Ben Johnson Papers 1951-1968

Porter, Fairfield, 1907-1975

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Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) was a painter and critic from Southampton, N.Y. Fairfield Porter was born near Chicago in 1907, the fourth of five children of James and Ruth Furness Porter. His father was an architect, his mother a poet from a literary family, and Porter grew up in an environment where art and literature were highly valued. His father designed the family homes in Winnetka, Illinois and on Great Spruce Head Island, an island in Maine that he purchased for the family in 1912....

Dorfman, Bruce, 1936-

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Kramer, Hilton

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Campbell, Lawrence, 1914-1998

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Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010

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Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925 in Bronx, NY; served in navy during WWII; theatrical training and professional debut in NY; signed to films by Universal, 1949; became a star by 1951; by the late 1950s Curtis had broadened his range from swashbuckling hero to dramatic actor, in films such as Sweet smell of success and The defiant ones, and comedy star, in Some like it hot; married to Janet Leigh, 1951-1962; starred in the early '70s TV series The persuaders; author of novel, Kid ...

Schupf, Paul Jacques

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Sturgeon, Theodore

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Theodore Sturgeon was born Edward Hamilton Waldo on February 26, 1918 in Staten Island, New York. After his parents' divorced, his mother married Scot William Dicky ("Argylle") Sturgeon, and at the age of eleven, Edward took his step-father's last name and changed his first name to Theodore to better match his childhood nickname of "Teddy." Sturgeon sold his first story in 1938 to newspaper McClure's Syndicate. He sold his first Science Fiction story, "Ether Breather," t...

Billings, Henry, 1901-

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Henry Billings, b. 1901, Painter, illustrator of Sag Harbor, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Henry Billings, 1964 Nov. 25 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 317592419 Painter, illustrator; Sag Harbor, N.Y. Born in 1901. From the description of Henry Billings interview, 1964 Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220191727 Henry Billings (1901-1985) was a painter, illustrator, and teacher, from Sag Har...

Segalman, Richard.

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Canaday, John, 1907-1985

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John Canaday (1907-1985) was an art critic and author. From the description of Papers, ca. 1980-1983. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 30019844 Art critic (New York, N.Y.). From the description of John Canaday interviews, 1971 Aug. 17-Aug. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220178367 John Canaday was an American author and educator, best known as a respected art historian. Born in Kansas and educated at the Universit...

Kaiden, Nina N.

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Konzal, Joseph.

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Fruits, Dan.

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Dixon, John W.

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John Wesley Dixon, Jr. (1919- ), was a member of the faculty of the Religion Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from 1963 until his retirement in the 1980s. His chief scholarly interest was the interdisciplinary field of religion and art. From the description of John W. Dixon papers, 1952-1987. WorldCat record id: 26243298 John Wesley Dixon, Jr., was born in Richmond, Va., on 18 August 1919. He married Vivian S. Dixon. In 1941, he graduated...

Hannah, Beth H.

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Young, Miriam, 1913-

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Terry, Alice Wickersham, 1949-

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Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002

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Billy Wilder, 1906-2002, filmmaker and art collector of Beverly Hills, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Billy Wilder, 1995 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83334927 Billy Wilder, screenwriter and director; I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriter. From the description of Love in the afternoon : screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608348 Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriters; Sir Arthur Conan Do...

Kerrigan, Anthony.

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Gruen, John.

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John Jonas Gruen born Sept. 12, 1926 in Paris, France. Educated in Europe and the United States. Mr. Gruen is a portrait photographer; art, dance and music critic. He has written countless articles, reviews, interviews, monograhs and essays for many national and international periodicals. He has lectured extensively at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York among other museums, schools and universities and hosted a dance-interview radio program--The Sound of Dance--over WNCN. Fro...

Wardlaw, George M., 1927-

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Keating, Tom, 1917-

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Sosnoff, Martin T.

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Snitzer, Herb

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Ott, Lyn

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Kohn, Gabriel, 1910-1975

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Barnet, Will, 1911-2012

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Will Barnet (1911- ) is a painter and printmaker from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Will Barnet, 1964 Jan. 20-1964 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767864603 Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Will Barnet, 1964 Jan. 20-Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122600031 From the description of Oral History Interview with Will Barnet, 1993 Apr. 9. (Unknown). Wor...

Johnson, Ben, 1902-1967.

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Ben Johnson (1902-1967) was a Brooklyn-born painter who specialized in female nude figures. From the guide to the Ben Johnson Papers, 1951-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Hall, Ben M.

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Kannenstine, Louis F., 1938-

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Rodman, Selden, 1909-2002

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Selden Rodman was born February 19, 1909, in New York City. He graduated from Yale College in 1931. In the 1930s, he helped found the journal Common Sense (1932-1946) with Alfred Bingham. During World War II, he served in the foreign nationalities section of the Office of Strategic Services. In 1944, the Haitian government produced his play, The Revolutionists, which lead to a later career as co-director for the Haitian Centre d'Art (1949-1951), promoting Haitian folk art internationally and ini...

Ellison, Nancy

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Rigg, Margaret

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Ciardi, John, 1916-1986

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American poet and critic. Winner of Avery and Jule Hopwood Award in poetry, 1939. Professor of English at Harvard, 1946-48, and Rutgers, 1953-61. From the description of Letter, 1980 Feb. 4, Key West, Fla., to Henry F. Pommer, Ripon, Wis. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364896 Poet, editor, literary critic, lecturer, and journalist. Full name: John Anthony Ciardi. From the description of John Ciardi papers, 1910-1997 (bulk 1960-1985). (Unknown). W...