Collection, 1952-1980.

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Collection, 1952-1980.

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Two and a half document boxes of correspondence, photocopied manuscripts, and clippings comprise the John Howard Griffin Collection. Containing mainly correspondence, the collection reveals Griffin's interest in religious, social, and literary issues. Two photocopied drafts of Black Like Me are present, as well as one photocopied typescript of an article by Griffin. Also present are letters from Griffin, and incoming correspondence from Berenice Abbott, Anne Jackson Fremantle, Maxwell Geismar, Jonathan Kozol, Arthur Lourie, Jacques Maritain, Francis Poulenc, Pierre Reverdy, Decherd Turner, and Gerald Vann. The papers also contain correspondence about the publication of The John Howard Griffin Reader.

2.5 boxes (1.04 linear feet).

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Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991

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b.1898; d, 1991. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462170 B. in Springfield, Ohio on July 17, 1898; d. 1991 in Monson, Maine, age 93. From the description of Berenice Abbott : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 437266448 Berenice Abbott was born July 17, 1898 in Springfield, Ohio. She attended Ohio State University, but left early in 1918, movin...

Kozol, Jonathan

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Lourié, Arthur, 1892-1966

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Arthur Lourié was a Russian-American composer. From the guide to the Arthur Lourié papers, ca. 1910-ca. 1974, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Arthur Lourié was a Russian-American composer. From the description of Librettos, synopses, and other papers concerning the vocal works of Arthur Lourié, ca. 1920-ca. 1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122364015 From the description of Papers, ca. 1910-ca. 1974. (New York Public L...

Reverdy, Pierre, 1889-1960

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French poet. From the description of La plus longue presence (essay), 1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82778039 ...

Vann, Gerald, 1906-1963

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Poulenc, Francis

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Composer. From the description of Francis Poulenc autograph letter to [Jay S. Harrison], [1953] July 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 476902904 French composer. From the description of Discours du Général / (Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel) / Francis Poulenc / (1921). Avril 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568728 From the description of Autograph note signed on his visiting card, dated : [Paris, n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unkn...

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980

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American writer, social critic, journalist, and humanitarian. From the description of Collection, 1952-1980. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122632950 John Howard Griffin, born June 16, 1920, in Dallas, Texas, was a writer, journalist, humanitiarian, and social critic. Griffin was educated at the Institute de Tours, the University of Poitiers, and the Conservatory of Fontainbleau, all in France....

Turner, Decherd

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Fremantle, Anne, 1909-2002

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Maritain, Jacques

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Jacques Maritain, a French philosopher and man of letters, was French Ambassador to the Vatican from 1945 to 1948, professor of philosophyat Princeton University from 1948 to 1952 and continued to make his home in Princeton until 1960. His works include TRUE HUMANISM (1936, tr. 1938); ART AND SCHOLASTICISM (1920, tr. 1929); ON THE USE OF PHILOSOPHY (1961). From the description of The responsibility of the artist : typescript, ca. 1960 / by Jacques Maritain. (Peking University Library...

Geismar, Maxwell David, 1909-

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Epithet: writer on American literature British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000097 ...