Papers related to Gabriele D'Annunzio and the seizure of Fiume
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 13
Image Count:
24
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters, typescripts, printed material, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia concerning Gabriele D'Annunzio's role in the 1919 seizure of Fiume. Contents include a typescript of D'Annunzio's "La Preghiera per i cittadini;" a typescript draft of a constitution for Fiume by Alceste De Ambris; photcopies of reports on the activities of the American Henry Furst in Fiume; a facsimile of a 1920 letter from D'Annunzio to Benito Mussolini; letters and papers related to Fioravante Martinelli's membership in the Unione Spirituale Dannunziana; photographs and postcard photographs of D'Annunzio in Fiume; and several postage stamps, medals and pins. The collection also contains an undated typescript of Cesare Cerati's "Tre amici."
Description:
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), Italian author and World War I aviator, led the seizure of Fiume in September 1919. After unsuccessfully promoting the city's annexation by Italy, D'Annunzio proclaimed it the Reggenza Italiana de Carnaro, and himself its "Duce" (Leader), but he and his followers were driven out by an Italian bombardment in December, 1920., Printed catalog and folder list in box., and Purchased from Arengario Studio Bibliografico on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2006.
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
Published in Architectural Digest, 1982 September, as: The collectors: A personal aesthetic, Henry Gedzahler's townhouse in Manhattan. and Typescript, corrected, signed.
Goostly psalmes and spirituall songes drawen out of the holy Scripture. Selections.
Description:
"Sonderdruck aus dem Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 26. Band 1982"--Cover., Caption title., Describes the fragments (leaves ix, x, xii; C1.4, C2) now in the possession of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library., and Presentation inscription: With my compliments and thanks ... Robin A. Leaver. Housed with 2 other titles, including the work it describes.
Subject (Name):
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568, Leaver, Robin A.--Autograph, and Leaver, Robin A.--Presentation inscription
Subject (Topic):
Goostly psalmes and spirituall songes drawen out of the holy Scripture and Hymns, English