Gertrude Stein Collection 1914-1973 (bulk 1946-1967)

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946

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Gertrude Stein (b. February 3, 1874, Allegheny, PA-d. July 27, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. She moved to Paris and acquired a love for modern painting. Stein began building a personal collection of major artists, many of whom became her friends and formed the core of her regular salons. In 1907, as Stein was struggling to establish herself as a writer, she met Alice Babette Toklas, a fellow American who had come to P...

Weissberger, L. Arnold, 1907-1981

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L. Arnold Weissberger (1907-1981) was an American theatrical lawyer who represented many prominent artists and theatrical personalities. He was agent and attorney for both Alicia Markova and Alexandra Danilova. ...

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting "his family." In the spring of 1835, the family moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious critic by contr...

Charrière, Madeleine.

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Faÿ, Bernard 1893-1978

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Faÿ (1893-1978) was a French historian of Franc-American relations who wrote extensively against the Masons. He was part of the Vichy government in France during the German occupation. In particular, he is remembered for the assistance he provided in protecting Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Jewish-Americans who remained in France during World War II. From the description of [Autograph fragment] / B. Faÿ. [20th century] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100930 ...

Campbell, Sandy.

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Sutherland, Donald, 1915-1978.

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Notti, Mary.

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Taylor, Louise, fl. 1962

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Knapik, Virginia.

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Steward, Samuel M.

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Samuel M. Steward published under his own name and the name Phil Andros, and worked as a tattooist under the name Phil Sparrow. Samuel M. Steward earned his PhD in writing from Ohio State University, and taught at several colleges and universities. After leaving academia in the mid-1950's, Mr. Steward continued his professions as tattoo artist and as writer. Steward died at age 84 on December 31, 1993 in Berkeley, California. From the description of Samuel M. Steward letters and misc...

Ostrow, Lucille.

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Nejad, 1923-1995

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Hansen, Lilyana Elizabeth.

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Acosta, Mercedes de, 1893-1968

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Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968) was born into an aristocratic Spanish family, and grew up in the world of New York high society. She married the painter Abram Poole in 1921, but they came to lead separate lives and were divorced in 1935. At various times during her life she was a novelist, a playwright, a poet, and a Hollywood scriptwriter. The critics were not impressed with her artistic talents, and today her published work is almost forgotten. The chief interest of her papers lies in her role ...

Whitehead, William.

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Toklas, Alice B., 1877-1967

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Toklas was a writer and companion to Gertrude Stein. From the guide to the Alice B. Toklas letters to William Alfred, 1951-1961., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Biographical Note Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967) was an author and the life partner of Gertrude Stein. Don Frank is the son of one of Toklas' childhood friends. After his service in the armed forces, he met Toklas in Europe. ...

Stewart, Lawrence D. (Lawrence Delbert), 1926-

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Edward Jablonski was born in 1922 in Bay City, Michigan. His love for the music and lyrics of the Gershwin brothers began as a teenager. Jablonski initiated his correspondence with Ira Gershwin with a fan letter which began a life long friendship. From 1942 to 1946 Jablonski served in World War II as a member of the U.S. Army Field Artillery Corp. After the war he moved to New York City to launch his writing and music career. In 1949 he helped found Walden Records which specialized ...

Joseph (Michael) Limited.

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Brown, John Lackey, 1914-

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John Lackey Brown was born April 29, 1914, in Ilion, N. Y., to Leslie Beecher Brown, a businessman; and his wife, Katherine Lackey. He was educated at Hamilton College, the École des Chartes, the Sorbonne, and the Catholic University of America, from which he received his PhD in 1939. Dr. Brown was an instructor in Romance languages at Catholic University from 1939 to 1941. During the Second World War, he served as assistant chief of foreign publications in the Office of War Information (1942-4...

Schaffner, John.

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Lucas, John, 1918-1999

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Breon, John.

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Rea, Joy.

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Pivano, Fernanda.

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Poe, Edgar Allan, IV

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000318 ...

Van Vechten, Fania Marinoff.

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Rose, Francis, Sir, 1909-1979

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Martin, Lynn.

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Wilcox, Wendell.

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De la Torre, Lillian, 1902-1993

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Colorado Springs resident, mystery writer, playwright, who wrote under pseudonyms Lillian Bueno and Lillian de la Torre Bueno; active member of numerous local arts organizations and national writers' groups; married to George S. McCue, English Professor at Colorado College. From the description of Lillian de la Torre papers, 1902-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 45468673 Lillian was a writer of both plays and mystery literature. From the description of Lillia...

Chanler, Maria de A.

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Brown, Helen Evans

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Fourcade, Xavier.

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Random House (Firm)

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Morgan, Smith & Sainte Croix.

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Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987

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Chicago literary critic and author. From the description of Fanny Butcher papers 1830-1984, bulk 1910-1984. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 184986446 ...

David Higham Associates Ltd.

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Taylor, Edward, Father.

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Bradley, Mrs. William Aspenwall (Jenny Surruys).

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Thomson, Virgil, 1896-

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Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 25, 1896. As a boy, he took lessons in piano and organ, and soon found work as a church organist. He attended public schools and then Kansas City Polytechnic Institute, a junior college. In 1917 he enlisted in the Army, but World War I came to an end before he could be sent to Europe. After his discharge from the military, Thomson attended Harvard, where he sang in the Glee Club and studied with Edward Burlinga...

Frankenberg, Lloyd, 1907-1975

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Lescher, Robert.

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Rohan, Dilkusha, princess de.

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Freund, Marya.

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Gallup, Donald Clifford 1913-

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The letter was removed from a copy of Gertrude Stein's Blood on the Dining Room Floor (New York: Banyan Press, 1948; barcode 110631983) acquired by MASC. From the guide to the Letter, 1948 January 16, New Haven Connecticut [to] Mr. Roscher., 1948 January 16, (Washington State University Libraries) Donald Gallup served as the curator of the Yale Collection of American Literature for over thirty years. Prior to working at Yale, Gallup taught English at Southern Me...

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964

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Carl Van Vechten was an American novelist, critic, essayist, book collector, and photographer. From the description of Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1922-1964. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455166 From the guide to the Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1911-1964, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Carl van Vechten (1880-1964) was an American photographer, writer,...

Porter, Russell M.

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Hugnet, Georges, 1906-1974

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French writer, poet and painter, expelled from the Surrealists in 1938, after a dispute with André Breton. From the description of Notes about André Breton, [not before 1947]. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78996469 French poet and critic. From the description of Georges Hugnet Papers 1920-1971. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 85242177 Georges Hugnet, Fren...

Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, inc.

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Grosser, Maurice, 1903-1986

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Painter, designer, critic, writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Maurice Grosser papers, [undated] and 1919-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502399 ...

Rogers, W. G. (William Garland), 1896-1978

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Downes, Donald, 1903-

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Donald Chase Downes was born on September 30, 1903 in Catonsville, Maryland. He attended Yale College and received his B.A. in 1935. In 1940 Downes began a career in military intelligence and worked as a spy for the British in the Balkans and the United States through 1941. He served in the OSS from 1942 through 1944 in North Africa and Italy. Following the war Downes resided in Europe and Beirut and pursued a literary career. He died in California on March 26, 1983. From the descrip...

William R. Scott, Inc.

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William Rufus Scott, founder of the small publishing house William R. Scott, Inc., was born August 27, 1910. He graduated from Yale University in 1931 and worked for several small publishers, where he developed skill as a typographer and learned about illustrating. Scott founded William R. Scott, Inc. in 1938 with his wife, Ethel McCullough Scott, and her brother, John C. McCullough, and began to publish children's books. The first editor was Margaret Brown, who published ''The Nois...