Ahead., undated
1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
If Lawyers Talked Like Lawyers. [clipping from Woman's Day], October 1954
1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Impressions in a London Court., undated
1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jerome Kern., undated
1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Law and the Sexes., undated
1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Legal Aid., undated
1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Lost Books of Livy., undated
1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Mantle of Mr. Gilbert., undated
1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Matter of Form. [clipping from Woman's Day], October 1951
1, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Movie Law., undated
1, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Musical Comedy Business., undated
1, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
My Career as a Photographer., undated
1, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
My Memory System., undated
1, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nature Imitates Art., undated
1, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Note on Divorce., undated
1, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Note on Gadgets., undated
1, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nothing but the Truth., undated
1, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Of Thee I Sing., undated
1, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
On the Eight-Twelve., undated
1, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
On Reaching Middle Age., undated
1, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
On to Nicaragua., undated
1, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Onward and Upward with the Arts., undated
1, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parties., undated
2, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pearl., undated
2, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Progressive Educaton., undated
2, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Psycho-Analysis., undated
2, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Review of the Past Legal Season., undated
2, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Rimes are so Scarce"., undated
2, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Riot at the Opera House., undated
2, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sam Feldman., undated
2, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Sartorial Revolution., undated
2, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Second Chance. [by Jonah Cunningham, pseud.], undated
2, Folder: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Season to Taste"., undated
2, Folder: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Shakespeare as a Humorist., undated
2, Folder: 68 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Some Comments on Hospitality., undated
2, Folder: 69 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Sticks and Stones May Break my Bones--"., undated
2, Folder: 70 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Strange Case of Gregory Benson., undated
2, Folder: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Suggestions for Article on Have the Picturesque Lawyers Disappeared., undated
2, Folder: 72 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Table Talk., undated
2, Folder: 73 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
There Aren't Any Santa Clauses., undated
2, Folder: 74 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"They Made Me What I Am Today"., undated
2, Folder: 75 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan/Notes & Commentary., undated
2, Folder: 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The War of the Sexes [by Jonah Cunningham, pseud.], undated
2, Folder: 77 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
What I Remember., undated
2, Folder: 78 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Would You Defend a Man if You Knew He was Guilty?, undated
2, Folder: 79 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series II: Book Reviews
Brothers in Law, by Henry Cecil., undated
2, Folder: 80 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Friends at Court, by Henry Cecil., undated
2, Folder: 81 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Story of my Life, by Clarence Darrow., undated
2, Folder: 82 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
For the Defense, the Life of Sir Edward Marshall Hall., undated
2, Folder: 83 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Confessions of an Un-Common Attorney, by Reginald L. Hine., undated
2, Folder: 84 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series III: Drama
The Happy Hypocrite. [operetta], undated
3, Folder: 85 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Happy Hypocrite., undated
3, Folder: 86 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Judiciary Committee. [musical], undated
3, Folder: 87 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Lalique Vase: A Television Play., undated
3, Folder: 88 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Lalique Vase., undated
3, Folder: 89 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island., undated
3, Folder: 90 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lucky Seven: A Musical Cartoon. [musical], undated
3, Folder: 91 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"May it Please the Court--". [musical play], undated
3, Folder: 92 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"May it Please the Court--". [musical play], undated
3, Folder: 93 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"May it Please the Court--". [revised script], undated
3, Folder: 94 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"May it Please the Court". [music score], undated
7, Folder: 221 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Modern Rip Van Winkle., undated
3, Folder: 95 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Off the Record., undated
3, Folder: 96 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poor Richard., undated
3, Folder: 97 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Skin Deep, a Television Play., undated
3, Folder: 98 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
They Will Do It. [musical comedy], undated
3, Folder: 99 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Play - Incomplete.], undated
3, Folder: 100 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series IV: Fiction
Adventures of Alice., undated
4, Folder: 101 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
An Afternoon of a Judge [also titled Judge Beasely Takes a Plunge]., undated
4, Folder: 102 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Age of Specialization., undated
4, Folder: 103 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Alice at the News Stand., undated
4, Folder: 104 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
All Work and No Play., undated
4, Folder: 105 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Amanda., undated
4, Folder: 106 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
At Home with a Celebrated Lawyer., undated
4, Folder: 107 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
At Home with a Famous Doctor., undated
4, Folder: 108 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Battle of the South., undated
4, Folder: 109 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Bed Time Story., undated
4, Folder: 110 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Billings Buys a Button., undated
4, Folder: 111 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Billings Discusses Broadcasting., undated
4, Folder: 112 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Billings Discusses Murder., undated
4, Folder: 113 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Billings Goes Whimsical., undated
4, Folder: 114 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Billings Has Another Idea., undated
4, Folder: 115 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Billings Writes a Hit., undated
4, Folder: 116 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Brooms are Obsolete Now., undated
4, Folder: 117 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Burglary a la Mode., undated
4, Folder: 118 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Case of Ben Grogan., undated
4, Folder: 119 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Consultation., undated
4, Folder: 120 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Death and Taxes., undated
4, Folder: 121 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fame., undated
4, Folder: 122 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A Famous Lawyer at Home"., undated
4, Folder: 123 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Football Game., undated
4, Folder: 124 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gertie and Tom., undated
4, Folder: 125 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Good Morning, Judge., undated
4, Folder: 126 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Godfus Mystery., undated
4, Folder: 127 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Graham Gilbert (?) [Prison story]., undated
4, Folder: 128 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Hall of Fame., undated
4, Folder: 129 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Hepworth Vase., undated
4, Folder: 130 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
His Mother's Husband., undated
4, Folder: 131 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hitler Goes to Heaven., undated
4, Folder: 132 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Horace and the Talking Frog., undated
4, Folder: 133 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Incompetent and Immaterial., undated
4, Folder: 134 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview with an Ectoplasm., undated
4, Folder: 135 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
An Interview wit a Prominent Author., undated
4, Folder: 136 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Isabella's Jewels., undated
4, Folder: 137 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
It Struck Me as Extremely Odd., undated
4, Folder: 138 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Sexton., undated
4, Folder: 139 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Joke Business / with TLS to & from The Stage., undated
4, Folder: 140 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jury Duty., undated
4, Folder: 141 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lindergarten., undated
4, Folder: 142 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
King Lear (up to date)., undated
4, Folder: 143 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Life of the Party., undated
4, Folder: 144 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Little Fellow., undated
4, Folder: 145 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Love on Forty-Ninth Street., undated
4, Folder: 146 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Macbeth (As Eugene O'Neill Might Have Written It)., undated
4, Folder: 147 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Magpie., undated
4, Folder: 148 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Man Who Read the Ads., undated
4, Folder: 149 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Man Who Read the Ads., undated
4, Folder: 150 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mavoureen., undated
4, Folder: 151 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Merchant of Venice (As Shakespeare Might Have Written it To-Day)., undated
4, Folder: 152 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Modern Drama., undated
4, Folder: 153 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Moman Pruiett., undated
4, Folder: 154 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Most Beautiful Princess. [in the World Woman's Day], December 1949
4, Folder: 155 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mournful Numbers., undated
4, Folder: 156 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mr. Leeming's Law Suit., undated
4, Folder: 157 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mr. Shakespeare Goes to Town., undated
4, Folder: 158 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mr. Twickham's Birthday., undated
4, Folder: 159 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mrs. Epman's Elopement., undated
4, Folder: 160 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Mudington Pearl Mystery., undated
4, Folder: 161 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Murder by Imagination., undated
4, Folder: 162 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
My Favorite Race., undated
4, Folder: 163 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A New Christmas Carol., undated
4, Folder: 164 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The New Education., undated
4, Folder: 165 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nigel Armstrong., undated
4, Folder: 166 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
No Child is Cute After the First Half Hour [Woman's Day]., Feb. 1957
4, Folder: 167 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nor Iron Bars a Cage., undated
4, Folder: 168 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Old Man Lay Dying., undated
5, Folder: 169 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Old Man Baker, by Louisa Craig Peabody., undated
5, Folder: 170 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
On the Air., undated
5, Folder: 171 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
One of the Finest., undated
5, Folder: 172 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Operation Waffle Iron., undated
5, Folder: 173 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Othello (In the Manner of Bernard Shaw)., undated
5, Folder: 174 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Other Side of the Moon., undated
5, Folder: 175 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pistols for Two., undated
5, Folder: 176 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paul Revere., undated
5, Folder: 177 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peters Versus the Interborough., undated
5, Folder: 178 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Prince's Christening., undated
5, Folder: 179 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Red Hot Daddy., undated
5, Folder: 180 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Romeo and Juliet (In the Manner of Booth Tarkington)., undated
5, Folder: 181 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Salesmanship., undated
5, Folder: 182 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Shins of his Father., undated
5, Folder: 183 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Skin Deep is Plenty., undated
5, Folder: 184 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Spot of Paris., undated
5, Folder: 185 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Stitch in Time is Worth Two in the Bush., undated
5, Folder: 186 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuffed Shirt., undated
5, Folder: 187 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Summing Up., undated
5, Folder: 188 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
System., undated
5, Folder: 189 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Trial of Queen Caroline., undated
5, Folder: 190 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Voodoo in Connecticut., undated
5, Folder: 191 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled - partial], undated
5, Folder: 192 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series V: Verse
Abroad Thoughts from Home., undated
5, Folder: 193 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
All God's Chillun Got a Code., undated
5, Folder: 194 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Ballad of Lampedusa., undated
5, Folder: 195 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bills., undated
5, Folder: 196 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Laws Delays., undated
5, Folder: 197 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Local Pride., undated
5, Folder: 198 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poems., undated
5, Folder: 199 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poems., undated
7, Folder: 220 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Song of a Tired Liberal., undated
5, Folder: 200 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series VI: Biography of Franklin P. Adams
Notebooks, undated
6, Folder: 201 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tms. Biography of Franklin Pierce Adams, pp. 1-116., undated
6, Folder: 202 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tms. Biography of... pp. 117-217., undated
6, Folder: 203 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tms. Biography of... pp. 218-304., undated
6, Folder: 204 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tms. Biography of... [revisions & notes]
7, Folder: 222 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence from FPA to:
Davis, Mrs. [1931]
Wise, Florence. [1914], 1931, 1914
6, Folder: 205 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence from FPA to: Izard, Forrest., 1941-1949
6, Folder: 206 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence about FPA from: Aarons - Kiernan, undated
6, Folder: 207 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence about FPA from: Lawrence - Walker, undated
6, Folder: 208 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Conning Tower - Dinner & Program., undated
6, Folder: 209 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Keep Your Rabbits Rabbi, We Have Rabbits of Our Own [music]., undated
6, Folder: 210 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newspaper clippings by or about FPA., undated
6, Folder: 211 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pictorial., undated
6, Folder: 212 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Players Programs., undated
6, Folder: 213 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tear Sheets from The Conning Tower Book., undated
6, Folder: 214 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Untermeyer, Louis [in The Conning Tower, 1936]: "Ballade of the Prime ecessity" "Ballade of Contention", undated
6, Folder: 215 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)