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- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2499
- Collection Title:
- John N. E. Brown papers concerning Faith Fenton
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 7
- Abstract:
- 4 undated typescript documents (13 p.), apparently drafts written by John N. E. Brown for an unpublished biography of his wife, Faith Fenton, after her death in 1936: an annotated draft of Chapter One, titled "Memories of Faith Fenton", describes Brown's 1898 journey to the Yukon in the company of William Ogilvie, the Territory's first commissioner, and of Ogilvie's 1897 interview with Fenton for the Toronto Globe; a draft of Chapter Two, describing Fenton's journey with the Yukon Field Force and her arrival in Dawson; a draft relating Brown's first glimpse of Fenton on the streets of Dawson; and an annotated draft tracing Fenton's family history and early youth. Also includes a TLS on Toronto Globe stationary from A. A. McIntosh to Dr. John N. E. Brown, encouraging a proposed biography of Fenton and permitting Brown's use of Fenton's Globe columns. A cabinet card photograph of Faith Fenton accompanies the papers, taken by J. Bruce of Bruce's Photographic Art Studio, Toronto.
- Description:
- Faith Fenton was the pen name of Alice Freeman, a Toronto school teacher who wrote newspaper columns for the Toronto Globe and the Toronto Empire in the 1890s. In 1898, she became the Globe's special correspondent in the Yukon Territory, and accompanied the Yukon Field Force to Dawson to cover the Klondike gold rush. On January 1, 1900, she married Dr. John N. E. Brown, the secretary of the Yukon Territory and physician to the commissioner, William Ogilvie. The couple remained in Dawson for several years, returning to Toronto in 1905. Fenton died on January 10, 1936. and Purchased from Sindell and Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 2004.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Dawson (Yukon)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, John N. E. (Nelson Elliot), Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force, Fenton, Faith, 1857-1936, Globe and Mail (Firm), McIntosh, A. A, and Ogilvie, William, 1846-1912
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, Women journalists--Canada, Women pioneers--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, and Women--West (U.S.)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Chapter One" (p. 1-6)
- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2499
- Collection Title:
- John N. E. Brown papers concerning Faith Fenton
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 2
- Image Count:
- 3
- Abstract:
- 4 undated typescript documents (13 p.), apparently drafts written by John N. E. Brown for an unpublished biography of his wife, Faith Fenton, after her death in 1936: an annotated draft of Chapter One, titled "Memories of Faith Fenton", describes Brown's 1898 journey to the Yukon in the company of William Ogilvie, the Territory's first commissioner, and of Ogilvie's 1897 interview with Fenton for the Toronto Globe; a draft of Chapter Two, describing Fenton's journey with the Yukon Field Force and her arrival in Dawson; a draft relating Brown's first glimpse of Fenton on the streets of Dawson; and an annotated draft tracing Fenton's family history and early youth. Also includes a TLS on Toronto Globe stationary from A. A. McIntosh to Dr. John N. E. Brown, encouraging a proposed biography of Fenton and permitting Brown's use of Fenton's Globe columns. A cabinet card photograph of Faith Fenton accompanies the papers, taken by J. Bruce of Bruce's Photographic Art Studio, Toronto.
- Description:
- Faith Fenton was the pen name of Alice Freeman, a Toronto school teacher who wrote newspaper columns for the Toronto Globe and the Toronto Empire in the 1890s. In 1898, she became the Globe's special correspondent in the Yukon Territory, and accompanied the Yukon Field Force to Dawson to cover the Klondike gold rush. On January 1, 1900, she married Dr. John N. E. Brown, the secretary of the Yukon Territory and physician to the commissioner, William Ogilvie. The couple remained in Dawson for several years, returning to Toronto in 1905. Fenton died on January 10, 1936. and Purchased from Sindell and Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 2004.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Dawson (Yukon)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, John N. E. (Nelson Elliot), Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force, Fenton, Faith, 1857-1936, Globe and Mail (Firm), McIntosh, A. A, and Ogilvie, William, 1846-1912
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, Women journalists--Canada, Women pioneers--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, and Women--West (U.S.)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Chapter Two" (p. 1-2)
4.
- Published / Created:
- 1986 Oct 7
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 87
- Collection Title:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Here's an Odd Artifact for the Fairy-tale Shelf," [review of Louise Erdrich's The Beet Queen] by LMS, from Albuquerque Journal, photocopy
- Published / Created:
- 1994
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 87
- Collection Title:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "How to Hunt Buffalo," photocopy, inscribed to Per and Brita Seyersted
- Published / Created:
- 1941-circa 1950
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 62 | Folder 1068
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Draft, typescript, corrected, of list of books and manuscripts donated to the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection by CVV and many others
- Subject (Name):
- Petry, Ann, 1908-1997 and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880 - 1964
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters Founded by Carl Van Vechten" [11 of 14 folders]
- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 72
- Collection Title:
- Annette Rosenshine papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 2
- Image Count:
- 278
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Typescript carbon of Rosenshine's memoirs, "Life Is Not a Paragraph."
- Description:
- Annette Rosenshine (1880-1971) was a sculptor and member of the circle of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. and Gift of Annette Rosenshine, 1968.
- Subject (Topic):
- Women sculptors--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Life's Not a Paragraph": typescript carbon
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 532
- Collection Title:
- Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 16
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- One poem by Riding, a typescript carbon copy of "March 1937"
- Description:
- Chiefly in English; some material in French., Laura Riding (1901-1991), poet., and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
- Subject (Name):
- Aldridge, John W., Graves, Robert, 1895-1985, Hodge, Alan, 1915-1979, Hutchinson, Dorothy, Hutchinson, Ward, Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960, Reeves, James, and Riding, Laura, 1901-1991
- Subject (Topic):
- American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "March, 1937"
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 532
- Collection Title:
- Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 17
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- Draft of a poem by Ward Hutchinson, heavily corrected and annotated by Riding.
- Description:
- Chiefly in English; some material in French., Laura Riding (1901-1991), poet., and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
- Subject (Name):
- Aldridge, John W., Graves, Robert, 1895-1985, Hodge, Alan, 1915-1979, Hutchinson, Dorothy, Hutchinson, Ward, Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960, Reeves, James, and Riding, Laura, 1901-1991
- Subject (Topic):
- American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "My Sister, My Heart"
- Creator:
- Isherwood, Christopher,--1904-1986
- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 344
- Collection Title:
- Christopher Isherwood correspondence with John Lehmann
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 17
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--20th century, and World War, 1939-1945
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "On His Queerness", typescript poem by Christopher Isherwood