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1.
Igor Ivan Sikorsky writings, 1943-1947

Creator:
Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1046
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Papers feature material relating to Sikorsky's The Invisible Encounter (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947), including: drafts, autograph manuscript (incomplete) and typescript, corrected; a printed version, annotated, of the 1947 Scribner's edition of the book; and a typescript letter from Boris Brasol of the Poushkin Society of America, commenting on a draft of the manuscript and mentioning "George V. Golokhvastoff". Accompanied by one autograph manuscript notebook entitled, "In Search of Ethereal Realities".
Description:
Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1889-1972), aviator, engineer, and industrialist, was born in Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine) and emigrated to the United States in 1919. and In English.
Subject (Name):
Brasol, Boris, 1885-1963., Golokhvastov, G. (Georgiĭ), Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972., Charles Scribner's Sons., and Poushkin Society in America.
Subject (Topic):
American literature and Authors, American
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Igor Ivan Sikorsky writings, 1943-1947

2.
Joan Schenkar collection of Natalie Barney, 1935-1973

Creator:
Schenkar, Joan, collector
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 1024
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
8
Abstract:
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, writings, an address book, a newspaper clipping, and a bookmark relating to Natalie Barney collected by Joan Schenkar, Box 1 contains correspondence, photographs, a legal document, an address book, and a newspaper clipping. The correspondence is among Barney, Bettina Bergery, Berthe Cleyrergue, Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Marcelle Fauchier-Delavigne, Nadine Hwang, Janine Lahovany, André Rouveyre, and Crédit Suisse Berne, dated 1935-1973. The bulk of the correspondence consists of eighty-five letters from Barney to Cleyrergue, dated 1940-1968. The photographs depict several individuals, including Barney, Dolly Wilde, Valery Larbaud, Hwang, Eva Palmer, Mina Loy, Djuna Barnes, Antoinette Gentien, Renée Vivien, Laura Dreyfus-Barney, and Marie Laurencin. The legal document is a typescript copy of a page from an April 1918 voir dire, detailing the troubled marriage between Colette and Henry de Jouvenal. The newspaper clipping is an undated cartoon of the temple de l'amitié in Barney's garden. The leather-bound address book belonged to Barney and contains two cartes de visite, Box 2 contains a photographic portrait of Barney at age sixteen, and Box 3 contains a metal bookmark with a butterfly design that belonged to Barney
Description:
Joan Schenkar is an American playwright and biographer., Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) was a poet, playwright, novelist and essayist, whose salon in Paris, while serving as a gathering point for writers in general, aimed to promote the writings of women., Accompanied by a vendor list (in box 1)., and In French and English.
Subject (Name):
Barney, Natalie Clifford, Barnes, Djuna, Bergery, Bettina, 1902-1993., Bey, Eloui., Cleyrergue, Berthe., Colette, 1873-1954., de Jouvenal, Henry., Dreyfus-Barney, Laura, Fauchier-Delavigne, Marcelle., Gentien, Antoinette, Hwang, Nadine, Lahovary, Janine., Larbaud, Valery, Laurencin, Marie, 1883-1956, Loy, Mina, Palmer, Eva, Rogers, Henrietta Guilbeau., Rouveyre, André, 1879-1962., Schenkar, Joan., Vivien, Renée, 1877-1909, Wilde, Dolly, 1895-1941, and Crédit suisse Berne.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American, Authors, French, and Women authors, French
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Joan Schenkar collection of Natalie Barney, 1935-1973

3.
Portrait plaques of American authors

Creator:
Grolier Club
Published / Created:
1892-1911.
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 902
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
6
Abstract:
The collection consists of a set of five bronze portrait plaques issued by the Grolier Club between 1892 and 1911 to commemorate American authors. The authors include: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1892, modeled by Désiré Ringel d'Illzach, 17.2 cm. in diameter, issued in an edition of 173 copies in bronze and 3 in silvered bronze); James Russell Lowell (1896, modeled by Charles Calverley, 17.5 cm. in diameter, issued in an edition of 372 copies in bronze and 3 in silvered bronze); Edgar Allan Poe (1909, modeled by Edith Woodman Burroughs, 18 cm. in diameter, issued in an edition of 277 in bronze and 3 in silver); Ralph Waldo Emerson (1909, modeled by Victor D. Brenner, 18.5 cm. in diameter, issued in an edition of 300 copies in bronze and 3 in silver); and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1911, modeled by John F. Flanagan, 19 x 14.5 cm., issued in an edition of 300 copies in bronze and 3 in silver). There are two copies each of the Emerson and Longfellow plaques, and one copy each of the Hawthorne, Lowell, and Poe plaques
Description:
The Grolier Club was founded in New York on January 23, 1884, by Robert Hoe and eight other bibliophiles to foster the study, collecting, and appreciation of books and works on paper, and their art, history, production, and commerce., Title supplied by cataloger., and Captions in English.
Subject (Name):
Brenner, Victor D. 1871-1924. (Victor David),, Burroughs, Edith Woodman, 1871-1916., Calverley, Charles, 1833-1914., Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882, Flanagan, John F., 1865-1952., Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882, Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891, Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, Ringel d'Illzach, Jean Désiré, 1847-1916., and Grolier Club.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portrait plaques of American authors

4.
Ted Berrigan correspondence, 1964-1968

Creator:
Berrigan, Ted
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 504
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
Collection of approximately 70 letters to Ted Berrigan, dating from the mid 1960s, from writers, editors, and literary organizations, including Carol Bergé, Joe Brainard, Edwin Denby, Kathleen Fraser, Lita Hornick, Joanne Kyger, Lewis MacAdams, Aram Saroyan, Peter Schjeldahl, and others
Description:
Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), poet. and In English.
Subject (Name):
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006., Berrigan, Ted., Brainard, Joe, 1942-1994., Denby, Edwin, 1903-1983., Fraser, Kathleen, 1935-2019., Hornick, Lita R., 1927-, Kyger, Joanne., MacAdams, Lewis, 1944-, Saroyan, Aram., and Schjeldahl, Peter.
Subject (Topic):
American literature, Authors, American, and Poets, American
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ted Berrigan correspondence, 1964-1968

5.
William Shawn papers relating to Lousie Brooks, 1956-1986

Creator:
Shawn, William
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 886
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
57
Abstract:
Collection of correspondence, writings, and other papers growing out of Shawn's collaboration with Brooks on a collection of essays, Lulu in Hollywood (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982), about her life as a film actress. Correspondence features a large production file of approximately 130 letters between Brooks, Shawn, and others, including Brooks's agent Robert Lantz, Robert Gottlieb and others at Knopf, and Jean-Pierre Sicre. There are typescript drafts (or clean copies) of over a dozen essays by Brooks, originally published from the mid 1950s through late 1970s, and copies of writings by others. Brooks appears to have submitted the essays to Shawn; several essays also have corrections by Shawn. Other papers include clippings, consisting chiefly of reviews of Lulu, material relating to production of the book, a photograph of the book cover, and printed ephemera
Description:
Louise Brooks (1906-1985), American dancer, actress, and author., William Shawn, editor of The New Yorker (1952-1987)., and Chiefly in English; some material in German.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Los Angeles., and Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985., Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023., Lantz, Robert., Shawn, William., and Sicre, J. P. (Jean-Pierre)
Subject (Topic):
American literature, Authors, American, Motion picture industry, Motion picture actors and actresses, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Shawn papers relating to Lousie Brooks, 1956-1986