Papers related to Gabriele D'Annunzio and the seizure of Fiume
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 13
Image Count:
24
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters, typescripts, printed material, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia concerning Gabriele D'Annunzio's role in the 1919 seizure of Fiume. Contents include a typescript of D'Annunzio's "La Preghiera per i cittadini;" a typescript draft of a constitution for Fiume by Alceste De Ambris; photcopies of reports on the activities of the American Henry Furst in Fiume; a facsimile of a 1920 letter from D'Annunzio to Benito Mussolini; letters and papers related to Fioravante Martinelli's membership in the Unione Spirituale Dannunziana; photographs and postcard photographs of D'Annunzio in Fiume; and several postage stamps, medals and pins. The collection also contains an undated typescript of Cesare Cerati's "Tre amici."
Description:
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), Italian author and World War I aviator, led the seizure of Fiume in September 1919. After unsuccessfully promoting the city's annexation by Italy, D'Annunzio proclaimed it the Reggenza Italiana de Carnaro, and himself its "Duce" (Leader), but he and his followers were driven out by an Italian bombardment in December, 1920., Printed catalog and folder list in box., and Purchased from Arengario Studio Bibliografico on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2006.
Civil rights workers--United States--20th Century, Civil rights workers--United States--Archives, Indians of North Americ, Indians of North America -- Civil rights, and Indians of North America--Government relations
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Authors--United States--21st century, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, Poets--United States--20th Century, and Poets--United States--21st Century
Correspondence, photographs, and an incomplete catalog raisonné related to the work of artist Charles Demuth, which Richard W. C. Weyand collected and compiled from 1940 to 1955, as well as auction catalogs related to Weyand's estate, 1957-1976. Correspondence in the collection documents artwork created by Demuth and owned by different persons and institutions, while circa 125 photographs document work created by Demuth, circa 1906-1934.
Description:
Charles Demuth (1883-1935) was an American watercolor artist who turned to oils late in his career and developed a modern art movement known as Precisionism., Folios 203, 207, 209-10, 213, 216, 218, 220, 227-229, 244, 250-260, 272-276, 287-289, 291-292, and 298 are missing., Gift of Ann Grether Hill, 1988., and Richard W. C. Weyand (1905-1956), born Richard Conklin Weyand, was the son of Edwin Stanton Weyand (1863-1913) and Wilhelmina Thompson Weyand (1873-1943). He had two sisters, Dorothy Adams Weyand Grether (1897-1982) and Louise Victoria Weyand White (1899-1924), as well as two brothers, Edwin Stanton Weyand (1903-1973) and William Rodgers Weyand (1908-1970). Weyand served in the United States Navy during World War II, 1942-1945. Weyand and Robert Evans Locher (1888-1956), a close friend of artist Charles Demuth, operated an antique store and lived in the former home of Demuth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1943-1956.
Subject (Name):
Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Catalogs, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Pictorial works, Locher, Robert Evans, 1888-1956, Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946, and Weyand, Richard W. C., 1905-1956
Subject (Topic):
Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster, LGBTQ resource, and Precisionism--Pennsylvania--Lancaster
Correspondence, photographs, and an incomplete catalog raisonné related to the work of artist Charles Demuth, which Richard W. C. Weyand collected and compiled from 1940 to 1955, as well as auction catalogs related to Weyand's estate, 1957-1976. Correspondence in the collection documents artwork created by Demuth and owned by different persons and institutions, while circa 125 photographs document work created by Demuth, circa 1906-1934.
Description:
Charles Demuth (1883-1935) was an American watercolor artist who turned to oils late in his career and developed a modern art movement known as Precisionism., Folio 303 is missing., Gift of Ann Grether Hill, 1988., and Richard W. C. Weyand (1905-1956), born Richard Conklin Weyand, was the son of Edwin Stanton Weyand (1863-1913) and Wilhelmina Thompson Weyand (1873-1943). He had two sisters, Dorothy Adams Weyand Grether (1897-1982) and Louise Victoria Weyand White (1899-1924), as well as two brothers, Edwin Stanton Weyand (1903-1973) and William Rodgers Weyand (1908-1970). Weyand served in the United States Navy during World War II, 1942-1945. Weyand and Robert Evans Locher (1888-1956), a close friend of artist Charles Demuth, operated an antique store and lived in the former home of Demuth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1943-1956.
Subject (Name):
Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Catalogs, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Pictorial works, Locher, Robert Evans, 1888-1956, O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986, Stettheimer, Florine, 1871-1944, and Weyand, Richard W. C., 1905-1956
Subject (Topic):
Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster, LGBTQ resource, and Precisionism--Pennsylvania--Lancaster