The Walter O. Evans Collection of James Baldwin is comprised of a typescript draft of Baldwin's Another Country (New York: Dial Pub., 1962) and correspondence sent from Baldwin to Mary Garin-Painter, David Adams Leeming, and Eugene Lerner dating from 1953 to 1987. In his letters Baldwin discusses his writing projects and personal life (ranging from his relationships to his experience living abroad in France and Turkey). Baldwin also reflects on his experience at the MacDowell Colony where he was in residence while working on his novel Giovanni's Room. The correspondence constitutes a window into Baldwin's creative process and life during this period.
Description:
Purchased from Walter O. and Linda Evans on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2013.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Race relations
Subject (Name):
Lerner, Eugene, 1901-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, African American authors--France--Paris., African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights--20th century., American literature--France--Paris., Americans--Turkey--Istanbul--Intellectual life., Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Turkey--Istanbul., Expatriate artists--France--Paris, and LGBTQ resource
Two typescript copies of Romaine Brooks's untitled memoir. Brooks describes her professional and personal life covering her upbringing and education, including her experiences as a student at the Scuola Nazionale and the Académie Colarossi, to her life as an expatriate American in Paris and Capri. Brooks, who remained in Europe during World War One and World War Two, also provides insight into her wartime experiences. Her career as an artist is also richly documented in the memoir, which includes descriptions of her sitters, ranging from well-known figures such as Gabriele D'Annunzio to lesser known models, and her views on art and her working methods. Brooks also discusses her relationship with her partner Natalie Clifford Barney.
Description:
Gift of Norman Holmes Pearson. and Romaine Brooks (1874-1970) was an American painter. She studied at the Scuola Nazionale (1896-1897) in Rome and the Académie Colarossi (1899) in Paris. Her first one-person exhibition was at the Galerie Durand-Ruel (1910). Brooks is well-known for her portraits, usually in a grey palette, of women in masculine dress.
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century
Subject (Name):
Barney, Natalie Clifford, Brooks, Romaine, and D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938
Subject (Topic):
Americans--France, LGBTQ resource, Painters--France, Painters--Italy, Painters--United States, Women artists, Women painters, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--France, and World War, 1914-1918--Personal narrative, American
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
The papers contain correspondence and research notes related to Hyde's biography of Wilde, originally titled Oscar Wilde in Prison, published as Oscar Wilde: the Aftermath (Methuen, 1963). Correspondents include his publisher Methuen & Co., Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland, the author Rupert Hyde-Davis, the British Home Office regarding access to government records and prisons, and friends and colleagues who wrote to Hyde with opinions of his manuscript and book. Also present are Hyde's annotated carbon typescript and a proof copy of the published book. A note from Hyde, dated May 1964, accompanies the collection and explains the book's change in title.
Description:
Harford Montgomery Hyde (1907-1989), Irish-born lawyer and author. and Purchased from Hamill & Barker on the Library Associates Fund, 1964.
Subject (Name):
Methuen & Co and Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--20th century, and LGBTQ resource
The papers contain correspondence and research notes related to Hyde's biography of Wilde, originally titled Oscar Wilde in Prison, published as Oscar Wilde: the Aftermath (Methuen, 1963). Correspondents include his publisher Methuen & Co., Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland, the author Rupert Hyde-Davis, the British Home Office regarding access to government records and prisons, and friends and colleagues who wrote to Hyde with opinions of his manuscript and book. Also present are Hyde's annotated carbon typescript and a proof copy of the published book. A note from Hyde, dated May 1964, accompanies the collection and explains the book's change in title.
Description:
Harford Montgomery Hyde (1907-1989), Irish-born lawyer and author. and Purchased from Hamill & Barker on the Library Associates Fund, 1964.
Subject (Name):
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--20th century, and LGBTQ resource
[Vol. 1, no. 1] (Mar. 4, 1968)-[v 3, no. 2] (March 20, [1970]., Biweekly, From the Richard Neville Papers: 1968:July 1/15., Published on alternate weeks during August 1969 with: Other scenes., and Some issues lack chronological or numerical designation.
Publisher:
The Rat,
Subject (Geographic):
New York (N.Y.)--Newspapers and New York County (N.Y.)--Newspapers
Subject (Name):
Alpert, Jane, Black Panther Party, Cleaver, Kathleen, Grosberg, Kali, 1937-2012, Neville, Richard,--1941-2016--Ownership., Shakur, Afeni, Shelley, Martha, and Weather Underground Organization
Subject (Topic):
American newspapers--New York (State)--New York, Environmentalism--History--20th century, Feminism--United States--Newspapers, LGBTQ resource, and Women's rights--United States--Newspapers
[Vol. 1, no. 1] (Mar. 4, 1968)-[v 3, no. 2] (March 20, [1970]., Biweekly, From the Richard Neville Papers: 1968:July 1/15., Published on alternate weeks during August 1969 with: Other scenes., and Some issues lack chronological or numerical designation.
Publisher:
The Rat,
Subject (Geographic):
New York (N.Y.)--Newspapers and New York County (N.Y.)--Newspapers
Subject (Name):
Black Panther Party and Neville, Richard,--1941-2016--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
American newspapers--New York (State)--New York, Counterculture --Periodicals, Feminism--United States--Newspapers, LGBTQ resource, and Women's rights--United States--Newspapers
Beels, Leonard, 1674-1756 Beels, Leonard, 1674-1756. Loths vrouw verandert in een zoutpilaar
Published / Created:
1730
Call Number:
2011 1541
Image Count:
98
Alternative Title:
Loths vrouw verandert in een zoutpilaar.
Description:
Bookplate: Chr. Beels. No. 1 of 4 titles bound together., Includes index., and Loths vrouw verandert in een zoutpilaar, of Reukeloos omzien op ene buitengemene wyze gestraft": p. [89]-119.
Publisher:
By Adriaan Wor, en de Erve G. Onder de Linden,
Subject (Topic):
Homosexuality--Biblical teaching--Early works to 1800, LGBTQ resource, Sin--Christianity--Early works to 1800, and Sodomy--Religious aspects--Christianity--Early works to 1800
