Contains photographs of Baldwin by Jill Krementz (published in 1985) for Playboy. Other manuscript materials are a printed leaflet for the "National Day of Mourning for the Children of Birmingham" (1963) in which Baldwin participated as well as a transcription and clipping of an abridged version (published in Isis) of Baldwin's speech at Oxford University for the joint meeting of JACARI (a student-run university charity) and the student union in 1965.
Description:
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an American author and activist in the American civil rights movement. and Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.
Subject (Name):
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Playboy (Chicago, Ill.)
American fiction--20th century, American literature--20th century, Americans--France--History--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
2 folders completely digitized. and Includes correspondence, writings, and materials related to the "Eileen Myles for President '92" campaign.
Subject (Topic):
Poets, American--20th century--Archives, Poets, American--21st century--Archives, Poets--United States--20th Century, and Poets--United States--21st Century
Collection consists of 34 pieces of correspondence, including autograph letters, postcards, and holiday cards, from O'Keeffe to Susan and Alexander Girard, and their daughter Sansi Needham Girard Agnew. The Girards were residents of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and most letters discuss personal topics, including plans for visits to each others' homes. Also included are invitations to openings at museums exhibiting O'Keeffe's work which were sent on her behalf. The collection holds 23 snapshot photographs of O'Keeffe, the Girards, and others at events, gatherings, and on travels, and plus some scenery in New Mexico, and a portrait of O'Keeffe in an 8 by 10 inch format bearing a studio stamp of Charles Eames; the photographs date from 1963 to 1973. and With the collection is one letter from Robert Jaffie to Thomas Needham, dated March 10, 1959, discussing a recent visit with O'Keeffe.
Description:
Alexander Girard (1907-1993), American designer, art collector., Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist., Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Elizabeth Wakeman Dwight Memorial Fund, 2009., and Susan Needham Girard (1910-1996), American art collector.
Subject (Name):
Girard, Alexander, Girard, Susan Needham, 1910-1996, and O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Subject (Topic):
Artists--United States and Painters--United States
Cover title., Forms completed in ms., with presentation inscription from Walter H. Bosan, signed by Lt. W.K. Wood [commanding officer], with 18 autographs, and 59 mounted photographs on [8] p. at end, not noted in pagination, and p. [3] of wrappers. Spiralbound., and Includes section on each individual camp.
Publisher:
[Army-Navy Publishers, Inc.]
Subject (Name):
Bosan, Walter H.--Ownership, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Fort Missoula District, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--Fort Missoula District, and Wood, W. K.--Autograph