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21.
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

22.
Igor Ivan Sikorsky writings, 1943-1947

Creator:
Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1046
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Papers feature material relating to Sikorsky's The Invisible Encounter (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947), including: drafts, autograph manuscript (incomplete) and typescript, corrected; a printed version, annotated, of the 1947 Scribner's edit...
Description:
Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1889-1972), aviator, engineer, and industrialist, was born in Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine) and emigrated to the United States in 1919.
Subject (Name):
Brasol, Boris, 1885-1963., Golokhvastov, G. (Georgiĭ), Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972., Charles Scribner's Sons., and Poushkin Society in America.
Subject (Topic):
American literature and Authors, American
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Igor Ivan Sikorsky writings, 1943-1947

23.
Aleta B. Baker drafts of novels, circa 1930-circa 1943

Creator:
Baker, Aleta B. (Aleta Blanche), 1880-1943
Call Number:
GEN MSS 851
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
1091
Abstract:
The collection contains typescripts of four undated novels by Aleta B. Baker: Captive Amid the Astral: A Romance (355 pages); The Double Bridal (366 pages); The Mysterious Opal Globe: A Mystical Romance (67 pages); and Rathbone, Son of the Sun: A Roma...
Description:
Aleta Blanche Baker, American author, was born in Maine in 1880, and died in Miami, Florida, on January 19, 1943. Baker was the founding director of the Order of the Portal, a Christian occultist group headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1924 s...
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Baker, Aleta B. 1880-1943. (Aleta Blanche),
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American and Occultism
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Aleta B. Baker drafts of novels, circa 1930-circa 1943

24.
The world of sex, 1940-1941

Creator:
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
Call Number:
YCAL MSS FILE 40
Image Count:
81
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Draft of essay on the topics of sex, self-expression, and literature, typescript carbon, corrected and signed. Inscribed: "For Ed Ricketts of Pacific Grove and realms without name--from his friend Henry Miller, Hollywood, 6/26/41."
Description:
Henry Miller (1891-1980), author and painter.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980. and Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948.
Subject (Topic):
American literature, Authors, American, and Sex in literature
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The world of sex, 1940-1941

25.
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers, 1927-1940

Creator:
Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.)
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
182
Abstract:
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of...
Description:
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994., Curtwright, Wesley., Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974., Ellison, Ralph., Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979., Handy, W. C. 1873-1958. (William Christopher),, Hill, Abram, 1910-1986., Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938., McKay, Claude, 1890-1948., Moon, Henry Lee, 1901-1985., Poston, Ted, 1906-1974., Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976., and United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors, African Americans, Social life and customs, Antislavery movements, Authors, American, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers, 1927-1940

26.
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers, 1927-1940

Creator:
Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.)
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
335
Abstract:
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of...
Description:
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994., Curtwright, Wesley., Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974., Ellison, Ralph., Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979., Handy, W. C. 1873-1958. (William Christopher),, Hill, Abram, 1910-1986., Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938., McKay, Claude, 1890-1948., Moon, Henry Lee, 1901-1985., Poston, Ted, 1906-1974., Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976., and United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors, African Americans, Social life and customs, Antislavery movements, Authors, American, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers, 1927-1940

27.
Havelock Ellis correspondence, 1922-1939

Creator:
Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 374
Image Count:
6
Abstract:
Letters to Havelock Ellis from H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), Bryher, and Jessie Capper. There is one letter from Françoise Delisle to Meum Stewart. The letters regard their work and friendships, mutual friends, and books read. The letters date from 1922 t...
Description:
Havelock Ellis, essayist, editor, physician, and psychologist.
Subject (Name):
Bryher, 1894-1983., Capper, Jessie., Delisle, Françoise Roussel., Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939., H. D (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961., and Stewart, Meum.
Subject (Topic):
American literature, Authors, American, Editors, American, and Psychologists, American
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Havelock Ellis correspondence, 1922-1939

29.
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

30.
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