urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00653 Michael Arlen: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Finding aid created by Joan Sibley and Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham Harry Ransom Center, 2011 Finding aid encoded by Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham21 March 2011 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Arlen, Michael, 1895-1956 Michael Arlen Collection 1916-1937, undated 1 box (.42 linear feet) and 3 galley folders (gf) The collection of Michael Arlen, Armenian essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter, includes manuscripts for May Fair and Young Men in Love, as well letters by Arlen to various recipients, a few letters from Douglas Clayton, and contracts with Albatross Verlag for three Arlen works. English Manuscript Collection MS-0118 Access:

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Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.

 Container List Works: 1.1-2 May Fair, boxed typescript / printer's copy with handwritten revision by Arlen and handwritten notes and markings by printer, 382 pages, undated. Included with this: ANS by an unidentified author, 15 May 1925. Young Men in Love: 1.3-4 Carbon copy typescript, 338 pages, undated. gf 1 Galley proofs, 84 pages, undated. gf 2 Galley proofs, 84 pages, undated. gf 3 Galley proofs with handwritten emendations and deletions, 83 pages, undated. Letters: 1.5 ALS to Burke, Thomas, 18 October no year. 1.5 15 ALS, 9 ANS, APCS to Clayton, Douglas, 1916-1921. 1.5 1 ALS, 9 ALI to Curtis Brown Limited, 1924-1925, undated. 1.5 ALS to Titus, Edward W., 14 September no year. Miscellaneous: Albatross Verlag, memoranda of agreement with Michael Arlen re: 1.6 The Crooked Coronet, carbon copy typed document, signed, 2 pages, 1 November 1937. 1.6 Man's Mortality, carbon copy typed document, signed, 2 pages, 25 November 1933. 1.6 Young Men in Love, printed document, signed, 2 pages, 2 September 1932. 1.6 Arlen, Michael. Miscellaneous notes, typescript, undated. 1.6 Clayton, Douglas. 5 letters to Arlen, Michael, addressed to Kouyoumdjian, Dikran, pseud., 1916-1917.