American fiction--20th century, American literature--20th century, Americans--France--History--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
Contains correspondence between George Platt Lynes and various correspondents (box 1); autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of "The Love of New York" and "The Sailor" by Glenway Wescott, with autograph manuscript notes from Wescott to Lynes, and a copy of Harper's Bazaar (December 1943) that includes Wescott's essay "I Love New York" (box 2); and photographs of Jean Cocteau and Katherine Anne Porter by Lynes (box 1). Correspondents include Webster Aiken, Mary Butts, Paul Cadmus, Condé Nast Publications, René Crevel, William Flores, Jared and Margaret French, Bernadine Szold Fritz, Dora and Kiko Harrison, Christopher Isherwood, Lincoln Kirstein, Warren Lowenhaupt, Alexander Liberman, W. Somerset Maugham, Henry McIlhenny, Marianne Moore, Allen Porter, Katherine Anne Porter, François Reichenbach, Perry Ruston, Diana Sheean, Laurence Sickman, Getrude Stein, Pavel Tchelitchew, Barbara and Lloyd Wescott, and John Wisner.
Description:
George Platt Lynes, American fashion and commercial photographer. and Gift of Bernard Perlin, 1958 and Russell Lynes, 1976. Other material was acquired from various sources and provenance information is filed in the collection.
Typescript, carbon, copy of a memoir written by Theodore Boos concerning his service in the United States Army, 10th Infantry Regiment, 1857-1862. Most of the memoir concerns Boos's experiences during the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858, in which the Army intervened in the government of Utah Territory in response to reports of Mormon rebellion. Boos describes in detail the progress of the campaign from Fort Leavenworth to Salt Lake City, including destruction of supply trains by Mormons, the effects of hunger, desertion by soldiers, encounters with traders and American Indians, and other incidents of the march; arrival at Salt Lake City, his impressions of the city and relations between soldiers and Mormons; and the building of Camp Floyd and incidents during two years of encampment there. In 1860 the 10th Regiment left Utah for Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Boos describes life at Fort Laramie, his impressions of Dakota Indians, and news of the Civil War and decisions by officers at Fort Laramie to serve in the United States or Confederate Armies. He briefly describes his discharge in 1862 and return to Chicago, Illinois.
Description:
Purchased from Fred A. Rosenstock on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1971.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Great Plains--Description and travel, Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah--Description and travel, Wyoming--Description and travel, and Wyoming--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject (Name):
Boos, Theodore, 1836-1894, United States Army Infantry Regiment, 10th, and Utah Expedition (1857-1858)
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Government relations and Mormons--Utah--History--19th century