Papers include correspondence (boxes 1-2), appointment books (boxes 2-3), and other materials (boxes 3-4) documenting the personal life of Christian William (aka Bill) Miller. The collection dates from 1943 to 1995, with the bulk dating from the early...
Description:
Christian William Miller, designer.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Antonioni, Michelangelo., Auden, W. H. 1907-1973. (Wystan Hugh),, Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985., Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980., Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999., Coward, Noel, 1899-1973., Dreier, Katherine S. 1877-1952. (Katherine Sophie),, Genet, Jean, 1910-1986., Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986., Kinsey, Alfred C. 1894-1956. (Alfred Charles),, Miller, Christian William., Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995., Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012., Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987., Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988., Institute for Sex Research., and Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Gay men, Sexual behavior, Homosexuality, and Social life and customs
Leaf 47. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Samuel Drybutter, a well-known homosexual, standing in fetters whole length in profile to left, conversing with Jack Catch (or Ketch, the public hangman) who holds a halter in his right hand and says, "Dammee Sammy your a sweet pretty creature & I lo...
Letters to George Ellsworth, accompanied by a letter from Noel S. about Brinig's No Marriage in Paradise, two book jackets, a promotional piece for Singermann, and photographs of Ellsworth and of Brinig. Brinig's letters, most written from New York Ci...
Description:
Myron Brinig, American novelist, was born in Minneapolis on December 22, 1896. He grew up in Butte, Montana and many of his most noted works, including Singermann (1929), Wide Open Town (1931), and The Sisters (1937), were set in Montana. As an adult,...
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Brinig, Myron, 1897-1991. and Ellsworth, George.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American, Gay men, and Social life and customs
5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territor...
Description:
Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota., West (U.S.), United States., Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), and South Dakota
Subject (Name):
Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879., Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881., Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881., Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881., and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881.
Subject (Topic):
Cowboys, Sexual behavior, English language, Slang, Frontier and pioneer life, Gay men, Male homosexuality, Men, Prostitution, Sex, and Social life and customs
