Three photograph albums documenting vacations and activities in Europe and southern California and Connecticut, loose photographic prints, and correspondence of Natalie Paley, circa 1930-1966, Two albums contain photographs of locations in Europe document the marriage of Paley with Lucien-Camille Lelong as well as their circle of friends, 1930-1932. Friends include actress Lady Iya Abdy (formerly Iya De Gay) and fashion model Liliane de Faucigny-Lucinge, also known as Baba de Lucinge, as well as art patrons Marie-Laure, Vicomtesse de Noailles and Arthur Anne Marie Charles, Vicomte de Noailles. One of the European albums also documents her relationship with Russian dancer Serge Lifar, and includes images from a vacation by Paley, Lelong, and Lifar in Venice, Italy, as well as two portrait drawings of Paley by stage designer Oliver Messel, 1931. The other album includes images of a vacation to Biarritz, France, and a skiing vacation. The European albums also include photographic prints and halftone images from society magazines, A series of loose photographic prints by Studio Dorvyne documents a masquerade ball hosted by Comte Étienne de Beaumont and his wife, Comtesse Edith de Beaumont, during the summer of 1931, with portraits of individuals in costume that include the Beaumonts, Liliane de Faucigny-Lucinge, Nimet Eloui Bey, Coco Chanel, Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Serge Lifar, Natalie Paley, Howard Sturges, and Julian West, as well as Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas Porter, An album of locations in Hollywood, California and Connecticut documents the activities of Paley and her friends, 1935-1938. The album includes images from the set of the movie, Sylvia Scarlett (1935), in which she had a role, and includes images of Paley, actors Brian Aherne, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn, and Katharine Hepburn, as well as director George Cukor and producer Pandro S. Berman. Images of her friends in informal settings, probably parties hosted by Cukor, include Cukor, his parents Victor F. Cukor and Helen Gross Cukor, Hepburn, Zoë Akins, Freddie Bartholomew, Cecil Beaton, Ethel B. Borden, Ina Claire, Constance Collier, Gary Cooper, Lily Damita, Liev de Maigret, Marlene Dietrich, Tom Douglas, Peggy Fears, Winsor French, Clark Gable and his wife (Ria Franklin Prentiss Lucas Langham Gable), John Gilbert, Frances Howard Goldwin, William Haines, Rowland Leigh, Louis Mason, Oliver Messel, Carmel Myers, David Niven, Merle Oberon, Louella Parsons, Margaret Perry, Basil Rathbone, Dolores del Río, Ruth Selwyn, James Shields, Hugh Walpole, Victor William (Peter) Watson, Clifton Webb, and Julian West. There is a series of images of John Chapman Wilson, the second husband of Paley, and the business manager and confidant of Noel Coward, at the Fayreways estate on Sasco Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, circa 1937-1938, Loose photographic prints include portraits of Serge Lifar by Studio Lipnitzki, Paris, France, and portraits of Natalie Paley and Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge Baba d'Erlanger, by Foto Giacomelli, Venice, Italy, 1931, as well as promotional photographic prints from movies that include images of Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boyer in Break of Hearts (1935), and Hepburn and Brian Aherne for Sylvia Scarlett (1935)., and Correspondence in the collection consists of a letter to Paley from an unidentified correspondent in French, May 194?; a condolence letter from Boris Kochno on the death of her husband, November 1961; and a letter from Noel Coward, April 17, 1966
Description:
Natalie Pavlovna Paley (1905-1981) was a French-born fashion icon, socialite, and film actress, as well as a granddaughter of Russian tsar Alexander II and cousin of Russian tsar Nicholas II. In 1927, she became the second wife of French couturier Lucien-Camille Lelong (1889-1958); they divorced in 1937, the same year she married theater producer John Chapman Wilson (1899-1961)., Title devised by cataloger., One of the European albums is missing many prints from its leaves, which may represent many of the loose photographic prints., Many of the halftones duplicate photographic prints in the European albums., The album of locations in the United States is disbound and has many manuscript inscriptions., and Letter in folder 21 formerly described as written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is now described as from an unidentified correspondent
Subject (Geographic):
California, Biarritz (France), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), and Venice (Italy)
Three photograph albums documenting vacations and activities in Europe and southern California and Connecticut, loose photographic prints, and correspondence of Natalie Paley, circa 1930-1966, Two albums contain photographs of locations in Europe document the marriage of Paley with Lucien-Camille Lelong as well as their circle of friends, 1930-1932. Friends include actress Lady Iya Abdy (formerly Iya De Gay) and fashion model Liliane de Faucigny-Lucinge, also known as Baba de Lucinge, as well as art patrons Marie-Laure, Vicomtesse de Noailles and Arthur Anne Marie Charles, Vicomte de Noailles. One of the European albums also documents her relationship with Russian dancer Serge Lifar, and includes images from a vacation by Paley, Lelong, and Lifar in Venice, Italy, as well as two portrait drawings of Paley by stage designer Oliver Messel, 1931. The other album includes images of a vacation to Biarritz, France, and a skiing vacation. The European albums also include photographic prints and halftone images from society magazines, A series of loose photographic prints by Studio Dorvyne documents a masquerade ball hosted by Comte Étienne de Beaumont and his wife, Comtesse Edith de Beaumont, during the summer of 1931, with portraits of individuals in costume that include the Beaumonts, Liliane de Faucigny-Lucinge, Nimet Eloui Bey, Coco Chanel, Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Serge Lifar, Natalie Paley, Howard Sturges, and Julian West, as well as Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas Porter, An album of locations in Hollywood, California and Connecticut documents the activities of Paley and her friends, 1935-1938. The album includes images from the set of the movie, Sylvia Scarlett (1935), in which she had a role, and includes images of Paley, actors Brian Aherne, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn, and Katharine Hepburn, as well as director George Cukor and producer Pandro S. Berman. Images of her friends in informal settings, probably parties hosted by Cukor, include Cukor, his parents Victor F. Cukor and Helen Gross Cukor, Hepburn, Zoë Akins, Freddie Bartholomew, Cecil Beaton, Ethel B. Borden, Ina Claire, Constance Collier, Gary Cooper, Lily Damita, Liev de Maigret, Marlene Dietrich, Tom Douglas, Peggy Fears, Winsor French, Clark Gable and his wife (Ria Franklin Prentiss Lucas Langham Gable), John Gilbert, Frances Howard Goldwin, William Haines, Rowland Leigh, Louis Mason, Oliver Messel, Carmel Myers, David Niven, Merle Oberon, Louella Parsons, Margaret Perry, Basil Rathbone, Dolores del Río, Ruth Selwyn, James Shields, Hugh Walpole, Victor William (Peter) Watson, Clifton Webb, and Julian West. There is a series of images of John Chapman Wilson, the second husband of Paley, and the business manager and confidant of Noel Coward, at the Fayreways estate on Sasco Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, circa 1937-1938, Loose photographic prints include portraits of Serge Lifar by Studio Lipnitzki, Paris, France, and portraits of Natalie Paley and Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge Baba d'Erlanger, by Foto Giacomelli, Venice, Italy, 1931, as well as promotional photographic prints from movies that include images of Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boyer in Break of Hearts (1935), and Hepburn and Brian Aherne for Sylvia Scarlett (1935)., and Correspondence in the collection consists of a letter to Paley from an unidentified correspondent in French, May 194?; a condolence letter from Boris Kochno on the death of her husband, November 1961; and a letter from Noel Coward, April 17, 1966
Description:
Natalie Pavlovna Paley (1905-1981) was a French-born fashion icon, socialite, and film actress, as well as a granddaughter of Russian tsar Alexander II and cousin of Russian tsar Nicholas II. In 1927, she became the second wife of French couturier Lucien-Camille Lelong (1889-1958); they divorced in 1937, the same year she married theater producer John Chapman Wilson (1899-1961)., Title devised by cataloger., One of the European albums is missing many prints from its leaves, which may represent many of the loose photographic prints., Many of the halftones duplicate photographic prints in the European albums., The album of locations in the United States is disbound and has many manuscript inscriptions., and Letter in folder 21 formerly described as written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is now described as from an unidentified correspondent
Subject (Geographic):
California, Biarritz (France), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), and Venice (Italy)
Three photograph albums documenting vacations and activities in Europe and southern California and Connecticut, loose photographic prints, and correspondence of Natalie Paley, circa 1930-1966, Two albums contain photographs of locations in Europe document the marriage of Paley with Lucien-Camille Lelong as well as their circle of friends, 1930-1932. Friends include actress Lady Iya Abdy (formerly Iya De Gay) and fashion model Liliane de Faucigny-Lucinge, also known as Baba de Lucinge, as well as art patrons Marie-Laure, Vicomtesse de Noailles and Arthur Anne Marie Charles, Vicomte de Noailles. One of the European albums also documents her relationship with Russian dancer Serge Lifar, and includes images from a vacation by Paley, Lelong, and Lifar in Venice, Italy, as well as two portrait drawings of Paley by stage designer Oliver Messel, 1931. The other album includes images of a vacation to Biarritz, France, and a skiing vacation. The European albums also include photographic prints and halftone images from society magazines, A series of loose photographic prints by Studio Dorvyne documents a masquerade ball hosted by Comte Étienne de Beaumont and his wife, Comtesse Edith de Beaumont, during the summer of 1931, with portraits of individuals in costume that include the Beaumonts, Liliane de Faucigny-Lucinge, Nimet Eloui Bey, Coco Chanel, Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Serge Lifar, Natalie Paley, Howard Sturges, and Julian West, as well as Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas Porter, An album of locations in Hollywood, California and Connecticut documents the activities of Paley and her friends, 1935-1938. The album includes images from the set of the movie, Sylvia Scarlett (1935), in which she had a role, and includes images of Paley, actors Brian Aherne, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn, and Katharine Hepburn, as well as director George Cukor and producer Pandro S. Berman. Images of her friends in informal settings, probably parties hosted by Cukor, include Cukor, his parents Victor F. Cukor and Helen Gross Cukor, Hepburn, Zoë Akins, Freddie Bartholomew, Cecil Beaton, Ethel B. Borden, Ina Claire, Constance Collier, Gary Cooper, Lily Damita, Liev de Maigret, Marlene Dietrich, Tom Douglas, Peggy Fears, Winsor French, Clark Gable and his wife (Ria Franklin Prentiss Lucas Langham Gable), John Gilbert, Frances Howard Goldwin, William Haines, Rowland Leigh, Louis Mason, Oliver Messel, Carmel Myers, David Niven, Merle Oberon, Louella Parsons, Margaret Perry, Basil Rathbone, Dolores del Río, Ruth Selwyn, James Shields, Hugh Walpole, Victor William (Peter) Watson, Clifton Webb, and Julian West. There is a series of images of John Chapman Wilson, the second husband of Paley, and the business manager and confidant of Noel Coward, at the Fayreways estate on Sasco Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, circa 1937-1938, Loose photographic prints include portraits of Serge Lifar by Studio Lipnitzki, Paris, France, and portraits of Natalie Paley and Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge Baba d'Erlanger, by Foto Giacomelli, Venice, Italy, 1931, as well as promotional photographic prints from movies that include images of Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boyer in Break of Hearts (1935), and Hepburn and Brian Aherne for Sylvia Scarlett (1935)., and Correspondence in the collection consists of a letter to Paley from an unidentified correspondent in French, May 194?; a condolence letter from Boris Kochno on the death of her husband, November 1961; and a letter from Noel Coward, April 17, 1966
Description:
Natalie Pavlovna Paley (1905-1981) was a French-born fashion icon, socialite, and film actress, as well as a granddaughter of Russian tsar Alexander II and cousin of Russian tsar Nicholas II. In 1927, she became the second wife of French couturier Lucien-Camille Lelong (1889-1958); they divorced in 1937, the same year she married theater producer John Chapman Wilson (1899-1961)., Title devised by cataloger., One of the European albums is missing many prints from its leaves, which may represent many of the loose photographic prints., Many of the halftones duplicate photographic prints in the European albums., The album of locations in the United States is disbound and has many manuscript inscriptions., and Letter in folder 21 formerly described as written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is now described as from an unidentified correspondent
Subject (Geographic):
California, Biarritz (France), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), and Venice (Italy)
Three photograph albums documenting vacations and activities in Europe and southern California and Connecticut, loose photographic prints, and correspondence of Natalie Paley, circa 1930-1966, Two albums contain photographs of locations in Europe document the marriage of Paley with Lucien-Camille Lelong as well as their circle of friends, 1930-1932. Friends include actress Lady Iya Abdy (formerly Iya De Gay) and fashion model Liliane de Faucigny-Lucinge, also known as Baba de Lucinge, as well as art patrons Marie-Laure, Vicomtesse de Noailles and Arthur Anne Marie Charles, Vicomte de Noailles. One of the European albums also documents her relationship with Russian dancer Serge Lifar, and includes images from a vacation by Paley, Lelong, and Lifar in Venice, Italy, as well as two portrait drawings of Paley by stage designer Oliver Messel, 1931. The other album includes images of a vacation to Biarritz, France, and a skiing vacation. The European albums also include photographic prints and halftone images from society magazines, A series of loose photographic prints by Studio Dorvyne documents a masquerade ball hosted by Comte Étienne de Beaumont and his wife, Comtesse Edith de Beaumont, during the summer of 1931, with portraits of individuals in costume that include the Beaumonts, Liliane de Faucigny-Lucinge, Nimet Eloui Bey, Coco Chanel, Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Serge Lifar, Natalie Paley, Howard Sturges, and Julian West, as well as Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas Porter, An album of locations in Hollywood, California and Connecticut documents the activities of Paley and her friends, 1935-1938. The album includes images from the set of the movie, Sylvia Scarlett (1935), in which she had a role, and includes images of Paley, actors Brian Aherne, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn, and Katharine Hepburn, as well as director George Cukor and producer Pandro S. Berman. Images of her friends in informal settings, probably parties hosted by Cukor, include Cukor, his parents Victor F. Cukor and Helen Gross Cukor, Hepburn, Zoë Akins, Freddie Bartholomew, Cecil Beaton, Ethel B. Borden, Ina Claire, Constance Collier, Gary Cooper, Lily Damita, Liev de Maigret, Marlene Dietrich, Tom Douglas, Peggy Fears, Winsor French, Clark Gable and his wife (Ria Franklin Prentiss Lucas Langham Gable), John Gilbert, Frances Howard Goldwin, William Haines, Rowland Leigh, Louis Mason, Oliver Messel, Carmel Myers, David Niven, Merle Oberon, Louella Parsons, Margaret Perry, Basil Rathbone, Dolores del Río, Ruth Selwyn, James Shields, Hugh Walpole, Victor William (Peter) Watson, Clifton Webb, and Julian West. There is a series of images of John Chapman Wilson, the second husband of Paley, and the business manager and confidant of Noel Coward, at the Fayreways estate on Sasco Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, circa 1937-1938, Loose photographic prints include portraits of Serge Lifar by Studio Lipnitzki, Paris, France, and portraits of Natalie Paley and Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge Baba d'Erlanger, by Foto Giacomelli, Venice, Italy, 1931, as well as promotional photographic prints from movies that include images of Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boyer in Break of Hearts (1935), and Hepburn and Brian Aherne for Sylvia Scarlett (1935)., and Correspondence in the collection consists of a letter to Paley from an unidentified correspondent in French, May 194?; a condolence letter from Boris Kochno on the death of her husband, November 1961; and a letter from Noel Coward, April 17, 1966
Description:
Natalie Pavlovna Paley (1905-1981) was a French-born fashion icon, socialite, and film actress, as well as a granddaughter of Russian tsar Alexander II and cousin of Russian tsar Nicholas II. In 1927, she became the second wife of French couturier Lucien-Camille Lelong (1889-1958); they divorced in 1937, the same year she married theater producer John Chapman Wilson (1899-1961)., Title devised by cataloger., One of the European albums is missing many prints from its leaves, which may represent many of the loose photographic prints., Many of the halftones duplicate photographic prints in the European albums., The album of locations in the United States is disbound and has many manuscript inscriptions., and Letter in folder 21 formerly described as written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is now described as from an unidentified correspondent
Subject (Geographic):
California, Biarritz (France), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), and Venice (Italy)
Album (box 1) containing photographs of James Merrill as an infant and child, circa 1926 to 1938, with members of the Merrill family and unidentified others. Photographs also include images of the Merrill family estate ("The Orchard") in Southampton, New York.
Description:
James Merrill, American poet.
Subject (Geographic):
Southampton (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Jackson, David,--1922-2001, Merrill family, and Merrill, James,--1926-1995
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Poets, American--20th century--Archives
Robertson, Harold L. (Harold Lloyd), 1918-2012, compiler
Published / Created:
[circa 1920s-1960s]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 351
Image Count:
168
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Photograph album compiled by Harold L. Robertson, containing over 1000 photographs, circa 1920s-1960s, most undated, many with manuscript annotations on versos. Most photographs are black and white, with a few color images, 1940s-1960s. Photographs are of Robertson; his family, friends, and military colleagues; and images made by Robertson and others documenting his experiences in the United States Army. Family photographs include portraits and informal images relating to his childhood in New York City, 1920s-1930s; Vicki Robertson and their children, many made in Harlem, New York City, 1930s-1960s; and Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, their wedding, and her family, in Germany, 1950s. Photographs from Robertson's military career include images of military operations and informal images of soldiers, most in the 10th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Riley Kansas, 1930s, including cavalry drill, and the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion in Darmstadt, Germany, 1950s, including bridge building and other military construction. Other photographs date from military service in Italy and Germany during World War II and postwar administrative work in Washington, D. C. Also present are photographs and documents relating to a German shepherd dog trained by Robertson in Germany, 1950s
Description:
Harold L. Robertson (1918-2012), was born in New York City and served in the United States Army, 1930s-1950s. In the 1930s Robertston enlisted in the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated unit of African Americans known as Buffalo Soldiers, and he was later reassigned to the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion, which was desegregated in 1953. During the 1940s-1950s, Robertson was stationed in Germany, where he trained as a noncommissioned officer and was promoted to Master Sargeant. Robertson married Vicki Robertson, circa 1930; she lived in New York City with their children, Harold L. Robertson, Jr. (1942-), Terry Roberson (circa 1945-), and Ronald Robertson (1947-). Robertson married Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, a German, in 1960. They lived in Germany and later in Teaneck, New Jersey, where Robertson died in 2012., Annotations in English., Title devised by cataloger., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., Original album disbound for conservation, and album cover discarded. Accompanied by printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs., and Box 1: printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs; photographs from pages [3-55]; Box 2: photographs from pages [56-99]; Box 3: photographs from pages [100-145]; Box 4: photographs from pages [146-161].
Subject (Geographic):
Germany., Germany, United States, United States., Italy, Darmstadt (Germany), Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Kansas, New York (N.Y.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012. (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012 (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1942- (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Helena Jaroslawzewa, Robertson, Ronald, 1947-, Robertson, Terry, approximately 1945-, Robertson, Vicki, active approximately 1930-1950, United States. Army, United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th (1866-1950), and United States. Army. Engineer Combat Battalion, 547th
Subject (Topic):
African American officers, African American troops, African American soldiers, Military construction operations, Photographers, African American photographers, African Americans, Segregation, Armed Forces, Non-commissioned officers, German shepherd dog, Training, Interracial marrige, Military bases, Military bridges, Design and construction, Photography, Military, World War, 1939-1945, and History