Chester Kallman collection of papers, 1937-1972.

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Chester Kallman collection of papers, 1937-1972.

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, notebooks, financial documents, certificates, and portraits.

254 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6806647

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Newton, Caroline, 1893-....

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Caroline Newton worked for the American Service Committee in Europe after World War I. She met Thomas Mann in Berlin in 1929. When Hitler came to power, she offered Mann and his family the use of her house in Jamestown, R.I., and later helped them find a home in Princeton, N.J. After Mann's death, she established a series of commemorations in his honor, and helped to create a Mann collection at Princeton. From the description of Caroline Newton papers, 1868-1980 (bulk 1922-1971) (Pri...

Ansen, Alan

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Alan Ansen was an American poet. From the description of Alan Ansen collection of papers, 1942-1953. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122596854 From the guide to the Alan Ansen collection of papers, 1942-1953, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) ...

Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986

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After Isherwood dropped out of Cambridge University in 1925, he became the private secretary to the French violinist AndreĢ Mangeot. Mangeot's son, Sylvain, the manuscript's illustrator, would become the Diplomatic Editor for the Reuters News Agency and the author of The Adventures of a Manchurian: The Story of Lobsang Thondup (Collins, 1974). From the description of People one ought to know : autograph manuscript signed : [London], January 1926. (New York Public Library). WorldCat r...

Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975

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Alan Ansen was an American poet. From the guide to the Alan Ansen collection of papers, 1942-1953, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0002f4 Chester Kallman was an American poet and librettist. From the description of Chester Kallman collection of papers,...

Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978

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Beginning in 1934, Lincoln Kirstein put efforts towards producing a ballet entitled Tom, inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's cabin. Kirstein first commisioned a libretto from poet E.E. Cummings and music from Virgil Thompson. These initial efforts, however, were rejected by choreographer George Balanchine. The following year, Kirstein comissioned set and costume designs from Ben Shahn and a new score from Nicolas Nabokov, working with both artists, as well as Balan...

Meredith, William, 1919-2007

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Epithet: Organist of New College, Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000304.0x0002bd William Meredith was an American poet, literary critic, librettist, and translator. From the description of William Meredith collection of papers, 1941-1973. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430869 From the guide to the William Meredith collection of papers, 1941-1973, (The New York Pub...