- Creator:
- Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954
- Published / Created:
- 1943-45, undated
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 721
- Collection Title:
- Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 12
- Image Count:
- 8
- Description:
- Folder 2 of 2.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Jersey (Channel Islands)
- Subject (Name):
- Bigg, Basil--Ownership, Cahun, Claude,--1894-1954, Coutouzis, N.--(Néoclis), Desnos, Robert,--1900-1945, Gide, André,--1869-1951, Guégan, Marc-Adolphe,--1891-1959, Malherbe, Suzanne, 1892-1972, Malherbe, Suzanne,--1892-1972, Michaux, Henri,--1899-1984, and Richter, Lilette
- Subject (Topic):
- Art, French--20th century, Authors, French--20th century, Gender identity in art, Lesbian artists--France, LGBTQ resource, Photographers--France, Photography, Artistic--France, Surrealism--France, Women photographers, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French, and World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Channel Islands--Jersey
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Correspondence and other papers
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- Creator:
- Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954
- Published / Created:
- 1943-45
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 721
- Collection Title:
- Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 11
- Image Count:
- 3
- Description:
- Folder 1 of 2.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Jersey (Channel Islands)
- Subject (Name):
- Bigg, Basil--Ownership, Cahun, Claude,--1894-1954, Coutouzis, N.--(Néoclis), Desnos, Robert,--1900-1945, Gide, André,--1869-1951, Guégan, Marc-Adolphe,--1891-1959, Malherbe, Suzanne, 1892-1972, Malherbe, Suzanne,--1892-1972, Michaux, Henri,--1899-1984, and Richter, Lilette
- Subject (Topic):
- Art, French--20th century, Authors, French--20th century, Gender identity in art, Lesbian artists--France, LGBTQ resource, Photographers--France, Photography, Artistic--France, Surrealism--France, Women photographers, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French, and World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Channel Islands--Jersey
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Correspondence and other papers
- Creator:
- Malherbe, Suzanne, 1892-1972
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 721
- Collection Title:
- Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | 13-15
- Image Count:
- 204
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Papers relating to World War II (in boxes 1-2) include copies of resistance propaganda, undated; letters and notes concerning the imprisonment of Cahun and Malherbe, 1943-1945 and undated; holograph memoir notes by Malherbe, undated; and a typescript memoir by Cahun and Malherbe, undated. and The Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe Papers consist of holograph and typescript writings by Cahun; memoirs, correspondence, and notes relating to their experiences during World War II; and a small amount of other correspondence and copies of photographs by Cahun.
- Description:
- Claude Cahun, born Lucy Schwob, was a French photographer, artist, and author. Cahun was associated with the Surrealist movement, and her photography and writings addressed issues of gender identity. In 1937 she moved to Jersey in the Channel Islands with her partner Suzanne Malherbe, an illustrator who adopted the name Marcel Moore. Cahun and Malherbe were active in the resistance during the German occupation of Jersey during World War II. They were imprisoned and sentenced to death in 1944, but were liberated at the end of the war. and Formerly owned by Basil Bigg. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2009.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Jersey (Channel Islands)
- Subject (Name):
- Bigg, Basil--Ownership and Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, French--20th century, Gender identity in art, Lesbian artists--France, LGBTQ resource, Photographers--France, Surrealism--France, Women photographers, and World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Jersey
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Memoir notes by Malherbe