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1. Jen Bervin papers relating to Nets, 1985-2019

Creator:: Bervin, Jen
Call Number:: YCAL MSS 1220
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 5
Abstract:: Papers consist of manuscript and printed materials relating to Bervin's adaptations of Shakespeare sonnets. Materials include: annotated Pelican edition of The sonnets (New York: Penguin Books, 1985), from which Bervin's text is derived; an annotated ...
Description:: Jen Bervin (1972-), American poet and visual artist.
Subject (Name):: Bervin, Jen., Ecke, Margot., Moschovakis, Anna., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Penguin (Firm), Ugly Duckling Presse., and University of Denver. Division of Arts and Humanities.
Subject (Topic):: Found poetry, Poets, American, and Women poets, American
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jen Bervin papers relating to Nets, 1985-2019

2. 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

3. 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

4. Gordon Myers papers relating to God's trombones, 1964-1986

Creator:: Myers, Gordon
Call Number:: JWJ MSS 16
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 421
Abstract:: "The Story Behind the Composing," typescript, photocopy, summary written by Myers in 1986 describing his experiences in composing God's Trombones and early performances, with printed programs, photocopies of correspondence, and other documentation app...
Description:: Baritone, composer, and educator. Myers composed a setting of James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones for solo voices, mixed chorus, solo trombones, and orchestra [i.e. brass ensemble]. The score and an analysis were submitted in 1965 to Columbia Uni...
Subject (Name):: Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. and Myers, Gordon.
Subject (Topic):: Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with band
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gordon Myers papers relating to God's trombones, 1964-1986

5. [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].

6. James Baldwin--writer--'75'.

Creator:: Barboza, Anthony, 1944- photographer
Published / Created:: 1975.
Call Number:: JWJ MSS 285
Container / Volume:: Box
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Photograph portrait of African American author James Baldwin by Anthony Barboza, 1975. The photograph belongs to Barboza's Black Borders series of portraits of Black artists
Description:: Anthony Barboza (1944-) is an African American photographer, historian, artist, and writer. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and moved to New York City to study photography. In 1963, he joined the Kamoinge Workshop photography collective, an...
Subject (Geographic):: United States
Subject (Name):: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 and Barboza, Anthony, 1944-
Subject (Topic):: African American authors, African American photographers, and Authors
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James Baldwin--writer--'75'.

7. A feeling for leaving : typescript photocopy

Creator:: Berrigan, Ted
Published / Created:: 1975.
Call Number:: YCAL MSS 1395
Container / Volume:: Box
Image Count:: 62
Resource Type:: text
Abstract:: Typescript photocopy mock-up with autograph corrections and annotations. The notes describe text sources and other information about the poems, and instructions for typesetting the manuscript. Also includes a front cover and additional pages of front ...
Description:: Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), American poet. He was married to the American poet Alice Notley (1945-).
Subject (Name):: Berrigan, Ted. and Notley, Alice, 1945-
Subject (Topic):: Authors, American and Poets, American
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A feeling for leaving : typescript photocopy

8. [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].

9. [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].

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