The Walter O. Evans Collection of James Baldwin is comprised of a typescript draft of Baldwin's Another Country (New York: Dial Pub., 1962) and correspondence sent from Baldwin to Mary Garin-Painter, David Adams Leeming, and Eugene Lerner dating from 1953 to 1987. In his letters Baldwin discusses his writing projects and personal life (ranging from his relationships to his experience living abroad in France and Turkey). Baldwin also reflects on his experience at the MacDowell Colony where he was in residence while working on his novel Giovanni's Room. The correspondence constitutes a window into Baldwin's creative process and life during this period.
Description:
Captions devised by cataloger. Letters dated using postage marks on accompanying envelopes. and Purchased from Walter O. and Linda Evans on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2013.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Race relations
Subject (Name):
Garin-Painter, Mary
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, African American authors--France--Paris., African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights--20th century., American literature--France--Paris., Americans--Turkey--Istanbul--Intellectual life., Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Turkey--Istanbul., Expatriate artists--France--Paris, and LGBTQ resource
The papers contain correspondence and research notes related to Hyde's biography of Wilde, originally titled Oscar Wilde in Prison, published as Oscar Wilde: the Aftermath (Methuen, 1963). Correspondents include his publisher Methuen & Co., Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland, the author Rupert Hyde-Davis, the British Home Office regarding access to government records and prisons, and friends and colleagues who wrote to Hyde with opinions of his manuscript and book. Also present are Hyde's annotated carbon typescript and a proof copy of the published book. A note from Hyde, dated May 1964, accompanies the collection and explains the book's change in title.
Description:
Harford Montgomery Hyde (1907-1989), Irish-born lawyer and author. and Purchased from Hamill & Barker on the Library Associates Fund, 1964.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Home Office and Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--20th century, and LGBTQ resource
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Authors--United States--21st century, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, Poets--United States--20th Century, and Poets--United States--21st Century
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.
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--21st century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Authors--United States--21st century, LGBTQ resource, Photographs, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, Poets--United States--20th Century, and Poets--United States--21st Century
American literature--21st century, American poetry--21st century, Anniversaries, Authors, American--21st century--Archives, Authors--United States--21st century, Cake, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--21st century--Archives, and Poets--United States--21st Century
American literature--21st century, American poetry--21st century, Authors, American--21st century--Archives, Authors--United States--21st century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--21st century--Archives, and Poets--United States--21st Century
American literature--21st century, American poetry--21st century, Authors, American--21st century--Archives, Authors--United States--21st century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--21st century--Archives, and Poets--United States--21st Century
Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire Le Bitoux, Jean
Published / Created:
1971?]-
Call Number:
2010 +S37
Image Count:
24
Description:
"Organ souterrain.", Autograph: Alain Huet: 1972:Jan., Began in 1971? Latest issue consulted: [Jan. 1972]., Description based on: [Jan. 1972]; title from cover., Issue with drawing of two figures on cover, one a nude nun and one a man declaring "imbaisable," called Jan. 1972 based on internal evidence., and Local paper of the Nice chapter of Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire, edited by Jean Le Bitoux. Cf. Aldrich and Wotherspoon, Who's who in contemporary gay and lesbian history (2001), p. 240.
Publisher:
Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire,
Subject (Name):
Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire--Periodicals and Huet, Alain, --Autograph
Subject (Topic):
Gay liberation movement--France--Periodicals, Gays--France--Periodicals, LGBTQ resource, Protest movements--France--Periodicals, and Sexual freedom--France--Periodicals
The Walter O. Evans Collection of James Baldwin is comprised of a typescript draft of Baldwin's Another Country (New York: Dial Pub., 1962) and correspondence sent from Baldwin to Mary Garin-Painter, David Adams Leeming, and Eugene Lerner dating from 1953 to 1987. In his letters Baldwin discusses his writing projects and personal life (ranging from his relationships to his experience living abroad in France and Turkey). Baldwin also reflects on his experience at the MacDowell Colony where he was in residence while working on his novel Giovanni's Room. The correspondence constitutes a window into Baldwin's creative process and life during this period.
Description:
Captions devised by cataloger. Letters dated using postage marks on accompanying envelopes. and Purchased from Walter O. and Linda Evans on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2013.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Race relations
Subject (Name):
Leeming, David Adams, 1937-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, African American authors--France--Paris., African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights--20th century., American literature--France--Paris., Americans--Turkey--Istanbul--Intellectual life., Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Turkey--Istanbul., Expatriate artists--France--Paris, and LGBTQ resource