Contains: Ssora, Ianvar', Slon i Marus'ka, Sentiabr', Letniaia muzyka, Pirat, V 6 chasov pod novyi god, Obeshchaniia puteshestvennika, Tri boltuna, Chistoe utro, Iul', and Koshach'i budni.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
Buddhist sanghas--California, Christian communities--California, Collective settlements--California, Communal living--California, Cooperative societies--California, Socialism--California, and T
African American authors--20th century, African American composers, African American entertainers, African American musicians, and African Americans in the performing arts
Mary Elizabeth Phillips papers relating to James Fenimore Cooper
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:
27
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Papers consist of a draft, typescript, corrected, and other materials relating to Phillips's work on James Fenimore Cooper. Other materials include a bibliography of works relating to Cooper held by Rudolf Drescher, a memorandum of agreement between Phillips and the publisher John Lane Company, correspondence, page proofs, and printed ephemera. Correspondence includes letters from John Lane Company, Dodd, Mead & Company, The University Press, and other publishers.
Description:
Gift of Mary M. Bean, 2010., James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American novelist., and Mary Elizabeth Phillips (1957-1945), biographer.
Subject (Name):
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 and John Lane Company
Subject (Topic):
American literature--19th century, Authors and publishers--United States, Authors, American--19th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Publishers and publishing--United States
Collection of approximately 76 drawings and sketches made by Brown in watercolor, oil, pastel, wash, pencil and ink. Thirty-one drawings depict army forts and western scenery, including Ringgold Barracks, Los Morus, Port Isabel, and San Jose, Texas; Forts Dalles and Nachess and Mt. Hood, Oregon Territory; Forts Stillicum and Taylor, Washington Territory. and The two volume diary is a corrected typescript containing extracts from a diary Brown kept from 1849 to 1859, and includes 24 ink and wash drawings. Brown describes towns, forts, and missions in Texas and the Pacific Northwest; travels by land in Texas; conflicts with Indians in Texas, Oregon, and Washington; cholera and typhoid epidemics; travelling with his family; marching to Arkansas; spending time with Robert E. Lee; and travelling to the Pacific Coast via steamer. The 24 ink and wash drawings depict the front of the Alamo and the mission of La Conception, San Antonio; Mexican women making tortillas; breakfast on the march; the head of Las Morus River; officer's quarters at Ringgold Barracks, Fort Vancouver, and Fort Dalles; "Chenoweth, chief of Dog-River Indians, hung at Cascades"; and "Cut-Mouth John, friendly Cayuse Scout".
Description:
Accompanied by a container list (in box 1)., Brown, an army surgeon and self-taught artist, served at several military posts in Texas and the Pacific Northwest in the 1850s. During the Civil War he served with the Army of the Potomac and in the Assistant Surgeon General's office in Louisville., and Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum on the Winlock William Miller, Jr. Memorial Fund, 1997, and from William Reese Company on the Winlock William Miller Jr. Memorial Fund, 1998.
Subject (Geographic):
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Pictorial works, Fort Dalles (Dalles, Or.)--Pictorial works, Fort Naches (Or.)--Pictorial works, Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.)--Pictorial works, Fort Vancouver (Wash.)--Pictorial works, Hood, Mount (Or.)--Pictorial works, Oregon--Description and travel, Oregon--Pictorial works, Port Isabel (Tex.)--Pictorial works, Texas--Description and travel, Texas--Pictorial works, Washington--Description and travel, and Washington--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Brown, Joseph B., 1822-1891, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, and United States. Army Military life
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Texas, Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875, Indians of North America--Wars--Oregon, Indians of North America--Wars--Washington (State), Missions, Spanish--Texas--Pictorial works, Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865, and Voyages to the Pacific coas