James Blood’s pocket diary (84 p.) contains brief entries for his 1850 wagon trip across the plains to Sacramento. He describes the trail, landscape, and his companions. In the back of the volume are what appear to be the scribblings of a child.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Gold discoveries and West (U.S.) --Description and travel
Documents concerning the trial and conviction of Surry
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
The document consists of a copy of the indictment of Surry. and The material consists of nine manuscript documents concerning the trial and conviction of Surry, an African American slave owned by Thomas Montgomery, for the murder of Moses, a slave owned by John Hyatt, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1808.
Description:
In English. and Purchased from Chapel Hill Rare Books on the Henry R. Wagner Fund, 2007.
Subject (Geographic):
Lincoln County (Ky.)
Subject (Name):
Montgomery, Thomas 1779-1828 and Pettus, Thomas
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Kentucky--Lincoln County, Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County., Trials (Murder)--Kentucky--Lincoln County., and Witnesses--Kentucky--Lincoln County.
Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:
13
Abstract:
Collection of letters to the Hutchinsons from Joan Junyer.
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
Documents concerning the trial and conviction of Surry
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
The document consists of juror's notes at the trial of Surry. and The material consists of nine manuscript documents concerning the trial and conviction of Surry, an African American slave owned by Thomas Montgomery, for the murder of Moses, a slave owned by John Hyatt, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1808.
Description:
In English. and Purchased from Chapel Hill Rare Books on the Henry R. Wagner Fund, 2007.
Subject (Geographic):
Lincoln County (Ky.)
Subject (Name):
Montgomery, Thomas 1779-1828 and Pettus, Thomas
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Kentucky--Lincoln County, Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County., Trials (Murder)--Kentucky--Lincoln County., and Witnesses--Kentucky--Lincoln County.
Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 6
Image Count:
12
Abstract:
Collection of letters to the Hutchinsons from Harry Kemp.
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
Contains correspondence between George Platt Lynes and various correspondents (box 1); autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of "The Love of New York" and "The Sailor" by Glenway Wescott, with autograph manuscript notes from Wescott to Lynes, and a copy of Harper's Bazaar (December 1943) that includes Wescott's essay "I Love New York" (box 2); and photographs of Jean Cocteau and Katherine Anne Porter by Lynes (box 1). Correspondents include Webster Aiken, Mary Butts, Paul Cadmus, Condé Nast Publications, René Crevel, William Flores, Jared and Margaret French, Bernadine Szold Fritz, Dora and Kiko Harrison, Christopher Isherwood, Lincoln Kirstein, Warren Lowenhaupt, Alexander Liberman, W. Somerset Maugham, Henry McIlhenny, Marianne Moore, Allen Porter, Katherine Anne Porter, François Reichenbach, Perry Ruston, Diana Sheean, Laurence Sickman, Getrude Stein, Pavel Tchelitchew, Barbara and Lloyd Wescott, and John Wisner.
Description:
George Platt Lynes, American fashion and commercial photographer. and Gift of Bernard Perlin, 1958 and Russell Lynes, 1976. Other material was acquired from various sources and provenance information is filed in the collection.
Includes letter of introduction, carbon copy, from Knopf for Marie Picha to CVV (1930); third-party letters by and concerning Clement Richer, Anita Loos, Chester Himes, Edward Jablonski (1951-1954); notes from Margo Boucher, the Knopf's cook, to CVV (1954-1959)
Subject (Name):
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984, Marinoff, Fania, 1890-1971, and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
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.