Isherwood, Christopher

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Description

Title
Isherwood, Christopher
Creator
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
Contributor
Romney, Richard Adams, 1918-
Published / Created
1943-44
Abstract

1 of 4 folders completely digitized.

The papers include autograph and typed letters, signed (arranged alphabetically by sender in boxes 1-2) to Richard Adams Romney from Leonard Bernstein, Paul Cadmus, Eva Le Gallienne, David Horner (including one sent on his behalf from Osbert Sitwell), Christopher Isherwood, Pavel Tchelitchew, John van Druten, Margaret Webster, and others dating from the 1940s to the 1970s, who write to him (often addressing him by his nickname, "Twig") with advice and news of their activities and that of other friends. The letters from Alice Delamar (circa 1946-1989) form the largest group of letters, and document their long and close friendship, travels, and the activities of mutual friends. Also included are photograph albums and loose photographs (boxes 3-4) documenting Romney's travels to Greece and Peru, and social gatherings in Connecticut and Palm Beach, Florida.

Description
Purchased from Richard Adams Romney on the George Henry Nettleton Fund, 1999 and 2000, and the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2002.
Richard Adams Romney was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1918, and was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. He lived on the Upper East Side of New York City from 1945 to 1997, and worked in the real estate and insurance businesses. He was a gallery assistant at the Betty Parsons Gallery from 1950 to 1954. His friends and acquaintances included writers, artists, and musicians, including Leonard Bernstein, Christopher Isherwood, and Paul Cadmus. One of his closest friends was Alice Delamar, an American heiress and partner of the actress and director Eva Le Gallienne. Romney died in Troy, New York in 2009.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
GEN MSS 462
Collection Title
Richard Adams Romney papers
Collection / Other Creator
Romney, Richard Adams, 1918-
Collection Date
1942-1989
Container / Volume
Box 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Correspondence
Resource Type
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name)
Romney, Richard Adams, 1918-
Subject (Topic)
LGBTQ resource

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Citation
Richard Adams Romney Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
4511583
Object ID (OID)
17355745

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