Collection Overview
Cody, Morrill, 1901-
Morrill Cody (AC 1921) Papers
1930-1969
1958-1962
1 archives box
(0.5 linear ft.)
English
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Amherst, MA
Journalist, editor and diplomat. The collection consists mostly of incoming correspondence, concerning social affairs, editorial work, and publishing. Among the correspondents are a number of literary figures, including 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.
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.
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 Collection
This collection is organized into one series:
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[Morrill Cody Papers](list-ser1)
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.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[Identification of item], in Morrill Cody (AC 1921) Papers [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.
Gift of Morrill Cody, 1965.
The collection originally formed part of the
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection but was removed to form its own collection in 2011.
Cody, Morrill, 1901-
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.
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Sherwin Cody (AC 1889) Papers
- Alumni biographical files: Morrill Cody (AC 1921)
SERIES 1: MORRILL CODY (AC 1921) PAPERS
1930-1969 (bulk 1958-1962)
Folders are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
1
1
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus carbon
1959 Feb 18
1
2
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p.
1959 Feb 21
1
3
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus TM copy of preface
[1959] Mar 21
1
4
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus envelope
1959 Apr 17
1
5
Anderson, Margaret, LeCannet, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p.
1959 Nov 23
1
6
Antheil, Boski, (Mrs. George Antheil), New York, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 1p.
1959 Feb 21
1
7
Barnes, Djuna, New York, to [Dorothea] Speyer, n.p., TLS 1p. (given by E. Morrill Cody)
1959 May 12
1
8
Barnes, Djuna, [New York], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus envelope
[1859 Jun 3]
1
9
Beach, Sylvia, Greenwich, Connecticut, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ALS 2p.
1959 Feb 10
1
10
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p.
1959 Apr 17
1
11
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ALS 2p. plus envelope
1959 May 23
1
12
Beach, Sylvia, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. plus envelope and news clipping
1959 Jun 19
1
13
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 2p.
1959 Jul 19
1
14
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, [Paris], ANS 1p.
1959 Sep 26
1
15
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, [Paris], ALS 2p. plus envelope
1960 Jan 1
1
16
Beach, Sylvia, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, Washington D.C., TLS 1p.
1962 Jun 6
1
17
Beach, Sylvia, Les Deserts, Savoie, [France], to E. Morrill Cody, Washington D.C., ALS 2p. plus envelope
[1962 Jul?]
1
18
Beach, Sylvia, Les Deserts, Savoie, [France], to E. Morrill Cody, Washington D.C., ALS 2p. plus envelope
1962 Jul 18
1
19
Beach, Sylvia, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, telegram annotated by unknown
1969 Mar 4
1
20
Benét, Stephen Vincent, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ANS 1p. plus clipping mounted
[1938]
1
21
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 2p. plus envelope
1958 Nov 21
1
22
Bird, William, Tangier, [Morocco], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p.
1958 Dec 6
1
23
Bird, William Tangier, [Morocco], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p. plus preface 4p., and corresponding letters from Cody
1958 Dec 12
1
24
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p.
1959 Mar 13
1
25
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TNS 1p. PC
1959 Jun 11
1
26
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TNS 1p. plus envelope
1959 Dec 19
1
27
Bird, William, Tangier, Morocco, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TNS 1p.
1960 Nov 9
1
28
Boyle, Kay, Rowayton, Connecticut, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p.
1959 Feb 27
1
29
Bryher, Winifred, Vaud, [Switzerland], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p.
1959 Feb 26
1
30
Bryher, Winifred, Vaud, [Switzerland], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 2p.
1959 Mar 20
1
31
Bryher, Winifred, Vaud, [Switzerland], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p.
1959 Nov 29
1
32
Carter, John, [London], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p.
1959 Feb 17
1
33
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Margaret Anderson, Le Cannet, (A.M.) [France], carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 Apr 15
1
34
Cody, Morrill, Paris, France, to Margaret Anderson, Le Cannet, [France], carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 Nov 6
1
35
Cody, Morrill, Paris, France, to Margaret Anderson, Le Cannet, [France], carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 Nov 30
1
36
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Margaret Anderson, Le Cannet, [France], carbon copy TS 1 p.
1962 May 29
1
37
Cody, Morrill, Paris, to Djuna Barnes, New York, carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 May 26
1
38
Cody, Morrill, Paris, to Sylvia Beach, n.p., carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 Dec 28
1
39
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to William Bird, Tangier, Morocco, carbon copy TS 2p.
1958 Dec 2
1
40
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to William Bird, Tangier, Morocco, carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 Feb 3
1
41
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to William Bird, Tangier, Morocco, carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 Mar 16
1
42
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to William Bird, n.p., carbon copy TS 1p.
1960 Jan 12
1
43
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Nancy Cunard, London, carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 Mar 25
1
44
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Nancy Cunard, London,carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 Apr 30
1
45
Cody, Morrill, n.p., to Langston Hughes, New York, carbon copy TS 1p.
1959 Oct 19
1
46
cummings, e.e., [New York], PC to E. Morrill Cody, Paris
1959 Feb 16
1
47
Cunard, Nancy, London, to Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 2p.
1959 Mar 1
1
48
Cunard, Nancy, London, to Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 3p.
1959 Mar 20
1
49
Cunard, Nancy, London, to Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 1p. plus env.
1959 Apr 1
1
50
Cunard, Nancy, London, to Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 2p. plus env.
1959 Apr 13
1
51
Cunard, Nancy, Gourdon, France, to Morrill Cody, Paris, France, ANS 1p. postcard
1959 Dec 1
1
52
Cunard, Nancy, Nice, Grimaldi, France, to Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 2p. plus env.
1959 Dec 15
1
53
de Falla, Manuel, Alta Gracia, Argentina, to Morrill Cody'21, Buenos Aires, TLS
1945 Oct 25
1
54
de Falla, Manuel, Alta Gracia, Argentina, to Morrill Cody'21, Buenos Aires, TLS
1946 Jun 14
1
55
de Falla, Manuel, Alta Gracia, Argentina, to Morrill Cody'21, Buenos Aires, TLS
1946 Aug 15
1
56
de Falla, Manuel, Alta Gracia, Argentina, to Morrill Cody'21, Buenos Aires, TLS
1946 Oct 23
1
57
Dos Passos, John, Westmoreland, Virginia, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TNS 1p.
1959 Feb 16
1
58
Duchamp, Marcel, á bord de Champlain, á [E. Morrill Cody], n.p., ALS 1p.
[1933 Nov]
1
59
Duchamp, Marcel, New York, á E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ALS 2p.
1957 Jan 30
1
60
Duchamp, Marcel, Cadaques, Gerona, [Spain], á E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ANS 1p. PC
1959 Jun 20
1
61
Dudley, Katherine, n.p., to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. ALS 1 p.
1959 Nov 24
1
62
Hemingway, Ernest, Nairobi, Kenya, to Morrill Cody, Dobbs Ferry, New York, ANS 1p. plus envelope
1934 Jan 2
1
63
Hemingway, Ernest, Paris, to [E. Morrill Cody], n.p., ANS 1p.
1933 Nov 20
1
64
Hemingway, Ernest, [Paris], to [E. Morrill Cody, Paris], ALS 1p.
[1933 Sep]
1
65
Hiler, Hilaire, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p.
1959 Feb 21
1
66
Hiler, Hilaire, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, France, TLS 1p. plus envelope
1960 Jan 8
1
67
Huddleston, Sisley, Saint-Pierre-D'Autils to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. ALS 1p.
1930 Jul 29
1
68
Huddleston, Sisley, Saint-Pierre-D'Autils to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. TNS 1p.
1933 Oct 13
1
69
Hughes, Langston, [New York, NY], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, France TLS 1p. plus env.
1959 Oct 8
1
70
Hughes, Langston, [New York], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, France TLS 1p.
1959 Nov 4
1
71
Kahler, Woodland, [Paris], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p.
1959 Mar 18
1
72
Le Breton, Andre, [Paris] á [E. Morrill Cody], n.p., ALS 1p.
1959 Nov 22
1
73
Masson, Andre, Paris, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, ALS 1p. plus envelope
1958 Feb 3
1
74
McAlmon, Robert. Caldetas, Barcelona, Spain, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 2p.
1933 Jul 16
1
75
Mauriac, Francois, [St. Maixant-Gironde, France], to [Morrill Cody], n.p., ANS 1p. PC
[1959?]
1
76
Maurois, André, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, á Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p.
1959 Nov 20
1
77
Milhaud, Darius, Oakland, California, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p.
[1959] Apr 15
1
78
Milhaud, Darius, [Paris], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p.
[1959] Nov 19
1
79
Miller, Eve, Big Sur, California, to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p.
1959 Feb 16
1
80
Moore, Marianne, [Brooklyn, New York], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p.
1959 Feb 15
1
81
Moore, Marianne, [New York], to E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p. plus envelope
1959 Apr 12
1
82
Picabia, Gabriel, Laval, Mayenne, [France], á E. Morrill Cody, [France], ANS 1p.
1959 Dec 31
1
83
Poulenc, Frances, n.p., á E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p.
1959 Nov 24
1
84
Pound, Ezra, Siena, [Italy], to E. Morrill Cody, Figueras, Cadaques, Spain, ANS 1p. PC
[1933 Jul 18]
1
85
Queneau, Raymond, n.p., to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ANS 1p.
1959 Nov 18
1
86
Reyes, Alfonso, n.p., to Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p.
[1947]
1
87
Romains, Jules, Paris, á E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p.
1959 Nov 26
1
88
Roosevelt, Eleanor, Hyde Park, New York, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TNS 1p. plus envelope
1948 Sep 1
1
89
Saillet, Maurice, Paris, á E. Morrill Cody, Paris, TLS 1p.
1959 Feb 12
1
90
Sitwell, Edith, Florence, Italy, to E. Morrill Cody, Davis, France, ALS 2p. plus envelope
1959 Feb 25
1
91
Slocombe, George, [Paris], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 1p.
1959 Apr 1
1
92
Stewart, Donald Ogden, [London], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., ALS 2p.
1959 Feb 14
1
93
Supervielle, Jules, [Paris], to [Morrill Cody], n.p., ALS 1p.
1959 Nov 20
1
94
Toklas, Alice B., Paris, France, to E. Morrill Cody '21, Paris, France, ALS 1p. plus env.
1959 Mar 25
1
95
Toklas, Alice B., Paris, France, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p. ALS 1p. plus env.
1959 Mar 3
1
96
Vail, Laurence, Solda, Prov. di Bolagno, Italy, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p.
1933 Jul 27
1
97
Vail, Laurence, Altmünster, Transea, Austria, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p.
1933 Sep 5
1
98
Williams, William Carlos, [Rutherford, New Jersey], to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TLS 1p.
1959 Feb 13
1
99
Wilson, Edmund, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to E. Morrill Cody, n.p., TNS 1p.
1959 Feb 16