Papers, 1935-1983.

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Papers, 1935-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40931640

Boxes 1, 37, 39, 41-43, 95-98, and 103-105 include papers, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, books, printed items, ephemera, a film, illustrations, portraits, and lithographs by and relating to Bern Porter. Manuscripts include Man (1965) by William Faulkner (edited by Porter), Semblance of a devoted past, What to do about Alf, and Verda : the master builder by Henry Miller, and an essay, poems, and Run on by Porter. Also includes a portrait of James Joyce, a portrait of Porter by Liesel Rosenthal, three lithographs, and one oil painting.

100 boxes (50 linear ft.)5 oversize boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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Porter, Bern, 1911-2004

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Bernard Harden Porter was born on Feb. 14, 1911 in Porter Settlement, ME; Sc. B, Colby College, 1932; Sc. M, Brown Univ., 1933; special courses at Da Vinci School (1937), Convair School (1957), Univ. of Maine (1960), and Federal School (1963); in 1929 founded Bern Porter (publishing company) in Belfast, ME; became physicist for Acheson Colloids Corp. (1935-40) and for the Manhattan District Engineers (1940-45); became consulting physicist in 1945; director of Contemporary Gallery, West Coast Des...