Correspondence, autograph manuscripts, and one printed broadside song documenting aspects of the social and creative life of the poet John Hall-Stevenson. Contents include manuscripts of verses by John Hall-Stevenson and Robert Lascelles; letters by members of his club and social circle, including a lengthy letter by Jean-Baptiste Tollot discussing Laurence Sterne's character and good nature (1762 April 4) and another describing events in Geneva immediately after the expulsion of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1764 January 8); and related correspondence, including a letter of advice from Hall-Stevenson to his grandson John Wharton and several business letters received by Wharton. The printed broadside song, "Trout Hall," is extensively annotated in Hall-Stevenson's hand.
Description:
Formerly owned by William Durrant Cooper. Purchased from Paul Grinke on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1972., John Hall-Stevenson (1718-1785), was a poet, a country gentleman, and a close friend of Laurence Sterne, whom he met at Cambridge and who based the character of Eugenius in Tristram Shandy on him. Hall-Stevenson founded a club of "Demoniacks," which met at "Crazy Castle," his country seat, and was loosely modeled on Sir Francis Dashwood's Monks of Medmenham. His published works included Crazy Tales and Fables for Grown Gentlemen, both of which were reprinted several times during his lifetime. He died at home in March, 1785., and The collection also contains a photocopy of W. Durrant Cooper's "Seven Letters Written by Sterne and His Friends;" a copy of the bookseller's catalogue; and a handwritten finding aid for the collection.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--18th century and English literature--18th century
The first two issues of a monthly literary magazine circulated in manuscript by the Female Literary Association of Alfred, New York. Issues include volume 1, no. 1, dated June 1, 1846 and titled "Flower Gatherer," and volume 1, no. 2, dated September 28, 1846 and titled "A Juvenile Bo[u]quet." Issues contain verse and brief commentary by area residents on historical and contemporary topics, such as relations between European settlers and Native American Indians, fashion, music, and education in local schools. Authors include Adelia M. Grinnell, Martha J. Langworthy, Amanda Potter, and Lydia M. Shaw.
Description:
From Vol. 1, No. 1: "Published monthly by the Female Literary Association of Distr. No. One, Alfred, Allegany County, New York."
Subject (Geographic):
Alfred (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century and Allegany County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Grinnell, Adelia M., Langworthy, Martha J., Potter, Amanda, and Shaw, Lydia M.
Subject (Topic):
American literature--19th century, American literature--Women authors, Authors, American--19th century, Indians in literature, and Women authors, American
Two scripts, typescript, representing revisions of Harold Arlen's 1946 stage musical, St. Louis Woman. Scripts are entitled Harold Arlen's Blues Opera, dated "Nov. 1957," and Harold Arlen's Free and Easy, circa 1959. The Blues Opera, annotated in an unidentified hand, is "based on a play by Arne [sic] Bontemps & Countee Cullen" and both scripts acknowledge "lyrics by Johnny Mercer." Free and Easy is inscribed "Property of: Stanley Ross..."
Description:
Formerly owned by Stanley Ross. Purchased from Royal Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Harold Arlen (1905-1986), composer and songwriter.
Subject (Name):
Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986
Subject (Topic):
American drama--20th century, Authors, American--20th century, Dramatists, American--20th century, Musicals--Production and direction, and Theater--Production and direction
Two scripts, typescript, representing revisions of Harold Arlen's 1946 stage musical, St. Louis Woman. Scripts are entitled Harold Arlen's Blues Opera, dated "Nov. 1957," and Harold Arlen's Free and Easy, circa 1959. The Blues Opera, annotated in an unidentified hand, is "based on a play by Arne [sic] Bontemps & Countee Cullen" and both scripts acknowledge "lyrics by Johnny Mercer." Free and Easy is inscribed "Property of: Stanley Ross..."
Description:
Formerly owned by Stanley Ross. Purchased from Royal Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Harold Arlen (1905-1986), composer and songwriter.
Subject (Name):
Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986
Subject (Topic):
American drama--20th century, Authors, American--20th century, Dramatists, American--20th century, Musicals--Production and direction, and Theater--Production and direction
Per Seyersted papers concerning Leslie Marmon Silko
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The papers consist of materials sent by Leslie Marmon Silko to Per Seyersted, a professor in the American Institute at Oslo University, Norway. Along with letters from Silko to Seyersted from 1974-1995 are drafts of writings by Silko, several photographs, and an offprint of an interview of Silko done by Seyersted.
Description:
Leslie Marmon Silko (1948-), native American writer, author of Ceremony and Almanac of the Dead. and Purchased from Per Seyersted on the Alfred Z. Baker, Jr. Fund, 1995.
Subject (Name):
Silko, Leslie, 1948-
Subject (Topic):
American fiction--Indian authors, Indian authors--20th century--Archives, Indians in literature, Native American literature, and Novelists, American--20th century--Archives
Per Seyersted papers concerning Leslie Marmon Silko
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 8
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The papers consist of materials sent by Leslie Marmon Silko to Per Seyersted, a professor in the American Institute at Oslo University, Norway. Along with letters from Silko to Seyersted from 1974-1995 are drafts of writings by Silko, several photographs, and an offprint of an interview of Silko done by Seyersted.
Description:
Leslie Marmon Silko (1948-), native American writer, author of Ceremony and Almanac of the Dead. and Purchased from Per Seyersted on the Alfred Z. Baker, Jr. Fund, 1995.
Subject (Name):
Silko, Leslie, 1948-
Subject (Topic):
American fiction--Indian authors, Indian authors--20th century--Archives, Indians in literature, Native American literature, and Novelists, American--20th century--Archives
"Though many aspects of June Jordan's unique and dynamic forms of work and activism have been well documented, "Life Studies," traces a through line of her creative interventions to form a fuller portrait of her complex and interrelated engagements. Through essays and policy reports from her days as a housing activist, speeches, her work with children, and texts from her time at City College of New York, this project adds new layers to Jordan's legacy, showing how she created "living room" to enact a broad array of "life studies" that had great effect on many people in very different institutional, communal, and public settings." -- Publisher's website."--Publisher's website (viewed 2018 June 19).
Alternative Title:
Lost and Found, The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative ; series 7, number 3 and Works. Selections. 2017
Description:
"Writer and educator, June Jordan was born in Harlem in 1936, grew up there and in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She began her teaching career as a poet working with New York City public school students, following a few years of work as an organizer and researcher for a Harlem-based community action program. She would go on to teach at the City College of New York, Sarah Lawrence College, Yale University, and SUNY Stony Brook, initiating courses in Black Studies and Women's Studies and joining students in activist efforts. At the University of California at Berkeley, she founded the Poetry for the People program, which continues to this day. Throughout her life, she was a prolific writer, publishing essays in a wide variety of periodicals and authoring more than twenty books of essays, poetry, novels, and plays about issues of national and international significance. Jordan died of breast cancer in 2002."--Publisher's website (viewed 2018 June 19)., Includes bibliographical references., Introduction -- Excerpt from Brief History of the Lower East Side -- Excerpt from The Determining Slum -- The voice of the children, inc -- Excerpt from Children and The Hungering For -- Ocean Hill Brownsville I.S. 55 graduation speech -- Our eyes have grown -- The city and the city college: an off-campus, off-camera perspective -- Statement at CUNY Board of Higher Education tuition hearing -Acknowledgements -- Biographical notes -- Lost & Found., and Original wrappers.
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State)--New York
Subject (Name):
Alcalay, Ammiel, editor of series, City University of New York. Center for the Humanities, issuing body, City University of New York--History, Jordan, June, 1936-2002, Lawrence, Stephon, managing editor, Mangum, Megan, book designer, and Morgan, Kate Tarlow, consul
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Education (Higher), African Americans--Education (Higher)--New York (State)--New York--20th century, College students--Political activity, College students--Political activity--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century, Discrimination in housing, Discrimination in housing--New York (State)--New York--20th century, Education, Education--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century, Poetry--Study and teaching (Elementary), and Poetry--Study and teaching (Elementary)--New York (State)--New York--20th century