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):
Garin-Painter, Mary
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
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):
Garin-Painter, Mary
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
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):
Garin-Painter, Mary
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
A letter dated Oct. 1, 1866 from Custer in Monroe, Michigan to C. F. Hatch, Superintendant of the S.M. & N.C.R.R. concerns arrangements for Custer's horses on the train he is taking to Kansas. and Collection contains a map, 3 ALS, and an army document signed by Frederick W. Benteen. The map, entitled Military Map of Nebraska and Dakota by Lieut. G. K. Warren, Topl. Engrs. From the Explorations made by him in 1855-6 while attached to the staff of Brev. Brig. Gen. W. S. Harney, commg. Sioux Expdn., was Custer's and includes manuscript additions in his hand. These include his camping places during the Black Hills expedition of 1874, the place names assigned by him that summer, and the routes (marked in blue and red) of two expeditions in 1875.
Description:
George A. Custer, commander of the 7th Cavalry in the Battle of Little Big Horn. Frederick W. Benteen was senior captain of the 7th Cavalry, who commanded three companies at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Elizabeth Bacon Custer was General Custer's wife. and Purchased from Zeitlin & Ver Brugge on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1970.
Subject (Geographic):
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)--Discovery and exploration
Subject (Name):
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, Hatch, C. F., and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th
Collection consists of 76 pieces of correspondence, including 70 autograph letters and notes, 4 autograph postcards, and 2 telegrams, from O'Keeffe to her friend Betty Pilkington (1927-2002) of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Most of the letters were sent from O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico, but the largest group dates from her 1958 extended stay in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida, when she spent time with her newly widowed sister Anita O'Keeffe Young (1891-1985). The letters often include requests for Pilkington to handle domestic tasks, such as shopping for specific items, and mention arrangements for Pilkington's visits to Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch. O'Keeffe occasionally describes her daily activities and impressions of her surroundings, with some commentary about her two sisters; one letter was addressed to both Betty Pilkington and Claudia O'Keeffe.
Description:
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist. and Gift of Betty Pilkington, 2000.
Collection consists of 76 pieces of correspondence, including 70 autograph letters and notes, 4 autograph postcards, and 2 telegrams, from O'Keeffe to her friend Betty Pilkington (1927-2002) of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Most of the letters were sent from O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico, but the largest group dates from her 1958 extended stay in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida, when she spent time with her newly widowed sister Anita O'Keeffe Young (1891-1985). The letters often include requests for Pilkington to handle domestic tasks, such as shopping for specific items, and mention arrangements for Pilkington's visits to Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch. O'Keeffe occasionally describes her daily activities and impressions of her surroundings, with some commentary about her two sisters; one letter was addressed to both Betty Pilkington and Claudia O'Keeffe.
Description:
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist. and Gift of Betty Pilkington, 2000.