97 letters and cards. Delaney writes first from Yaddo in New York and then from Paris. Delaney's letters are primarily personal in nature with frequent comments about his philosophy of life and the value of friendship, and inquiries about mutual friends. Delaney also mentions his work, exhibits, and the sale of paintings in Wallrich's possession.
Description:
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), artist, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1929 he moved to New York where he gained a reputation as a portraitist. Delaney spent the last 26 years of his life in Paris., Larry Wallrich, founder of the Phoenix Bookshop in Greenwich Village, was a close friend of Delaney's and assisted him in the sale of his paintings in the United States., and Purchased from Serendipity Books, 1994.
Subject (Name):
Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979 and Wallrich, Larry
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American artists--France--Paris, African American painters, Expatriate painters--France--Paris, and Painters--United States
97 letters and cards. Delaney writes first from Yaddo in New York and then from Paris. Delaney's letters are primarily personal in nature with frequent comments about his philosophy of life and the value of friendship, and inquiries about mutual friends. Delaney also mentions his work, exhibits, and the sale of paintings in Wallrich's possession.
Description:
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), artist, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1929 he moved to New York where he gained a reputation as a portraitist. Delaney spent the last 26 years of his life in Paris., Larry Wallrich, founder of the Phoenix Bookshop in Greenwich Village, was a close friend of Delaney's and assisted him in the sale of his paintings in the United States., and Purchased from Serendipity Books, 1994.
Subject (Name):
Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979 and Wallrich, Larry
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American artists--France--Paris, African American painters, Expatriate painters--France--Paris, and Painters--United States
97 letters and cards. Delaney writes first from Yaddo in New York and then from Paris. Delaney's letters are primarily personal in nature with frequent comments about his philosophy of life and the value of friendship, and inquiries about mutual friends. Delaney also mentions his work, exhibits, and the sale of paintings in Wallrich's possession.
Description:
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), artist, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1929 he moved to New York where he gained a reputation as a portraitist. Delaney spent the last 26 years of his life in Paris., Larry Wallrich, founder of the Phoenix Bookshop in Greenwich Village, was a close friend of Delaney's and assisted him in the sale of his paintings in the United States., and Purchased from Serendipity Books, 1994.
Subject (Name):
Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979 and Wallrich, Larry
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American artists--France--Paris, African American painters, Expatriate painters--France--Paris, and Painters--United States
The Walter O. Evans Collection of James Baldwin is comprised of a typescript draft of Baldwin's Another Country (New York: Dial Pub., 1962) and correspondence sent from Baldwin to Mary Garin-Painter, David Adams Leeming, and Eugene Lerner dating from 1953 to 1987. In his letters Baldwin discusses his writing projects and personal life (ranging from his relationships to his experience living abroad in France and Turkey). Baldwin also reflects on his experience at the MacDowell Colony where he was in residence while working on his novel Giovanni's Room. The correspondence constitutes a window into Baldwin's creative process and life during this period.
Description:
Purchased from Walter O. and Linda Evans on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2013.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Race relations
Subject (Name):
Garin-Painter, Mary
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, African American authors--France--Paris., African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights--20th century., American literature--France--Paris., Americans--Turkey--Istanbul--Intellectual life., Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Turkey--Istanbul., Expatriate artists--France--Paris, and LGBTQ resource
Papers of M. M. B. Walsh's literary agent, Joan Daves, including publishing contracts, a power of attorney, correspondence, photographs, and printed ephemera. Correspondence includes eleven autograph and typescript letters, signed, from Walsh to Daves, eight typescript carbon letters from Daves to Walsh, and several third party letters from editors and publishers regarding Walsh's work. Letters from Walsh discuss literary and personal matters, including her books, work in progress, including the novel The Ghost-walkers, teaching, life on reservations in the Dakotas, and the relationship between her literary output and the Sioux community.
Description:
Joan Daves, American literary agent., Margaret M. B. Walsh (1916-1996), American author., and Purchased from Ken Lopez Bookseller on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
Subject (Name):
Daves, Joan and Walsh, M. M. B
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Dakota Indians, and Dakota Indians--Social life and customs
The Walter O. Evans Collection of James Baldwin is comprised of a typescript draft of Baldwin's Another Country (New York: Dial Pub., 1962) and correspondence sent from Baldwin to Mary Garin-Painter, David Adams Leeming, and Eugene Lerner dating from 1953 to 1987. In his letters Baldwin discusses his writing projects and personal life (ranging from his relationships to his experience living abroad in France and Turkey). Baldwin also reflects on his experience at the MacDowell Colony where he was in residence while working on his novel Giovanni's Room. The correspondence constitutes a window into Baldwin's creative process and life during this period.
Description:
Purchased from Walter O. and Linda Evans on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2013.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Race relations
Subject (Name):
Garin-Painter, Mary
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, African American authors--France--Paris., African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights--20th century., American literature--France--Paris., Americans--Turkey--Istanbul--Intellectual life., Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Turkey--Istanbul., Expatriate artists--France--Paris, and LGBTQ resource