Set of page proofs with autograph manuscript corrections for Breton's poem Fata Morgana, including illustrations by Wifredo Lam (25 pages). Accompanied by page proofs of an English translation of the work by Clark Mills with manuscript corrections in an unidentified hand (20 pages).
Description:
André Breton, French writer and poet, was one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. and Purchased from Pierre Berès, on the Plain Fund, 1942.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century and French literature--20th century
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and objects documenting the life and work of Ralph C. Hamm. The two letters from Hamm to his mother, Margaret E. Hamm, deal with Hamm's writing, publication of his work, and prison life, including race relations, at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole. There is also a memorandum from the Walpole facility. Writings include a typescript draft of a play and typescript drafts of poems from the collection Dear Stranger/The Wayfarer.
Description:
Purchased from Waiting for Godot Books on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts & Letters Fund, 2004. and Ralph C. Hamm, III, poet.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Race relations and Walpole (Mass.)
Subject (Name):
Hamm, Margaret E., Hamm, Ralph C., and Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, American literature--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Prisoners' writings, American, Prisons and race relations--United States, and Prisons--United States
Consists of photocopies of manuscripts from the Ramunas and Elmira Katilius family archive in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Subject (Name):
Katilius, Elmira and Katilius, Ramunas, 1935-2014
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
African American civic leaders, African American social workers, Civic leaders--United States, Civil Rights movements--United States--20th Century, and Social workers--United States
African American civic leaders, African American social workers, Civic leaders--United States, Civil Rights movements--United States--20th Century, and Social workers--United States
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
See also: Series XI, Papers of Others -- Others -- Kees Verheul Papers
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