Weldon Kees papers, 1941-1986.

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Weldon Kees papers, 1941-1986.

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Correspondence, manuscript, and printed materials of Kees. There are fourteen letters from Kees to Herbert Cahoon, twelve letters from James T. Farrell to Kees, the manuscript of Kees' THE LAST MAN, and announcements and clippings by and about Kees. 1991 ADDITION: 48 letters from Kees to Robert & Lorraine Wilbur, 1 letter from Kees to Morris Weisenthal, 2 letters from Adrian Wilson, and misc. letters from Kees' family and others, as well as additional printed materials have been added. 1992 ADDDITION: 67 letters to Robert Wilbur, misc. letters from Kees family and others, additional printed materials, 1 drawing, and 4 paintings by Kees have been added.

0.5 linear ft. ( 1 box & 3 folders)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979

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James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was an Irish-American novelist, short story writer, journalist, travel writer, poet, and literary critic. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago and published his first short story in 1929. He is best known for his Studs Lonigan trilogy and for his A note on Literary Criticism, in which he described two types of the American Marxist character. From the guide to the James T. Farrell Collection, 1953-1961, (Special Colle...

Kees, Weldon, 1914-1955?

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Weldon Kees was born in Beatrice NE in 1914. He attended Doane College in Crete, NE and the University of Missouri. Known mainly as a poet, Kees also published short stories and wrote for Time magazine and Paramount's newsreel service. In the 1940's he took up painting and was involved in the establishment of the Abstract Expressionist movement. In 1950 he moved to San Francisco and began collaborating on songs with Robert Helms. He disappeared in July, 1954. From the description of ...

Wilson, Adrian, 1947-....

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Adrian Wilson, born in Michigan in 1923, began his career as a printer in San Francisco in 1944. He at first printed programs and announcements for a theater where his wife, Joyce Lancaster Wilson, was an actress. He designed books for large publishers, but also produced fine limited editions, including work at his own press, The Press in Tuscany Alley. Wilson wrote several major works, including Printing for theater (1957), The design of books (1967), and with his wife The Making of the Nurembe...

Cahoon, Herbert, 1918-2000

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