Coates, Robert M. (Robert Myron), 1897-1973

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American writer and art critic.

From the description of Papers of Robert Myron Coates [manuscript], [1933], 1954. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647993427

American novelist.

From the description of Letter : Bayside, NY, to Mr. Mills, [194-?] June 25. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122545950

Robert M. Coates was a writer and art critic. He was associated with the "New Yorker" from 1927 until his death in 1973 and was its art critic from 1937-1967. He contributed short stories and articles to numerous magazines and wrote several novels.

From the description of Papers, 1897-1967. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 29528034

Robert M. Coates was an accomplished American author, noted for his short fiction. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he travelled throughout his youth with itinerant parents, and was educated at Yale. He tried to write for a living, and ended up in France with the Lost Generation, where he came under the influence of Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and the Dada movement. He returned to New York, and worked steadily for New Yorker as an art reviewer and story writer. He went on to write several novels and numerous short stories, which were admired by critics and colleagues, but never achieved the mainstream popularity their quality deserved.

From the description of Robert M. Coates letter to Mr. Epstein, 1959 June 26. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 79637393

American author Robert M. [Myron] Coates (1897-1973), who coined the term, "Abstract Expressionism," was art critic for The New Yorker . Coates works included: All the Year Round: a Book of Stories [1943]; The Bitter Season [1946]; and Wisteria Cottage [1948].

Henry Pettit was Professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He was named Honorary Curator of Rare Books in Norlin Library in the early 1950's, managing the collections and encouraging the acquisition of such materials as eighteenth-century English literature and examples of early printing. Pettit was a scholar of the English poet Edward Young (1683-1765), compiling A Bibliography of Young's Night Thoughts (1954) and editing The Correspondence of Edward Young (1971).

From the guide to the Robert M. Coates Letter to Henry Pettit (MS 188), 1962, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.)

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creatorOf Angell, Nicholas B. Nicholas B. Angell collection of Evan Shipman papers and other materials, 1890-2009. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Coates, Robert M. (Robert Myron), 1897-1973. Papers, 1897-1967. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
creatorOf Walter Quirt papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Coates, Robert M. (Robert Myron), 1897-1973. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1958. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
creatorOf Hale, Nancy, 1908-1988. Nancy Hale papers [manuscript], 1950. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Coates, Robert M. (Robert Myron), 1897-1973. Letter : Bayside, NY, to Mr. Mills, [194-?] June 25. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1910-1960, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Louis Bouché papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Robert M. Coates Letter to Henry Pettit (MS 188), 1962 University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Coates, Robert M. (Robert Myron), 1897-1973. Robert M. Coates letter to Mr. Epstein, 1959 June 26. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Adams, Elbridge L., 1866-. Collection of books from the library of William Faulkner. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn Powell, Dawn. Dawn Powell Papers, 1910-1998. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn George Grosz papers, 1893-1981 (inclusive) 1919-1959 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Coates, Robert M. (Robert Myron), 1897-1973. Papers of Robert Myron Coates [manuscript], [1933], 1954. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993. Kenneth Burke papers. 1906-1960. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Ben Cunningham Papers, 1904-1969 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Bradbury, M. mss. II, 1949-1993 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas papers, 1837-1961 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) Houghton Library
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associatedWith Angell, Nicholas B. person
associatedWith Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969. person
associatedWith Bradbury, Malcolm, 1932-2000 person
correspondedWith Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993. person
associatedWith Cunningham, Ben, 1904-1975 person
associatedWith Fickett, Homer. person
correspondedWith Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966 person
correspondedWith Grosz, George, 1893-1959 person
associatedWith Hale, Nancy, 1908-1988. person
correspondedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960. person
associatedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
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associatedWith Powell, Dawn. person
associatedWith Quirt, Walter, 1902-1968. person
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associatedWith Rattner, Abraham. person
associatedWith Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. person
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American poetry
Art criticism
Journalism
Male authors, American
Occupation
Authors, American
Art critics
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Birth 1897-04-06

Death 1973-02-08

Americans

English

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