Agnes de Lima collection of Alyse Gregory 1924-1968 1939-1967

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Agnes de Lima collection of Alyse Gregory 1924-1968 1939-1967

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The collection consists chiefly of letters from Gregory to de Lima, concerning their friendship; Gregory's writing and her life in Dorset and Devon; her interest in the New School for Social Research; and Randolph Silliman Bourne, Sigrid de Lima, the Powys family, and other literary friends. Other letters include correspondence between Gregory and Sigrid de Lima and Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, and letters to Agnes de Lima from literary friends and publishers concerning Llewelyn Powys's letters and writings. Also present are essays by Gregory and Powys, and clippings, photographs, and other papers relating to Gregory and her friendship with de Lima.

Total Boxes: 7 (incl. 1 oversize box); Linear Feet: 3.14

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349088

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Powys family.

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Powys family.

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De Lima, Sigrid

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Powys, Llewelyn, 1884-1939

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Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939) came from a family of distinguished British writers, and wrote a wide variety of works, including essays, a biography, a novel, travel books, works of popular philosophy and propaganda, autobiographical memoirs, and "an imaginary autobiography." Married in 1924 to Alyse Gregory, managing editor of the Dial magazine, and a well-known and well-connected New York novelist and essayist, Powys generally divided his active career between the U.S. and his beloved Dorset. He d...

Powys family.

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Gregory, Alyse, 1884-1967

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Alyse Gregory was a British political campaigner, editor of THE DIAL, suffragette, novelist, and wife of novelist and essayist Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939). From the description of Alyse Gregory correspondence, 1944-1967. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 83953354 Alyse Gregory, 1884-1967, social reformer and writer; managing editor of the literary magazine The Dial, 1924-1926; married to English author Llewelyn Powys and close associate of the P...

Sergeant, Elizabeth Shepley, 1881-1965

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American writer who graduated from Bryn Mawr College (class of 1903). Among her published writings are Willa Cather: A Memoir and Robert Frost: The Trial by Existence. From the description of Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant papers, 1949-1964. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 44712504 Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881-1965), author and journalist,wrote for The New Republic and other magazines and published six books,including Fire Under the Andes (1927), Willa Cather: A Mem...

New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997)

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De Lima, Agnes

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Agnes de Lima, educator and author, served as public relations director for the New School for Social Research, 1940-1960. She began a close friendship with Alyse Gregory in 1915, which continued until Gregory's death in 1967. Gregory was godmother to de Lima's daughter, author Sigrid de Lima (1921-1999). Agnes de Lima assisted in collecting letters of Gregory's husband Llewelyn Powys for publication by John Lane in 1943, and she acted as a literary agent in the United States for Powys's later w...

Bourne, Randolph Silliman, 1886-1918

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Author and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letter, autograph note, and typed letter, all signed : various places, to Herbert J. Seligmann, 1916 June 10 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870388 Randolph Silliman Bourne was a radical leftist intellectual and essayist. He was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey in 1886. His difficult birth left him with facial scars from a forceps delivery whch, couples with a bout of spinal tuberculosis at th...