1 of 4 folders completely digitized. and The papers include autograph and typed letters, signed (arranged alphabetically by sender in boxes 1-2) to Richard Adams Romney from Leonard Bernstein, Paul Cadmus, Eva Le Gallienne, David Horner (including one sent on his behalf from Osbert Sitwell), Christopher Isherwood, Pavel Tchelitchew, John van Druten, Margaret Webster, and others dating from the 1940s to the 1970s, who write to him (often addressing him by his nickname, "Twig") with advice and news of their activities and that of other friends. The letters from Alice Delamar (circa 1946-1989) form the largest group of letters, and document their long and close friendship, travels, and the activities of mutual friends. Also included are photograph albums and loose photographs (boxes 3-4) documenting Romney's travels to Greece and Peru, and social gatherings in Connecticut and Palm Beach, Florida.
Description:
Purchased from Richard Adams Romney on the George Henry Nettleton Fund, 1999 and 2000, and the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2002. and Richard Adams Romney was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1918, and was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. He lived on the Upper East Side of New York City from 1945 to 1997, and worked in the real estate and insurance businesses. He was a gallery assistant at the Betty Parsons Gallery from 1950 to 1954. His friends and acquaintances included writers, artists, and musicians, including Leonard Bernstein, Christopher Isherwood, and Paul Cadmus. One of his closest friends was Alice Delamar, an American heiress and partner of the actress and director Eva Le Gallienne. Romney died in Troy, New York in 2009.
Because of conflicting reports on the conditions of the missions in Sonora, Father Polici examines the situation himself. He recommends sending skilled priests and more soldiers into the area, building of churches and houses, a greater development of agricultural resources, and the raising of stock.
Subject (Geographic):
Pimería Alta (Mexico and Ariz.)--History
Subject (Name):
Diáz de Theran, Juan, Kino, Eusebio Francisco,--1644-1711, Manga, Juan Mateo,--1670-1726?, Nicolaza, Domingo, Oddon, Ambrosio, Pacheco, Francisco, Polici, Oracio,--1654-1713, Saeta, Francisco Javier,--1664-1695, and Salvatierra, Juan María de,--1648-1717
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians, Missions--Pimería Alta (Mexico and Ariz.), and Pima Indians
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
26 letters, most autograph letters, signed, from Mauclair to French author François Jean-Desthieux, 1916-1936 and undated, about art criticism, discussing Gustave Ricard and other artists; 2 autograph letters, signed, to Jean-Desthieux from Mauclair's wife, Marguerite Mauclair, 1916 and 1917; and 22 autograph letters, signed, from Mauclair to French author André Dezarrois, 1930-1934 and undated, about authors Robert d'Humières, Francis de Miomandre, Lucien Rolmer, Paul Valéry, and others. Letters to Jean-Desthieux are accompanied by notes and summaries made by an unidentified former owner, in French.
Description:
Camille Mauclair (1872-1945), French author, literary critic, and art critic., Letters to Dezarrois: Purchased from Les Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2004., and Letters to Jean-Desthieux: Purchased from Gallerie Arts et Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2002.
Subject (Name):
Dezarrois, André
Subject (Topic):
Art criticism--France, Art critics--France, Authors, French--20th century--Archives, Criticism--France, and Critics--France
Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:
Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Name):
Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:
Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Name):
Freemantle, W. T. (William Thomas)
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri Williams, Robert, fl. 1876
Published / Created:
1876 July 16
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1025 Un3124
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
General Crook planned an ambitious campaign against the Sioux Indians for the summer of 1876. In this dispatch, General Sheridan provides information on movements of hostile Indians, assignments and movements of United States troops, and availability of supplies and equipment.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) and Fort Laramie (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Coates, Edwin M., Crook, George, 1828-1890, Drum, Richard C. (Richard Coulter), 1825-1909, Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910, Nickerson, James D., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd, United States. Army. Cavalry, 5th, United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th, and United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri
Subject (Topic):
Cheyenne Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America --Wars --1866-1895, and Ute Indians