Oreste F. Pucciani papers circa1890-1998. 1950-1985.

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Oreste F. Pucciani papers circa1890-1998. 1950-1985.

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This collection contains materials relatingprimarily to the private life of Oreste Pucciani (1916-1999), UCLA Professor ofFrench and Sartre scholar, documenting in particular his relationship with hislong-time lover, Rudi Gernreich, and his close friends, art director JacquesFaure (1926-1986), poet Stanley Kuniholm (1912-1984), and Lionel Mailles (born1951). The bulk of Pucciani's personal writings consists of erotic short storieswritten most probably between 1975 and 1980. The bulk of the materials relatingto Rudi Gernreich consists of condolence letters to Pucciani after Gernreich'sdeath, together with a small number of cards and letters addressed toGernreich, letters to Pucciani from Gernreich's mother, and a videocassetterecording of a talk given by Pucciani on his late partner in 1993. The bulk ofthe materials relating to Faure, Kuniholm, and Mailles consists of lettersreceived by Pucciani; however, the Mailles files include copies of letters,poems, and essays addressed by Pucciani to Mailles. The materials received fromKuniholm include a large number of poems, short stories, and essays documentingthe poet's creative processes. The collection also contains a small number ofsubject files, publications, and miscellaneous memorabilia andephemera.

10 archive cartons + 1 archivehalf-carton.; 4.3 linear feet.

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Mailles, Lionel, 1951-

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Kuniholm, Stanley, 1912-1984

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Gernreich, Rudi, 1922-1985

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Gernreich was born on Aug. 8, 1922 in Vienna, Austria; in 1938 he escaped Nazi persecution and came with his mother to the US; in 1939 he joined Lester Horton Dance Company as both a dancer and designer, and finished his education at Los Angeles City College in 1940; took his first collection to New York in 1944 for Harper's Bazaar; revolutionized the acceptance of slacks for women's fashions, created the knit look, the topless bathing suit, the Unisex look, and the "thong" swimsuit; from 1976-8...

Pucciani, Oreste F.

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Biography Oreste Francesco Pucciani was born in Cleveland on April 7, 1916, the son of a candy manufacturer. He attended the Cleveland public schools and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Adelbert College, Western Reserve University (now Case Western University) in 1939. He took his doctorate in Romance languages from Harvard in 1943. In 1946-47, Pucciani studied in France and Italy on a Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, meeting S...

Faure, Jacques, 1926-1986

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