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1. [Promotional material for Dinah East].
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1970]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1664
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Promotional material for the 1970 motion picture Dinah East. Includes a pressbook and eight portraits of cast members Matt Bennett, Andy Davis, Jeremy Stockwell, and Ultra Violet, taken by an unidentified photographer
- Description:
- Dinah East is a 1970 motion picture that tells the story of a female impersonator working as an actress in 1950s Hollywood.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Name):
- Bennett, Matthew, 1933-1991, Davis, Andy, 1950-, Stockwell, Jeremy, and Ultra Violet
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Actresses, Feature films, Female impersonators in motion pictures, Homosexuality in motion pictures, Motion picture industry, and Motion pictures
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Promotional material for Dinah East].
2. [Portraits of Beauford Delaney].
- Creator:
- Freeman, Don, 1908-1978, artist
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1960]
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 160
- Container / Volume:
- Box (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two undated crayon drawings by Don Freeman of African American artist Beauford Delaney. Each is signed "DF" at lower right and mounted on a sheet of blue paper. One drawing portrays Delaney seated at a table with a coffee cup and pot; the other is a b...
- Description:
- Don Freeman (1908-1978), New York illustrator.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979 and Freeman, Don, 1908-1978.
- Subject (Topic):
- African American artists, Artists, and Illustrators
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Portraits of Beauford Delaney].
3. [Portrait of Norman Holmes Pearson].
- Creator:
- Keller, Deane, 1901-1992, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1976.
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 1032 (Art)
- Container / Volume:
- (Art)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A portrait of the American academic and editor Norman Holmes Pearson by Deane Keller. The painting is oil on canvas, and is signed at the upper right: "Deane / Keller / 1976." Included in the portrait (hanging on the wall behind Pearson) is a painting...
- Description:
- Deane Keller (1901-1992), American artist, academic, soldier, and preservationist. He earned a BA from Yale University in 1923 and a BFA from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1926. Keller taught for forty years at the Yale School of Fine Arts, and duri...
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Keller, Deane, 1901-1992., Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930. (David Herbert),, and Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists and Authors, American
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Portrait of Norman Holmes Pearson].
4. [Portrait drawings].
- Creator:
- Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1930-1935.
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 150
- Container / Volume:
- Box (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 14
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of seven portrait drawings of noted African Americans and Haitians by the artist Amy Einstein Spingarn. The sitters include scientist George Washington Carver (1935) and authors Langston Hughes (1930), Zora Neale Hurston (circa...
- Description:
- Amy Einstein Spingarn was born in New York on January 29, 1883, the daughter of American businessman and manufacturer David L. Einstein (1839-1909) and Caroline Fatman Einstein (1852-1910). In 1905 she married Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939), a Columb...
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Hurston, Zora Neale, Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, Piquion, René, Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977 (George Samuel),, Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980., and Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe, 1904-1975
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Portrait drawings].
5. [Photographs relating to Dora Bacote].
- Creator:
- Bacote, Dora, 1905- compiler
- Published / Created:
- circa 1923-1960.
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 273
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Circa 300 photographs compiled by Dora Bacote, circa 1923-1960. Images document Bacote’s family and friends living in New York City and New Jersey. Also includes circa 50 photographs of African American entertainers who performed at the Cotton Club in...
- Description:
- Dora Bacote (1905-) was an African American singer who performed at the Cotton Club in the 1930s. Bacote is listed as a cast member in the 1934 Broadway play "Africana".
- Subject (Geographic):
- New York (State), New York, New Jersey, United States, and New York (N.Y.)
- Subject (Name):
- Alvis, Hayes, 1907-1972, Anderson, Ivie, Andrews, Avis, Bacote, Dora, 1905-, Banks, Billy, -1967, Beane, Reginald, Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994, Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, Horne, Lena, Kahloah, McDaniel, Floyd, Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975, Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964., Washington, George Dewey, Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977, Whitman, Ernest, Cotton Club., Mills Blue Rhythm Band, and Nicholas Brothers
- Subject (Topic):
- African American entertainers, African American musicians, African American singers, African American women, African Americans, Entertainers, Musicians, and Singers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photographs relating to Dora Bacote].
6. [Photograph album].
- Creator:
- 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 ar...
- 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 l...
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photograph album].
7. [Drawings].
- Creator:
- Rickard, Greville, 1889-1956, artist
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1927-circa 1937]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1212
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 6
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of three drawings by Greville Rickard: "Sherry-Netherland Fire" (circa 1927, crayon on paper mounted on board, 51 x 34.5 cm.), "Residence of Dr. Charles V. Paterno, Greenwich, Conn." (circa 1937, ink on card, 56 x 32 cm.), and ...
- Description:
- Greville Rickard was born in Denver, Colorado, on December 8, 1889, the son of Stephen Rickard. He received a BS degree from Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1912, and studied afterward at the Yale School of Architecture. Rickard prac...
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Paterno, Charles, 1878-1946, Martinot, Paul, and Rickard, Greville, 1889-1956.
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Architects
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Drawings].
8. [Drawings of scenes of the Central Utah Relocation Center].
- Creator:
- Mikami, Charles Erabu, 1902-1998, artist
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1943]
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3059
- Container / Volume:
- Box (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings made in and around the Central Utah Relocation Center, an American concentration camp near Delta, Utah. The first is an untitled landscape view of the Topaz Valley, the site of the camp; it measures 28 x 39 cm and is signed at ...
- Description:
- Charles Erabu "Suiko" Mikami was born in Hiroshima, Japan, on January 30, 1902. He studied sumi-e brush painting before immigrating to the Seattle, Washington, in 1919, where he worked as a produce broker while continuing to paint and write poetry in ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States., United States, and Sevier Desert (Utah)
- Subject (Name):
- Mikami, Charles Erabu, 1902-1998. and Central Utah Relocation Center
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Concentration camps, Japanese Americans, and Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Drawings of scenes of the Central Utah Relocation Center].
9. Woman's duty in Americanization of the foreign-born women : manuscript
- Creator:
- Merino, Clarise, 1905-
- Published / Created:
- 1926 January 26.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3823 M5451
- Container / Volume:
- (File)
- Image Count:
- 18
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript, signed by Clarise Merino, in which Merino defines the goals of Americanization and cultural assimilation of immigrants in the United States. Merino proposes several methods for American women to befriend and mentor immigrant wom...
- Description:
- Clarise Merino (1905- ) was a teacher born in Arizona.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States, United States., and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Merino, Clarise, 1905-
- Subject (Topic):
- English language, Study and teaching, Foreign speakers, Immigrants, Cultural assimilation, Education, Teachers, Women, and Women immigrants
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Woman's duty in Americanization of the foreign-born women : manuscript
10. William Shawn papers relating to Lousie Brooks, 1956-1986
- Creator:
- Shawn, William
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 886
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 57
- Abstract:
- Collection of correspondence, writings, and other papers growing out of Shawn's collaboration with Brooks on a collection of essays, Lulu in Hollywood (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982), about her life as a film actress. Correspondence features a large...
- Description:
- Louise Brooks (1906-1985), American dancer, actress, and author.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Los Angeles., and Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985., Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023., Lantz, Robert., Shawn, William., and Sicre, J. P. (Jean-Pierre)
- Subject (Topic):
- American literature, Authors, American, Motion picture industry, Motion picture actors and actresses, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Shawn papers relating to Lousie Brooks, 1956-1986
11. Scrapbooks related to the A. C. Gilbert Company
- Published / Created:
- 1912-1935.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1048
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 282
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of two volumes holding printed ephemera, photographs, and original artwork related to the marketing of products manufactured by the A. C. Gilbert Company, including construction, chemistry, and magic sets for children, and smal...
- Description:
- A. C. Gilbert Company of New Haven, Connecticut, was founded in 1909 as the Mysto Manufacturing Company by Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961, Yale 1909 MD); the company name was changed in 1916. It manufactured toys and small electrical appliances. Th...
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States. and United States
- Subject (Name):
- A.C. Gilbert Company., California Fruit Growers Exchange., and La Velle Manufacturing Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Advertising, Artists' materials, Display of merchandise, Marketing, Mechanical toys, Packaging, and Toys
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scrapbooks related to the A. C. Gilbert Company
12. Scrapbooks related to the A. C. Gilbert Company
- Published / Created:
- 1912-1935.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1048
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 91
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of two volumes holding printed ephemera, photographs, and original artwork related to the marketing of products manufactured by the A. C. Gilbert Company, including construction, chemistry, and magic sets for children, and smal...
- Description:
- A. C. Gilbert Company of New Haven, Connecticut, was founded in 1909 as the Mysto Manufacturing Company by Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961, Yale 1909 MD); the company name was changed in 1916. It manufactured toys and small electrical appliances. Th...
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States. and United States
- Subject (Name):
- A.C. Gilbert Company., California Fruit Growers Exchange., and La Velle Manufacturing Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Advertising, Artists' materials, Display of merchandise, Marketing, Mechanical toys, Packaging, and Toys
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scrapbooks related to the A. C. Gilbert Company
13. Portrait plaques of American authors
- Creator:
- Grolier Club
- Published / Created:
- 1892-1911.
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 902
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 6
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of a set of five bronze portrait plaques issued by the Grolier Club between 1892 and 1911 to commemorate American authors. The authors include: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1892, modeled by Désiré Ringel d'Illzach, 17.2 cm. in diamet...
- Description:
- The Grolier Club was founded in New York on January 23, 1884, by Robert Hoe and eight other bibliophiles to foster the study, collecting, and appreciation of books and works on paper, and their art, history, production, and commerce.
- Subject (Name):
- Brenner, Victor D. 1871-1924. (Victor David),, Burroughs, Edith Woodman, 1871-1916., Calverley, Charles, 1833-1914., Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882, Flanagan, John F., 1865-1952., Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882, Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891, Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, Ringel d'Illzach, Jean Désiré, 1847-1916., and Grolier Club.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, American
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portrait plaques of American authors
14. Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston
- Creator:
- Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968, artist
- Published / Created:
- [20th century]
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 138 (Art)
- Container / Volume:
- (Art)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- Oval toned plaster plaque reproducing in low relief an engraved portrait of African American poet Phillis Wheatley used as the frontispiece of Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (London: Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Aldgate;...
- Description:
- Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968), African American sculptor, painter, and poet who lived and worked in Paris and Philadelphia in the early twentieth century.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968. and Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
- Subject (Topic):
- African American sculptors, African American women poets, Poets, American, and Sculptors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston
15. Papers relating to It's all true, 1941-1943
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 1101
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 280
- Abstract:
- Papers include typescript carbon film treatment for "Love Story," by John Fante and Norman Foster (August 8, 1941); treatment (August 7, 1941) and shooting script (September 17, 1941) for "My Friend Bonito" by Norman Foster and John Fante; report with...
- Description:
- It's All True was a film project undertaken by Orson Welles and Mercury Productions, Inc. for RKO Pictures in 1941. The film was initially conceived by Welles to consist of four medium-length films based on true stories, including a short history of ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971., Fante, John, 1909-1983., Foster, Norman, 1903-1976., Orgolini, Dante., Scott, Hazel., Welles, Orson, 1915-1985., Mercury Productions, Inc., and RKO Radio Pictures.
- Subject (Topic):
- Motion picture producers and directors, Motion pictures, and Production and direction
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Papers relating to It's all true, 1941-1943
16. Oscar Williams correspondence and proofs, 1940-1941
- Creator:
- Williams, Oscar, 1900-1964
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 937
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 183
- Abstract:
- Correspondence (box 1) and proofs (box 2) received by Williams in preparation for his New Poems, 1940: An Anthology of British and American Verse (New York: Yardstick Press, 1941). Contributors include: Conrad Aiken, John Berryman, Elizabeth Bishop, R...
- Description:
- Oscar Williams (1900-1964), American poet and editor.
- Subject (Name):
- Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973., Berryman, John, 1914-1972., Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979., Blackmur, R. P. 1904-1965. (Richard P.),, Chisholm, Hugh, 1913-1972., Derwood, Gene, 1909-1954., Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005., Hayes, Alfred, 1911-1985., Kees, Weldon, 1914-1955., Maas, Willard., MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982., Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972., Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989., Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974., Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980., Schwartz, Delmore, 1913-1966., Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995., Tate, Allen, 1899-1979., Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989., Williams, Oscar, 1900-1964., and Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.
- Subject (Topic):
- American literature, British literature, Poets, American, and Poets, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Oscar Williams correspondence and proofs, 1940-1941
17. Orson Welles notes and screenplay relating to Citizen Kane, 1940
- Creator:
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 1192
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 239
- Abstract:
- "Notes on first draft script of 'Kane'," typescript carbon, dating from 30 April through 2 May, 1940, and screenplay, typescript carbon, "2nd draft continuity," dated 16 May, 1940 on cover, but including revision pages through 15 June, 1940 for the 19...
- Description:
- Orson Welles (1915-1985), American actor, writer, director, and producer in theater, radio, and film.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States. and United States
- Subject (Name):
- Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971., Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994., Mankiewicz, Herman J. 1897-1953. (Herman Jacob),, Welles, Orson, 1915-1985., and RKO Radio Pictures.
- Subject (Topic):
- American literature, Motion picture producers and directors, Motion pictures, Production and direction, and Screenwriters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Orson Welles notes and screenplay relating to Citizen Kane, 1940
18. Léon Bélugou correspondence, 1908-1934
- Creator:
- Bélugou, Léon, 1865-1934
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 1074
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 18
- Abstract:
- Collection of correspondence with Edith Wharton and others, including Hamilton Aidé, Anna Bahlmann, Bernard Berenson, Walter Berry, William Morton Fullerton, Percy Lubbock, and abbé Arthur Mugnier. The collection features approximately 172 pieces of...
- Description:
- Léon Bélugou (1865-1934), French educator.
- Subject (Name):
- Aïdé, Hamilton, 1826-1906., Bahlmann, Anna Catherine, 1849-1916., Bélugou, Léon, 1865-1934., Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959., Berry, Walter, 1859-1927., Fullerton, William Morton, 1865-1952., Lesage, Claudine., Lubbock, Percy, 1879-1965., Mugnier, abbé 1853-1944. (Arthur),, Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937., and Michel Houdiard éditeur.
- Subject (Topic):
- American literature and Authors, American
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Léon Bélugou correspondence, 1908-1934
19. Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson, 1935-1951
- Creator:
- Riding, Laura, 1901-1991
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 532
- Image Count:
- 333
- Abstract:
- Collection of approximately 75 pieces of correspondence from Riding to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson. There are also letters to the Hutchinsons from John Aldridge, Robert Graves, Alan Hodge, Harry Kemp, James Reeves, and others; one poem by Riding, a ty...
- Description:
- Laura Riding (1901-1991), poet.
- Subject (Name):
- Aldridge, John W., Graves, Robert, 1895-1985., Hodge, Alan, 1915-1979., Hutchinson, Dorothy., Hutchinson, Ward., Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960., Reeves, James., and Riding, Laura, 1901-1991.
- Subject (Topic):
- American literature and Authors, American
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson, 1935-1951
20. John Charles Brownell papers relating to Mississippi Rainbow, 1923-1961
- Creator:
- Brownell, John Charles
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 132
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 316
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of correspondence, scripts, contracts, photographs, a production program, press clippings and other materials documenting the script development and production history of John Charles Brownell's play, Mississippi Rainbow. Corr...
- Description:
- John Charles Brownell was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1877. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City, and worked as a professional actor and scenario editor for film companies before undertaking a playwrighting career. ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984., Brownell, John Charles., Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977., Finn, Bennet R., Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969., Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham., Kondolf, George., McElhany, Thomas J., Sheil, Frank J., Ward, Theodore, 1902-1983., Federal Theatre Project (Chicago, Ill.), Federal Theatre Project (Chicago, Ill.). Negro Unit., Federal Theatre Project (New York, N.Y.), Playhouse Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio), Richard J. Madden Play Service., Samuel French, Inc., and United States. Works Progress Administration.
- Subject (Topic):
- African American actors, African American theater, Dramatists, American, Literary agents, Theater, Production and direction, and Theatrical producers and directors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John Charles Brownell papers relating to Mississippi Rainbow, 1923-1961