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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Author & 1920s Icon: Secondary Sources: Books & Articles

Articles

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s St. Paul : A Writer’s Use of Materials, by Patricia Kane. 
In Minnesota History, vol. 45, no. 4 (1976): pp. 141-148.
MNHS call number: Reading Room F601.5 .M66 v.45:4, or view an electronic version of the article (PDF).

Dancing in Saint Paul, by Leo Hertzel. 
In North American Review, Nov./Dec.,1996.
MNHS call number: PS3511.I9 Z646 1996

Books

The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Patricia Hampl & Dave Page. St. Paul, MN: Borealis Books, 2004. 
MNHS call number: Reading Room P3511.I9 AC 2004, also available for purchase

A Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s St. Paul: a Traveler’s Companion to His Homes & Haunts, by John J. Koblas. 
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2004. 
MNHS call number: Reading Room PS3511.I9 Z673 2004, also available for purchase

Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography, by Jeffrey Meyers. 
New York : HarperCollins, 1994.
MNHS call number: Reading Room PS3511.I9 Z687 1994

Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981.
MNHS call number: Reading Room PS3511.I9 Z566

Still Home to Me: F. Scott Fitzgerald and St. Paul, Minnesota: An Illustrated Biography, by Lloyd C. Hackl.
Cambridge, MN.: Adventure Publications, 1996.
MNHS call number: PS3511.I9 Z6453 1996

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota: Toward the Summit, by Dave Page. 
St. Cloud, MN.: North Star Press of St. Cloud, 1996.
MNHS call number: PS3511.I9 Z768 1996

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Neighborhood, by Ann Melhus. 
Saint Paul, MN. : [s.n.], 1996.
MNHS call number: PS3511.I9 Z673 1996

Fitzgerald: A Commemorative Publication: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 100th birthday, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Minneapolis, MN: Primarius Limited Publishing, 1996.
MNHS call number: PS3511.I9 Z6166 1996

Candles and Carnival Lights: The Catholic Sensibility of F. Scott Fitzgerald, by Joan M. Allen. 
New York: New York University Press, 1978.
MNHS call number: PS3511.I9 Z5576

Papers of Fitzgerald Researchers

Lloyd C. Hackl papers
Personal papers of Minnesota author, F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar, and English instructor Lloyd Hackl, Jr. The papers include manuscript drafts and research materials related to Hackl's book Still Home to Me: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Saint Paul; materials related to conferences, presentations, project proposals, and talks; correspondence; photographs and slides; interviews with playwright Lance Belville; adaptations of Fitzgerald's work to stage; and select audio and digital files related to F. Scott Fitzgerald, including an oral history with Norris Jackson.  Other materials about Jackson and Fitzgerald are in the Charles W. and Mary Lesley Ames Family Papers 
MNHS call number: Digital Finding Aid

Lance S. Belville papers
Personal papers of Lance Belville, journalist, playwright, and founder of the History Theatre in Saint Paul. The papers contain manuscript drafts of plays, correspondence, audio/video recordings, and research files related to Belville’s creative projects, including his play “Scott and Zelda: the Beautiful Fools.” The collection also includes an interview with Norris Jackson, a friend of the Fitzgerald family.  Other materials about Jackson and Fitzgerald are in the Charles W. and Mary Lesley Ames Family Papers
MNHS call number: Digital Finding Aid

Bibliographies

F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Descriptive Bibliography, by Matthew J. Bruccoli. 
Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972.
MNHS call number: PS 3511 .I9A1 .B66

Supplement to F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Descriptive Bibliography, by Matthew J. Bruccoli. 
Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980.
MNHS call number: PS3511.I9 A127 suppl.

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