The collection contains autograph manuscripts and typescripts, corrected, of works by William Maxse Meredith, including the short stories Marion, A Winter Tour, and Will She Regret It?, as well as letters by and to him, including letters to Edward Clodd; William Morris Colles; S. M. Ellis; and Arthur Wing Pinero.
Description:
Acquired from various sources. For more information see catalog cards filed in the collection.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century--Archives, Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--19th century, and English literature--20th century
The collection primarily contains letters received by Carel Mondriaan and his wife Mary Mondriaan, including one autograph letter and twelve postcards, signed, from Piet Mondrian writing from Paris (1937-1938), London (1938-1939), and New York (1941). Other correspondents in the papers are Willem Frederik Mondriaan (two telegrams, 1943-1944); Harry Holtzman (one typed letter, signed, 1948), Michel Seuphor (one autograph letter, signed, 1956), and Kunstkreis-Verlag (one typed letter, 1956). Also present is a manuscript inventory in an unidentified hand (1946) listing some of the items in the collection, a printed announcement for Louis Cornelis Mondriaan's funeral (1943), a photograph of Carel and Mary Mondriaan with Piet Mondrian in his studio at 278 Boulevard Raspail, Paris (1936), and an album holding seventy-two carte-de-visite portrait photographs of Mondriaan family members (1870s-1880s).
Description:
Carel Mondriaan was born on June 1, 1880, and died on July 28, 1956. The younger brother of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Mondriaan had a career as an insurance broker. and Purchased from S. W. Myers (Sotheby's sale, 1983 November 7, lot 291) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1983.
Subject (Name):
Mondriaan, Carel, 1880-1956 and Mondriaan, Louis Cornelis, 1877-1943
Caresse Crosby papers relating to the World Constitutional Convention and the World Man Center
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:
21
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Papers include correspondence and other materials relating to the peace efforts in the mid to late 1960s of the World Constitutional Convention and the World Man Center, a proposed peace center in Cyprus, established in collaboration with Cyprus President Makarios, architect Buckminster Fuller, and the World Academy of Art and Science.
Description:
Caresse Crosby (1892-1970), poet and publisher. and Gift of William Kelly Simpson, 2007.
American poetry--20th century, American poetry--21st century, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, Poets--United States--20th Century, and Poets--United States--21st Century
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
[1] Receipt for 1,000 shares of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc. stock, made out to Mrs. George S. Ryan, dated Nov. 30, 1939 -- [2] TLS, dated Nov. 20, 1939, to Mrs. George S. Ryan from Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed by Ralph S. Fleming -- [3] TLS, dated Nov. 9, 1940, to Mrs. Martha H. Ryan from Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed by Ralph S. Fleming -- [4] TL ([1] p.) description of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc. -- [5] "A brief description of the Silver Mountain Mines, Inc." promotional leaflet -- [6] TL ([2] p.) description of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed at end "P.P. Brevik." and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Fleming, Ralph S.--Autograph, Ryan, George S., Mrs.--Ownership, Ryan, Martha H., Mrs.--Ownership, and Silver Mountain Mines, Inc.
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources--Washington (State)--King County
American fiction--20th century, American literature--20th century, Americans--France--History--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
