Glenway Wescott papers 1900-1990

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Glenway Wescott papers 1900-1990

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.wescott

The Glenway Wescott Papers consist ofcorrespondence, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, personal and financialpapers, research files,photographs, graphic items, clippings, objects, andaudiotapes. The material documents Wescott's life, work, and personalrelationships with many noted artists, writers, and performers of the 20thcentury including his long-time companion, Monroe Wheeler, many of whose papersare included here. Series I, Correspondence, consists of six subseries:Wescott-Wheeler Correspondence (letters between the two men); Wescott FamilyCorrespondence; Wescott Family Third-party Correspondence; Wheeler FamilyCorrespondence; General Correspondence; and Third-partyCorrespondence. Series II contains Wescott's Journals and Notebooks, anextensive collection of personal records detailing the author's life andthoughts from the late 1930s up to shortly before his death. Wescott's"journals" are in the form of three-ring binders, filled with notes, clippings,copies of letters, and images. Series III, Writings, represents a portionof Wescott's original works. The writings are divided into five subseries:General Writings (including drafts of an autobiography, "The Odor ofRosemary"); Writings about People; Lectures, Broadcasts and Speeches; Writingsabout Glenway Wescott; and Writings of Others. Personal Papers contains arange of material documenting the various activities of Wescott and Wheelerarranged in 18 subseries. Financial Papers, gathers together material in achronological run, from 1925 through 1986. Series VI contains Wescott's ownResearch Files of various subjects. Photographs are grouped into ten subseries.Graphic Items consists of various image materials. Clippings covers a widerange of subjects, with a focus on art, book reviews, current events, essaysand articles, and people. Series X, American Academy of Arts and Letters,concerns Glenway Wescott's membership in this organization, including the yearsof his presidency, 1960-62. Objects consists of pieces of realia received withthe archive. Audio-Visual Materials is a collection of sound recordings and avideotape. Series XIII, Additions transferred from the Monroe WheelerPapers, contains items relating to GW which came to light during the processingof the Monroe Wheeler Papers and which could not be easily integrated into theexisting archival arrangement.

Total Boxes: 489; Other Storage Formats: audiotapes, art storage; Linear Feet: 216

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Wescott, Barbara Harrison.

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Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988

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Monroe Wheeler was born on February 13, 1899 in Evanston, Illinois. Following an early career as a publicity writer, he established Harrison of Paris, a fine press, which was in operation from 1930-1935. He began work with the Museum of Modern Art in 1938, soon becoming director of exhibitions and publications. Wheeler died on August 14, 1988. From the description of Monroe Wheeler papers, 1890-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85181624 From the description of Monroe Whee...

Wescott, Lloyd.

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Westcott family.

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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980

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Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was one of the most brilliant practitioners of the art of the short story. Her literary reputation rests on the stories in her Collected Stories (1964) rather than on her best-selling novel Ship of Fools (1962). Born Callie Russell Porter on May 15, 1890, she was the fourth of Harrison and Mary Alice Porter's five children. When her mother died in March 1892, her father moved the four surviving children from his farm in the central Texas community ...

Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957

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Russian-born painter, set designer, and costume designer, Pavel Tchelitchew emigrated in 1920. He lived in Berlin (1921-23) and Paris (1923-34) before moving to New York, where he lived with his partner Charles Henri Ford. He became a United States citizen in 1952 and died in Grottaferrata, Italy in 1957. Tchelitchew's early painting was abstract in style, described as Constructivist and Futurist and influenced by his study with Aleksandra Ekster in Kiev. After emigrating to Paris ...

Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996

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American ballet director, writer, and dance historian, 1907-1995. Lincoln Kirstein was born in Rochester, NY, educated at Harvard (B.A. 1929, M.A. 1930). He married Fidelma Cadmus, sister of artist, Paul Cadmus, in 1941 and served in the U.S. Army 1943-45. He co-founded School of American Ballet with George Balanchine and Edward M.M. Warburg in 1934. Participated in the founding and/or direction of American Ballet in 1935, Ballet Caravan 1936-41, Ballet Society in 1946, and became general direct...

Krimpen, Jan ˜vanœ 1892-1958

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Wescott, Barbara Harrison.

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Museum of modern art New York, N.Y.

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Died 1989. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Titus, Roy V. : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83119924 Art museum; New York, N.Y. From the description of Museum of Modern Art first loan exhibition : November 8th to December 7, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557713 d. 2001. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Matisse, Maria-Gaetana : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unk...

Phelps, Robert, 1922-

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Lynes, Russell, 1910-1991

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Writer, critic; New York, N.Y. Died 1991. From the description of Russell Lynes interview, 1973 June 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379778 Russell Lynes (1910-1991) was writer and critic from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Russell Lynes, 1973 June 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596674 Writer, art critic, art historian; New York City and North Egremont, Mass...

Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972

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Poet, acting editor of The Dial magazine, 1925-1929. Born Marianne Craig Moore. From the description of Book manuscripts, 1935-1967. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122417395 From the description of Albums, [ca. 1905-1936]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524976 From the description of Family correspondence, 1848-1972, bulk 1905-1972. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540617 From the desc...

Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987

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Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) was the author of novels, poetry, short stories, and essays. He met Katherine Anne Porter in Paris in the 1930s, and they remained friends for many years. From the description of Glenway Wescott collection, 1932-1977 (bulk 1932-1962). (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 304239078 Glenway Wescott was an American author and personality. He was born in Wisconsin, and became part of the Paris literary circle of the 1920s before ret...

Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-

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Monroe Wheeler was born on February 13, 1899 in Evanston, Illinois. Following his primary education, he pursued a number of careers, but his avocation of choice was as a printer. Upon receiving a small printing press as a gift from his father, Wheeler began producing chap books of poetry under the imprint, Manikin Press. One of his first works was The Bitterns, a collection of poems by Glenway Wescott, whom he had met in Chicago in 1920 and who would become Wheeler's long-time compa...

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965

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British novelist, playwright, and short story writer, most well-known for his autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage". From the description of Letter, signed : St. Jean-Cap Ferrat (France), to James R. Parish, Brockton, Mass. 16 June 1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 62718967 William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a British author. From the description of W. Somerset Maugham letters, 1919-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652236 ...

Butts, Mary, 1890-1937

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The English writer Mary Butts was born in Parkstone, Dorset, the daughter of Captain F. J. Butts (grandson of Blake's patron Thomas Butts) and Mary (Briggs) Butts. Although she earned a degree in social work in 1914, she devoted herself exclusively to writing from about 1916. Butts was married twice,first to the publisher John Rodker in 1918, and secondly to the artist Gabriel Atkin in 1930. She had one child, Camilla Elizabeth Rodker, born in November 1920. On March 5, 1937, Butts died suddenly...

Harrison of Paris

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Harrison of Paris was a fine press established by Monroe Wheeler and Barbara Harrison Wescott. It produced 13 titles between 1930 and 1934. From the description of Harrison of Paris records, 1930-1979 (bulk 1930-1934) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80909079 From the description of Harrison of Paris records, 1930-1979 (bulk 1930-1934). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702163976 Harrison of Paris was a fine press run by Barbara Harrison [later Wescott] and ...

Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955

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George Platt Lynes is best known as a portrait, fashion, and nude photographer. He spent several years living with and traveling with Glenway Wescott and Monroe Wheeler. From the guide to the George Platt Lynes diaries and memorabilia, 1921-1955, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) George Platt Lynes, American photographer. From the description of George Platt Lynes diaries and memorabilia, 1921-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84388835 From ...

Westcott family.

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Winters, Yvor, 1900-1968

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Merlin was a Hollywood writer, story editor, producer, director, and literary critic. From the description of Letters to Milton S. Merlin, 1930-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872436 Poet and professor of English, Winters joined the faculty of Stanford in 1928; he became a full professor in 1949. From the description of Yvor Winters papers, 1943-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702129506 American writer and literary critic. From t...

Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956

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Wescott, Lloyd.

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Mortimer, Raymond, 1895-1980

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Raymond Mortimer, English author and literary critic, was literary editor (1935-1947) of the NEW STATESMAN. From the description of Raymond Mortimer letters to Edward Sackville-West, 1925-1963. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 81643059 Mortimer was an English literary and art critic and editor. He was the literary critic for the "New Stateman" from 1935 to 1947, and later was the principal reviewer for the London "Sunday Times." From the descri...

American Academy of Arts and Letters

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Organized 1904, incorporated 1914; New York, N.Y. The American Academy of Arts and Letters was established "to afford recognition to distinguished achievement in literature and the fine arts ..." [The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters merged on Dec. 30, 1976]. From the description of American Academy of Arts and Letters records, 1864-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565401 The National Institute of Arts and Letters was...

Rothschild, Pauline

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