Julius Friend and the Double Dealer

Julius Weis Friend (1894-1962) was a founder and editor of the New Orleans literary magazine, The Double Dealer, which was published 1921-1926.  Having been educated at Yale University, Julius Friend lectured on literary and philosophical subjects, and taught history at Tulane University in the late 1940s.  In 1922, he had married Elise Siess Weil (1896-1984), and they had two children.   After his death, Mrs. Friend donated her husband's personal and literary papers to Tulane University.

This archival collection (LaRC Manuscripts Collection 138) includes handwritten and typed correspondence, including outgoing carbons, legal and financial documents, tax and insurance papers, travel journals, manuscripts of Mr. Friend's writings including a history of The Double Dealer, biographical and genealogical information about the Friend family and his own life, invitations and other items of social ephemera, poems submitted for publication including one by Louis Gilmore, newspaper clippings and other printed items. Correspondents include Sherwood Anderson, James K. Feibleman, other authors, lawyers, publishers and bookstores.

An almost-complete run of the original issues of the magazine itself are held in LaRC (call number 976.3 (051) D727 LACOLL); numerous issues are also held in Rare Books (William B. Wisdom). 

Captions: top three images are of items within the Julius W. Friend papers, 1920-1976 (LaRC Manuscripts Collection 138), including a personal letter from Sherwood Anderson, an original poem of Louis Gilmore, and a stock certificate from the Double Dealer Publishing Company in New Orleans.  Last image is the title page of the first issue of The Double Dealer.   Images of items held in the Louisiana Research Collection may not be re-published without permission.

Happy New Year 2016 from LaRC!


Posted by Susanna Powers