S. J. Perelman Papers (Ms. 87.2)
Brown University Library
Box A, John Hay LibraryProvidence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
E-mail: hay@brown.edu
Collection Overview
| Title: | S. J. Perelman Papers |
| Date range: | 1914-1987 |
| Creator: | Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979 |
| Extent: | Approximately 400 item(s) |
| Abstract: | S.J. Perelman was a humorist, screenwriter, and dramatist, noted for his adept word play and wild imagination. Perelman wrote many humorous short pieces for The New Yorker magazine as well as screenplays for two Marx Brothers movies and Around the World in Eighty Days for which Perelman received an Academy Award. The papers consist of correspondence to and from Perelman, manuscript drafts and, working files, and photographs of the Perelman and West families. The collection also includes manuscripts and documents of Nathanael West, Perelman's close friend. |
| Language of materials: | English. |
| Repository: | Brown University Library, Special Collections |
| Collection number: | Ms. 87.2 |
