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.
Collection of letters to Rodman from other English-language authors discussing literary and personal matters, including published work, work in progress, publication, and health and travel plans. Correspondents include: W. H. Auden, Robert Bly, Richard Eberhart, John Hersey, Christopher Isherwood, Stanley Kunitz, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen Spender, William Styron, Dylan Thomas, Derek Walcott, and Richard Wilbur. The collection features twenty letters from Norman Mailer and a sketch by Mailer. With drafts, typescript, corrected, of chapters from an unidentified book by Rodman about Kunitz and Mailer.
Description:
Purchased from Stuart Lutz on the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2003. and Selden Rodman (1909-2002), born Cary Selden Rodman, was an American poet, critic, and art collector.
Subject (Name):
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973, Bly, Robert, Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005, Hersey, John, 1914-1993, Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006, and Mailer, Norman
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets, American--20th century--Archives
Catalog of an exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum, 20 May - 30 June, 1974., From the Monroe Wheeler Papers., and Introduction by Richard Ettinghausen.
Publisher:
The Art Museum
Subject (Name):
Ettinghausen, Richard, Princeton University. Art Museum, and Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988--Ownership
Chap. 22, Discipline, honour, Island described, first peopled, Gronland and Islland first found, peopled from Norway, Lib. III, Hondius his map of Island, and Hondivs his map of Island
Description:
Cross Collection 79., From Samuel Purchas's Purchas his Pilgrimes ... London: Printed by W. Stansby for H. Fetherstone, 1625., Paginated 643-644; map on p. 644., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Stansby for H. Fetherstone,
Subject (Geographic):
Iceland--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626. Purchas his Pilgrimage. 1625
Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section
Published / Created:
1943
Call Number:
2121 1943
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00015
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Alternative Title:
Geographical secton, General staff. ; no. 4313 and GSGS (Series) ; 4313.
Description:
"Copied from a Portuguese map dated 1934 with revision from intelligence reports.", Elevations shown by spot heights and contours at 25 meter intervals., Military grid., and Six classes of roads and tracks, and areas of cultivation and vegetation are indicated.
The West-India pilot: containing piloting directions for Port Royal and Kingston harbours in
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
Atlantic Ocean --Maps --Early works to 1800, Central America --Maps --Early works to 1800, Providence Island (Colombia) --Maps, and Santa Catalina Island (Colombia)
Subject (Topic):
Harbors --Atlantic Coast (North America) --Maps --Early works to 1800, Nautical charts --Atlantic Coast (North America) --Early works to 1800, Nautical charts --Caribbean Area --Early works to 1800, Nautical charts --West Indies --Early works to 1800, Pilot guides --Atlantic Coast (North America) --Early works to 1800, Pilot guides --Caribbean Area --Early works to 1800, and Pilot guides --West Indies --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
London : Printed for the author and sold by S. Hooper ..., MDCCLXXI [1771]