Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Collection of letters to the Hutchinsons from James Reeves.
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French., Laura Riding (1901-1991), poet., and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Subject (Name):
Aldridge, John W., Graves, Robert, 1895-1985, Hodge, Alan, 1915-1979, Hutchinson, Dorothy, Hutchinson, Ward, Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960, Reeves, James, and Riding, Laura, 1901-1991
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 8
Image Count:
39
Abstract:
Collection of letters to the Hutchinsons from Laura Riding.
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French., Laura Riding (1901-1991), poet., and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Subject (Name):
Aldridge, John W., Graves, Robert, 1895-1985, Hodge, Alan, 1915-1979, Hutchinson, Dorothy, Hutchinson, Ward, Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960, Reeves, James, and Riding, Laura, 1901-1991
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | 9-10
Image Count:
81
Abstract:
Collection of letters to the Hutchinsons from Laura Riding.
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French., Laura Riding (1901-1991), poet., and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Subject (Name):
Aldridge, John W., Graves, Robert, 1895-1985, Hodge, Alan, 1915-1979, Hutchinson, Dorothy, Hutchinson, Ward, Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960, Reeves, James, and Riding, Laura, 1901-1991
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | 11-14
Image Count:
126
Abstract:
Collection of letters to the Hutchinsons from Laura Riding.
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French., Laura Riding (1901-1991), poet., and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Subject (Name):
Aldridge, John W., Graves, Robert, 1895-1985, Hodge, Alan, 1915-1979, Hutchinson, Dorothy, Hutchinson, Ward, Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960, Reeves, James, and Riding, Laura, 1901-1991
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
The collection contains typescripts of four undated novels by Aleta B. Baker: Captive Amid the Astral: A Romance (355 pages); The Double Bridal (366 pages); The Mysterious Opal Globe: A Mystical Romance (67 pages); and Rathbone, Son of the Sun: A Romance of Reincarnation (287 pages).
Description:
Aleta Blanche Baker, American author, was born in Maine in 1880, and died in Miami, Florida, on January 19, 1943. Baker was the founding director of the Order of the Portal, a Christian occultist group headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1924 she married Leslie Talbot Baker (born 1875), who earned both his AB (1900) and MD (1906) degrees from Harvard University., Box 1 contains manuscripts; Box 2 contains the original boxes that held the manuscripts., and Purchased from Ian Brabner on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century and Occultism--United States
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:
Gift of Igor Sikorsky, Jr., 2011. and Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1889-1972), aviator, engineer, and industrialist, was born in Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine) and emigrated to the United States in 1919.
Subject (Name):
Charles Scribner's Sons and Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972
The collection contains typescripts of four undated novels by Aleta B. Baker: Captive Amid the Astral: A Romance (355 pages); The Double Bridal (366 pages); The Mysterious Opal Globe: A Mystical Romance (67 pages); and Rathbone, Son of the Sun: A Romance of Reincarnation (287 pages).
Description:
Aleta Blanche Baker, American author, was born in Maine in 1880, and died in Miami, Florida, on January 19, 1943. Baker was the founding director of the Order of the Portal, a Christian occultist group headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1924 she married Leslie Talbot Baker (born 1875), who earned both his AB (1900) and MD (1906) degrees from Harvard University., Box 1 contains manuscripts; Box 2 contains the original boxes that held the manuscripts., and Purchased from Ian Brabner on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century and Occultism--United States
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
