Collection contains letters from Christopher Isherwood to his brother, Richard Isherwood, and his mother, Kathleen Machell Smith Isherwood. The letters describe his life in America, his efforts to become a United States citizen, and his involvement with Indian Vedanta philosophy and the Swāmi Prabhavananda. Many letters discuss his work writing articles, screenplays and books, especially the autobiographical "Kathleen and Frank." The letters also mention several of his friends, including E. M. Forster, Felix Greene, Aldous Huxley and Peggy Kiskadden. Also included is a letter from Isherwood's companion Don Bachardy to Richard Isherwood with a note from Christopher, and two letters to Christopher Isherwood from family acquaintances concerning family history.
Subject (Name):
Isherwood, Richard.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives and English literature--20th century
American fiction--20th century, American literature--20th century, Americans--France--History--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
Addition contains eight volumes of transcriptions of Ezra Pound's correspondence, typescript, corrected and annotated, made by D. D. Paige in the course of preparing his selected edition of The Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941, as well as a number of original letters from Pound, Dorothy Pound, Ernest Hemingway, Marshall McLuhan, and others.
Description:
D. D. Paige, translator. and Purchased from Paula Paige on the Ezra Pound Archive Fund, 2010.
Subject (Name):
Paige, D. D, Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, and Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. Correspondence. Selections
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Poets, American--20th century
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville letters and report on the French and Indian War
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The report, entitled "Precis de ce qui s’est passe de plus considerable dans l’Amerique Septentrionale pendant l’hyver de 1756 a 1757," is a holograph draft describing the French dealings with the Five Nations: the reception of their embassy in Montreal,
Subject (Geographic):
Canada --History --1755-1763, Five Nations, and United States --History --French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Subject (Name):
Bougainville, Jean-Pierre de, 1722-1763 and Montcalm de Saint-Veran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759