Set of page proofs with autograph manuscript corrections for Breton's poem Fata Morgana, including illustrations by Wifredo Lam (25 pages). Accompanied by page proofs of an English translation of the work by Clark Mills with manuscript corrections in an unidentified hand (20 pages).
Description:
André Breton, French writer and poet, was one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. and Purchased from Pierre Berès, on the Plain Fund, 1942.
Also present is a deed, dated 1845, autograph manuscript, signed by John S. Twiss, conveying land in Nauvoo, Illinois, to Bingham Bement, of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Additional items are visiting cards and poems, undated; an autograph manuscript invoice for livestock, 1868; printed Salt Lake County and City tax receipts, completed in autograph manuscript, 1861-1876; and a printed program for a missionary farewell, Salt Lake City, 1897., Circa 80 items, mostly ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, by members of her family. Thirty-three letters, 1865-1886, were written to Fletcher by Charles H. Bement, most discussing his life as a rancher near Kanosh, Millard County, Utah Territory. A few of these letters, written from Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana, 1884-1885, relate to his experiences as a missionary in those states., and Other letters, 1873-1889, include ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher from Mary and Jessie Cook, Jasper Fletcher, Ida A. and Maria J. Searle, Addie L. Fletcher, Rosa Adams, and Annie Rogers. Also included are single letters from Alice M. Bement Fletcher to Charles H. Bement, from Charles H. Bement to Arthur Bement, and from Sarah Warburton to Jasper Fletcher. These letters mostly concern family news, some also referring briefly to Mormon religious life. A letter written by Sarah J. Bement to Fred C. Pierce, and a letter from him to Bement, relate to Pierce's research in Forbes-Forbush family genealogy.
Description:
Alice M. Bement Fletcher was born ca. 1855 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She married William Fletcher in the 1870s. Family members who corresponded with Alice M. Bement Fletcher included her brothers, Charles H. and Arthur Bement; Mary and Jessie Cook, a sister and niece; Jasper Fletcher, a brother-in-law; and Ida A. Searle, a cousin. and From the collection of Herbert S. Auerbach. Purchased from Ken Lopez on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1992.
Subject (Geographic):
Millard County (Utah) and Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Adams, Rosa, Bement family, Bement, Arthur, Bement, Bingham, Bement, Charles H., Bement, Sarah J., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--Middle West, Cook, Jessie, fl. 1886-1889, Cook, Mary, Fletcher, Addie L., Fletcher, Alice M. Bement, Fletcher, Jasper, Forbes family, Forbush family, Pierce, Fred C., Rogers, Annie, Searle, Ida A., Searle, Maria J., Twiss, John S., and Warburton, Sarah
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Utah--Millard County, Mormons--Utah, and Ranch life--Utah--Millard County
Diaries of an expedition with John James Audubon, 1843 Mar 11-Dec 31
Image Count:
71
Abstract:
Holograph manuscript diaries kept by John G. Bell during his participation in John James Audubon’s Missouri River expedition in 1843. This volume is a printed diary, published by Jansen and Bell, New York, completed in manuscript for March 11-December 31, with brief entries describing collection of specimens, hunting of buffalo and other animals, and noting specimens mounted after his return to New York.
Description:
correspond with author's dates of entry.
Subject (Geographic):
Missouri River Valley --Description and travel and Yellowstone River Valley --Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting, Natural history --Missouri River Valley, and Natural history --Yellowstone River Valley
Binding: Marbled paper, stitched. and Written on rectos and continues from back on versos.
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium--Description and travel, Europe--Description and travel, France--Description and travel, Italy--Description and travel, and Netherlands--Description and travel