John Cheever (59 page)

L
ILA
R
EFRIGIER, LADIES
'
MAN:
Interview Dorothy Farrell, 9 April 1985; interview Lila Refrigier, 14 January 1985; JC to Eleanor Clark, 21 September 1977; interview Frances Lindley, 17 September 1984; interview Elizabeth Logan, 2 July 1984; JC to Allan Gurganus, 28 March 1974.

L
ITERARY FRIENDS
,
H
OLLY
T
REE
:
Interview Laurens Schwartz, 29 July 1985; Dana Gioia et al., interview with JC, 23 January 1976; Coates, dissertation, p. 36; JC to Josephine Herbst, 1936; JC to Malcolm Cowley, 16 December 1936; Samuel Coale, “John Cheever: A Portrait” (unpublished paper, 1982), p. 7; JC to Elizabeth Ames, 1 February 1937; interview Jane Cheever Carr, 19 October 1984; JC “Way Down East,” N
EW
R
EPUBLIC
, 11 December 1935, p. 146.

S
PANISH
C
IVIL
W
AR AND WRITING:
Interview Lila Refrigier, 14 January 1985; interview Dorothy Farrell, 9 April 1985; JC to Malcolm Cowley, 25 May 1937 and 8 January 196__; interview Malcolm Cowley, 12 June 1984; JC, “Behold a Cloud in the West,” N
EW
L
ETTERS IN
A
MERICA
, ed. Horace Gregory and Eleanor Clark (New York, 1937), pp. 125–44; Dana Gioia et al., interview with JC, 23 January 1976.

MARY

C
OMMERCIAL FICTION, JOINING
FWP: JC, “His Young Wife,” C
OLLIER
'
S
, 1 January 1938, pp. 21–22, 46; Daniel Fuchs to SD, 8 March 1985; Hobson, R
EMEMBERING
A
MERICA
, pp. 1–11; JC to Josephine Herbst, 1938; Penkower, F
EDERAL
W
RITERS
' P
ROJECT,
pp. 20–21, 51; Jerre Mangione, T
HE
D
REAM AND THE
D
EAL
(Boston, 1972), pp. 102–03.

W
ASHINGTON
FWP: JC, “Washington Boarding House,” T
HE
W
AY
, pp. 116–21; JC to Josephine Herbst, 1938 (two letters), 1942 (two letters), 1950; JC, C
HRONICLE
, pp. 130–36; JC to Elizabeth Ames, 1938; Jerre Mangione, A
N
E
THNIC AT
L
ARGE
(New York, 1978), p. 237; Jerre Mangione to SD, 23 September 1985.

N
EW
Y
ORK
FWP: Penkower, F
EDERAL
W
RITERS' PROJECT,
pp. 43, 70–71, 160, 170–71, 194–95; Mangione, D
REAM AND
D
EAL
, pp. 119, 188; N
EW
Y
ORK
C
ITY
G
UIDE
(New York, 1979 reprint), front matter; transcription of federal service record, John W. Cheever, National Personnel Records Center, 21 February 1986; interview Ted Mills, 17 October 1985; Jim McGraw to SD, 6 June 1984.

T
RIUNA:
JC to Josephine Herbst, fall 1939 (two letters); “Not for Publication,” Q
UINCY
P
ATRIOT
-L
EDGER
, 17 March 1938, p. 9.

I
MMINENCE OF WAR, MARRIAGE PROSPECTS:
JC to Malcolm Cowley, 8 January 196__; JC, “I'm Going to Asia,” H
ARPER'S
B
AZAAR
, 1 September 1940, pp. 61, 114; interview Elizabeth Logan, 2 July 1984; interview Frances Lindley, 17 September 1984; Rick Siggelkow to SD, 8 August 1984; interview MC, 7 June 1984.

MC's
FAMILY, YOUTH:
Tanya Litvinov to SD, 31 January 1984; Callaway, interview with JC, 15 October 1981; interviews MC, 6 June 1983, 2 June 1984, 7 June 1984, 20 October 1984, 10 April 1985, and 30 May 1985; Marge Leahy, “Mary—the Other Cheever,” S
UBURBIA
T
ODAY
(Westchester), 19 April 1981, pp. 6–10; MC, “Silverface,” T
HE
N
EED FOR
C
HOCOLATE AND
O
THER
P
OEMS
(New York, 1980), p. 78; JC to Josephine Herbst, 1953; interview Dr. J. William Silverberg, 18 June 1984; JC to John Updike, 2 April 1977; Lee, “Ovid,” p. 70; MC, “Prospect Street,” T
HE
N
EED FOR
C
HOCOLATE
, p. 91.

D
ECIDING ON MARRIAGE:
JC to Elizabeth Ames, 26 December 1939; interviews MC, 7 June 1984 and 16 June 1984; Lloyd Moss, interview with JC, WQXR, 12 January 1980; interview Edward Newhouse, 5 June 1984.

S
UMMER SEPARATION, NOVEL OUTLINE:
JC to MC, summer 1940 (thirteen letters); Mabelle Fullerton, “Quincy Youth Is Achieving New York Literary Career,” Q
UINCY
P
ATRIOT
-L
EDGER
, 6 August 1940. pp. 1, 7.

JC's
RESERVATIONS:
Interview Dorothy Farrell, 9 April 1985; interview Elizabeth Logan, 2 July 1984; JC, “A Present for Louisa,” M
ADEMOISELLE
, December 1940, pp. 126–27, 154–57. For a record of Cheever's publications, see Dennis Coates, “John Cheever: A Checklist, 1930–1978,” B
ULLETIN OF
B
IBLIOGRAPHY
, January–March 1979, pp. 1–13, 49.

Y
ADDO IN AUTUMN:
JC to MC, fall 1940 (four letters).

W
EDDING, SOCIAL LIFE:
Interview MC, 16 June 1984; “John Cheever, Quincy Author, to Wed Mary Winternitz Today in New Haven,” Q
UINCY
P
ATRIOT
-L
EDGER
, 22 March 1941, p. 5; interviews MC, 7 June 1984, 16 June 1984, 28 June 1984, 12 July 1984, 26 July 1984, and 20 October 1984; interview William Maxwell, 9 November 1983; interview Elizabeth Logan, 2 July 1984.

E
RWINNA, ENLISTMENT:
JC to Josephine Herbst, summer 1941 and winter–spring 1942 (two letters); JC, “Run, Sheep, Run,” T
HE
W
AY
, pp. 93–100; interview Elizabeth Logan, 2 July 1984; JC to Malcolm Cowley, 3 January 1942.

ARMY

I
NDUCTION
, C
AMP
C
ROFT
, S
OUTH:
JC to MC, May–August 1942 (nine letters); David Rothbart, W
ORLD
W
AR
II A
RMY
J
OURNAL
(Pittsburgh, 1977, privately published), p. 2; JC, “Introduction,” T
HE
W
APSHOT
C
HRONICLE
(New York, 1965, T
IME
Reading Program special edition), p. xviii; JC to Josephine Herbst, 1954; JC, F
ALCONER
(New York, 1977), pp. 36–37; JC to E. E. Cummings, summer 1942.

S
ERGEANT
D
URHAM:
JC to MC, May–August 1942 (six letters); JC to Gus Lobrano, 8 September 1942; JC, “Sergeant Limeburner,” N
EW
Y
ORKER
, 13 March 1943, pp. 19–25.

C
AMP
G
ORDON
,
ARMY JOBS:
JC to MC, August 1942–March 1943 (twenty letters); JC to William Maxwell, 16 August 1942 and 24 December 1942; JC, T
HE
W
APSHOT
S
CANDAL
(New York, 1964), p. 70; JC to Elizabeth Ames, September 1942; Rothbart, A
RMY
J
OURNAL
, pp. 35–103; David Rothbart to SD, 10 October 1985; interview David Rothbart, 15 October 1985; JC to Josephine Herbst, 24 October 1942; JC to E. E. Cummings, 8 October 1942; JC to Marion Morehouse, 5 September 1962; JC to Bennett Cerf, 15 October 1942; JC, “Dear Lord, We Thank Thee for Thy Bounty,” N
EW
Y
ORKER
, 27 November 1943, pp. 30–31; JC, “The Invisible Ship,” N
EW
Y
ORKER
, 7 August 1943, pp. 17–21.

T
HE
W
AY
S
OME
P
EOPLE
L
IVE:
On dust-jacket copy, Bennett Cerf to JC, 19 October 1942; JC to Bennett Cerf, February 1943 and 14 March 1943; William DuBois, “Tortured Souls,” N
EW
Y
ORK
T
IMES
B
OOK
R
EVIEW
, 28 March 1943, p. 10; JC to MC, April 1943 (two letters); Struthers Burt, “John Cheever's Sense of Drama,” S
ATURDAY
R
EVIEW OF
L
ITERATURE
, 24 April 1943, p. 9; Weldon Kees, “John Cheever's Stories,” N
EW
R
EPUBLIC
, 19 April 1943, pp. 516–17; Random House profit and loss report, T
HE
W
AY
, 31 October 1944.

UPTOWN

22ND
I
NFANTRY AND
JC: Dr. William S. Boice, H
ISTORY OF THE
T
WENTY
-S
ECOND
U
NITED
S
TATES
I
NFANTRY
R
EGIMENT IN
W
ORLD
W
AR
II (U.S. Army Military History Institute, 1959), pp. 1–3, 16–24, 28, 102–4, 110–n, 176–78; Jesse Kornbluth, “The Cheever Chronicle,” N
EW
Y
ORK
T
IMES
M
AGAZINE,
21 October 1979, p. 103; Robb, “Cheever's Story,” p. 28; interview John and Mary Dirks, 16 July 1984.

C
HELSEA, BIRTH OF
S
USAN:
Interview Elizabeth Logan, 2 July 1984; JC to Josephine Herbst, 9 August 1943; JC to Natalie Robins, 3 December 1968; Hersey, “John Hersey Talks,” p. 23.

A
STORIA
, P
ROPAGANDA:
John D. Weaver to MC, 19 June 1982; John D. Weaver (ghostwriter for Colonel Emanuel Cohen), “Film Is a Weapon,” B
USINESS
S
CREEN,
1946; Ted Mills to SD, 19 March 1985; interview Ted Mills, 17 October 1985; Leonard Spigelgass to SD, 11 September 1984; interview Edward Newhouse, 5 June 1984; interview Don Ettlinger, 4 June 1984; interview Peggy Murray, 11 June 1984; Caskie Stinnett to SD, 26 November 1985 and 12 December 1985.

C
OMMUNIST LEANINGS:
Interview Ted Mills, 17 October 1985; interviews Don Ettlinger, 4 June 1984 and 9 November 1984; JC to Josephine Herbst, 1946 (two letters).

92ND
S
TREET TOWN HOUSE:
JC to Josephine Herbst, November 1944 and summer 1945 (two letters); MC to Josephine Herbst, 22 July 1945; interview Peggy Murray, 11 June 1984; interview MC, 16 June 1984; interview William Maxwell, 9 April 1985; interview Leonard Field, 18 September 1984; JC, “Town House” stories, N
EW
Y
ORKER
, 21 April 1945, 11 August 1945, 10 November 1945, 5 January 1946, 16 March 1946, and 4 May 1946.

G
UAM
, P
HILLIPINES:
Interview Dorothy Farrell, 9 April 1985; JC to MC, April–June 1945 (ten letters); Robert Cromie, interview with JC, B
OOK
B
EAT
, May 1973; JC, “Manila,” N
EW
Y
ORKER
, 28 July 1945, pp. 20–23; JC, “Love in the Islands,” N
EW
Y
ORKER
, 7 December 1946, pp. 42–44.

59TH
S
TREET
, D
ISCHARGE:
MC to Josephine Herbst, late 1945; JC to Josephine Herbst, November 1945; interview Virginia Rice Kahn, 5 June 1985; interview Katrina Ettlinger, 4 June 1984; service records, National Personnel Records Center.

P
ARENTS, FATHER'S DEATH:
Interview Dudley Schoales, Jr., 17 July 1984; interview Elizabeth Logan, 2 July 1984; interview Jane Cheever Carr, 5 June 1984; Hersey, “Boy and Man,” p. 32, maintains that JC did read Prospero's speech at his father's funeral, whereas Susan Cheever, H
OME
B
EFORE
D
ARK
, p. 9, asserts that he refused to do so—in any event, “We are such stuff as dreams are made on” is engraved on his father's tombstone; JC, typescript 21.

C
ANDLEWOOD
, T
REETOPS:
Interview Don Ettlinger, 4 June 1984; JC to Josephine Herbst, 19 March 1946 and summer 1946; MC, “Happy Birthday, Susie,” T
HE
N
EED FOR
C
HOCOLATE
, pp. 30–31; JC to Don and Katrina Ettlinger, 17 August 1946; interview Joseph H. and Eugenia Hotchkiss, 15 January 1985; JC, “The Summer Farmer,” T
HE
E
NORMOUS
R
ADIO AND
O
THER
S
TORIES
(New York, 1953), pp. 138–51; JC, “Vega,” H
ARPER
'
S
, December 1949, pp. 86–95; JC, “How Dr. Wareham Kept His Servants,” R
EPORTER
, 5 April 1956, pp. 40–45.

S
USIE AT SCHOOL, SOCIAL LIFE:
JC to Don and Katrina Ettlinger, 2 October 1946; JC to Josephine Herbst, late 1946; interview Leonard Field, 18 September 1984.

F
IELD
V
ERSION:
JC to Robert N. Linscott, September 1946; JC quoted in John D. Weaver, “John Cheever: Recollections of a Childlike Imagination,” Los A
NGELES
T
IMES
B
OOK
R
EVIEW
, 13 March 1977, p. 3; JC to Robert N. Linscott, together with outline of novel, 16 December 1947; Robert N. Linscott to JC, 22 December 1947; JC to Robert N. Linscott, January 1950 and 13 October 1950.

M
ARY TEACHING, BIRTH OF
B
EN:
JC to Josephine Herbst, 24 February 1947, 6 June 1947, and May 1948; interview MC, 28 June 1984.

T
OWN
H
OUSE
ON
B
ROADWAY:
JC to Josephine Herbst, summer-fall 1948 (three letters); Mabelle Fullerton, “Former Quincy Boy Courting Miracle,” Q
UINCY
P
ATRIOT
-L
EDGER
, 2 September 1948; JC, “The Origin of ‘Town House,'” B
OSTON
P
OST,
5 September 1948; interview Don Ettlinger, 4 June 1984; the three “theater” stories are “O City of Broken Dreams,” N
EW
Y
ORKER
, 24 January 1948, pp. 22–31, “The Opportunity,” C
OSMOPOLITAN
, December 1949, pp. 44, 174–76, and “The People You Meet,” N
EW
Y
ORKER
, 2 December 1950, pp. 44–49.