Michael Brenner papers relating to the Washington Square Gallery and The Soil, 1916-1957

The papers include undated letters to Brenner from Enriqué Cross regarding Cross's work and containing several of his poems, and letters from Cross dated 1956 Jul 23-1957 Sep 30, describing his life in Mexico and his poor health; letters from Robert J. Coady to Brenner's sister, Miriam Brenner, dated 1916 Dec 30, 1920 Mar 4, and undated, concerning her artwork, Michael Brenner's activities in Paris, and The Soil, a "magazine of art," for which Coady served as art editor and Cross served as literary editor; and partial copies of Volume I, numbers 4 and 5 (1917 April and July) of The Soil which contain reproductions of two of Brenner's drawings. In addition, there is a carte-de-visite (1910) and a snapshot (1920) of Michael Brenner; an undated portrait photograph of R. J. Coady as a young man; and two color snapshots of Enriqué Cross dated 1957