1 of 4 folders completely digitized. and 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. and 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.
Collection contains letters from Christopher Isherwood to his brother, Richard Isherwood, and his mother, Kathleen Machell Smith Isherwood. The letters describe his life in America, his efforts to become a United States citizen, and his involvement with Indian Vedanta philosophy and the Swāmi Prabhavananda. Many letters discuss his work writing articles, screenplays and books, especially the autobiographical "Kathleen and Frank." The letters also mention several of his friends, including E. M. Forster, Felix Greene, Aldous Huxley and Peggy Kiskadden. Also included is a letter from Isherwood's companion Don Bachardy to Richard Isherwood with a note from Christopher, and two letters to Christopher Isherwood from family acquaintances concerning family history.
Subject (Name):
Isherwood, Kathleen Machell Smith, 1868-1960
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives and English literature--20th century
Collection contains letters from Christopher Isherwood to his brother, Richard Isherwood, and his mother, Kathleen Machell Smith Isherwood. The letters describe his life in America, his efforts to become a United States citizen, and his involvement with Indian Vedanta philosophy and the Swāmi Prabhavananda. Many letters discuss his work writing articles, screenplays and books, especially the autobiographical "Kathleen and Frank." The letters also mention several of his friends, including E. M. Forster, Felix Greene, Aldous Huxley and Peggy Kiskadden. Also included is a letter from Isherwood's companion Don Bachardy to Richard Isherwood with a note from Christopher, and two letters to Christopher Isherwood from family acquaintances concerning family history.
Subject (Name):
Isherwood, Kathleen Machell Smith, 1868-1960
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives and English literature--20th century
Collection contains letters from Christopher Isherwood to his brother, Richard Isherwood, and his mother, Kathleen Machell Smith Isherwood. The letters describe his life in America, his efforts to become a United States citizen, and his involvement with Indian Vedanta philosophy and the Swāmi Prabhavananda. Many letters discuss his work writing articles, screenplays and books, especially the autobiographical "Kathleen and Frank." The letters also mention several of his friends, including E. M. Forster, Felix Greene, Aldous Huxley and Peggy Kiskadden. Also included is a letter from Isherwood's companion Don Bachardy to Richard Isherwood with a note from Christopher, and two letters to Christopher Isherwood from family acquaintances concerning family history.
Subject (Name):
Isherwood, Richard.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives and English literature--20th century
Collection contains letters from Christopher Isherwood to his brother, Richard Isherwood, and his mother, Kathleen Machell Smith Isherwood. The letters describe his life in America, his efforts to become a United States citizen, and his involvement with Indian Vedanta philosophy and the Swāmi Prabhavananda. Many letters discuss his work writing articles, screenplays and books, especially the autobiographical "Kathleen and Frank." The letters also mention several of his friends, including E. M. Forster, Felix Greene, Aldous Huxley and Peggy Kiskadden. Also included is a letter from Isherwood's companion Don Bachardy to Richard Isherwood with a note from Christopher, and two letters to Christopher Isherwood from family acquaintances concerning family history.
Subject (Name):
Isherwood, Richard.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives and English literature--20th century
Collection contains letters from Christopher Isherwood to his brother, Richard Isherwood, and his mother, Kathleen Machell Smith Isherwood. The letters describe his life in America, his efforts to become a United States citizen, and his involvement with Indian Vedanta philosophy and the Swāmi Prabhavananda. Many letters discuss his work writing articles, screenplays and books, especially the autobiographical "Kathleen and Frank." The letters also mention several of his friends, including E. M. Forster, Felix Greene, Aldous Huxley and Peggy Kiskadden. Also included is a letter from Isherwood's companion Don Bachardy to Richard Isherwood with a note from Christopher, and two letters to Christopher Isherwood from family acquaintances concerning family history.
Subject (Name):
Isherwood, Richard.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives and English literature--20th century
Collection contains letters from Christopher Isherwood to his brother, Richard Isherwood, and his mother, Kathleen Machell Smith Isherwood. The letters describe his life in America, his efforts to become a United States citizen, and his involvement with Indian Vedanta philosophy and the Swāmi Prabhavananda. Many letters discuss his work writing articles, screenplays and books, especially the autobiographical "Kathleen and Frank." The letters also mention several of his friends, including E. M. Forster, Felix Greene, Aldous Huxley and Peggy Kiskadden. Also included is a letter from Isherwood's companion Don Bachardy to Richard Isherwood with a note from Christopher, and two letters to Christopher Isherwood from family acquaintances concerning family history.
Subject (Name):
Isherwood, Richard.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives and English literature--20th century
Christopher Isherwood correspondence with John Lehmann
Container / Volume:
Port | Folder 18
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The letters also discuss the writing, publishing, critical reception, and theatrical adaptations of Isherwood's works, critical analysis of many of Lehmann's works, and commentary on the lives and works of many important literary figures of the time, including W. H. Auden, E. M. Forster, William Plomer, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Berthold Viertel, Virginia Woolf and many others. Also mentioned are Isherwood's companion, the artist Don Bachardy, and two literary journals founded by Lehmann, New Writing and the London Magazine. Also included is one letter from Richard Isherwood, Christopher's brother, to Lehmann, several letters to Lehmann from third parties concerning Isherwood, and a typescript of Isherwood's poem "On His Queerness."
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--20th century, and World War, 1939-1945
Christopher Isherwood correspondence with John Lehmann
Container / Volume:
Port | Folder 19
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The letters also discuss the writing, publishing, critical reception, and theatrical adaptations of Isherwood's works, critical analysis of many of Lehmann's works, and commentary on the lives and works of many important literary figures of the time, including W. H. Auden, E. M. Forster, William Plomer, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Berthold Viertel, Virginia Woolf and many others. Also mentioned are Isherwood's companion, the artist Don Bachardy, and two literary journals founded by Lehmann, New Writing and the London Magazine. Also included is one letter from Richard Isherwood, Christopher's brother, to Lehmann, several letters to Lehmann from third parties concerning Isherwood, and a typescript of Isherwood's poem "On His Queerness."
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--20th century, and World War, 1939-1945
