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
[1] Hotel, Idlewild Club, Idlewild, Mich. -- [2] Idlewild Terrace home of I. Miller -- [3] Idlewild Lake, Idlewild, Mich. M611 -- [4] IBaptist Church, Idlewild, Mich. -- [5] Miller's Grocery, Idlewild, Mich. T-593 -- [6] Pendelton's, Idlewild, Mich. T594 -- [7] Lu-Milt cottage, Idlewild, Mich. S-928 -- [8] Dead End cottage, Mrs. Geo. Jones, Idlewild, Mich. E-1353 -- [9] Clubhouse from the water, Idlewild, Mich. 1 -- [10] The club house Idlewild, Mich. -- [11] "Anderwild," Idlewild, Mich., Captions on all cards, photo numbers on some., Eleven photographic postcards of houses and views in the African American resort community in Idlewild, Michigan., Five of the postcards published by L.L. Cook Co.; no publisher listed on the other six., Four of the postcards were mailed. Orial Taylor wrote to Mr. and Mrs. Hastings, Detroit, Michigan, card postmarked 1937; Mr. and Mrs. C. Higgins wrote to Ruth Johnson, Lima, Ohio, card postmarked 1927; Alta Stephenson wrote to Velma Reece, Cleveland, Ohio, card postmarked 1954; Mrs. Venlet wrote to Joyce and Ruth Johnson, Grand Rapids, Michigan, card postmarked 1948. Alta Stephenson identified herself as the sender of her postcard with an address label., and Title devised by cataloger.
Michael Brenner papers relating to the Washington Square Gallery and The Soil
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:
11
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The papers include undated letters to Brenner from Enriqué Cross regarding Cross's work and containing several of his poems, and letters from Cross dated 1956 Jul 23-1957 Sep 30, describing his life in Mexico and his poor health; letters from Robert J. Coady to Brenner's sister, Miriam Brenner, dated 1916 Dec 30, 1920 Mar 4, and undated, concerning her artwork, Michael Brenner's activities in Paris, and The Soil, a "magazine of art," for which Coady served as art editor and Cross served as literary editor; and partial copies of Volume I, numbers 4 and 5 (1917 April and July) of The Soil which contain reproductions of two of Brenner's drawings. In addition, there is a carte-de-visite (1910) and a snapshot (1920) of Michael Brenner; an undated portrait photograph of R. J. Coady as a young man; and two color snapshots of Enriqué Cross dated 1957.
Description:
Gift of F. T. (Mrs. Michael J.) Brenner. and Lithuanian-born sculptor who immigrated to the United States in 1890, and moved to Paris in the early 1900s. With Robert J. Coady he owned the Washington Square Gallery in New York, and acted as the gallery's European agent.
Subject (Name):
Brenner, Michael, 1888-1976, Coady, R. J. (Robert J.), 1876-1921, Cross, Enrique, and Washington Square Gallery
Subject (Topic):
Art galleries, Commercial--New York (State)--New York, Art--Periodicals, and Soil