Consists of photocopies of Brodsky's inscriptions in presentation copies of his books. Inscriptions are addressed to Elena Chernyshova, Kim Dooley, Alan Kiepper, Judy Kjellberg, Helen Muchnic, Alan Myers, Rudolf Rossmann, Genrikh Shteinberg, and Masha [Vorobiov?]. and Folder 3093, 3094, 3095, 3096, 3097, and 3098 completely digitized.
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
The papers contain letters to and from Nadezhin regarding social engagements, manuscript submissions, and requests for performances. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from Bryher discussing Nadezhin's work, literature in general, and personal matters. The collection also contains drafts of Nadezhin's articles, poetry, and autobiography, as well as biographical information, concert programs, and photographs.
Description:
Donated by Bryher in 1963. and Nikolai Alexandrovich Nadezhin, also known as Nicholas Nadejine, was a Russian exiled opera singer who also wrote poetry. He became a close associate of Bryher. During World War II he worked for the British government and the Russian Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Subject (Name):
Bryher,--1894- and Nadezhin, Nikolai Alexandrovich,--1885-1959
Subject (Topic):
Authors, Exiled--Great Britain, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Russians--Great Britain
Items from box 1 folder 2, 3, and 4 digitized. and Papers consist of manuscript and printed materials relating to Bervin's adaptations of Shakespeare sonnets. Materials include: annotated Pelican edition of The sonnets (New York: Penguin Books, 1985), from which Bervin's text is derived; an annotated and altered version of The dictionary of needlework (Exeter, England: Blaketon Hall Ltd, 1989), from which the cover design for the published version of Nets (Brooklyn, N.Y.: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2004) is derived; the manuscript version of Nets (circa 2001); a container of typing correction film, including two sheets of film of the type used by Bervin to white-out text in selected sonnets; a copy of the thesis submitted by Bervin in June 2001 to the University of Denver toward partial fullfillment of the MFA degree, bound with a March 2019 explanatory statement; and a broadside version of Sonnet 68 excerpted from Nets, designed and typset by Bervin and Anna Moschovakis in 2004, and printed by Margot Ecke in 2005.
Description:
Jen Bervin (1972-), American poet and visual artist. and Purchased from Jen Bervin on the Alfred Z. Baker, Jr. Fund, 2019.
Subject (Name):
Bervin, Jen.--Nets, Ecke, Margot, Moschovakis, Anna, Penguin (Firm), Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Adaptations, Ugly Duckling Presse, and University of Denver. Division of Arts and Humanities
Subject (Topic):
Found poetry, Poets, American, and Women poets, American
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:
Captions devised by cataloger. Letters dated using postage marks on accompanying envelopes. and 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):
Leeming, David Adams, 1937-
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
Folders 3060, 3061, 3062, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, and 3069 completely digitized. and Includes documentation of Brodsky's 1964 trial and 1972 immigration to the United States, employment and appearance contracts, and documentation of Brodsky's appeals on behalf of others in the Soviet Union, especially his parents.
Subject (Name):
Brodski, Mariia, Brodskiĭ, Aleksandr, and Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996
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
Folders 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3076, 3077, 3079, 3081, 3083, 3086, and 3091 completely digitized. and Includes Brodsky's American passport and documentation of Brodsky's appeals on behalf of others in the Soviet Union, especially his parents
Subject (Name):
Brodski, Mariia, Brodskiĭ, Aleksandr, and Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996
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