Autograph manuscript letter, signed, praising Ellen Sturgis Hooper's poetry. Enclosed with the letter are autograph manuscript copies of three recent poems of his own in return: "Forerunners", "The House", and "Loss and Gain". Also includes a manuscri...
Description:
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American author.
Subject (Name):
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882., Hooper, Ellen Sturgis, 1812-1848., and Persephone (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American, Poets, American, Transcendentalists (New England), and Women poets, American
Collection of approximately 70 letters to Ted Berrigan, dating from the mid 1960s, from writers, editors, and literary organizations, including Carol Bergé, Joe Brainard, Edwin Denby, Kathleen Fraser, Lita Hornick, Joanne Kyger, Lewis MacAdams, Aram ...
Autograph manuscript draft fragment of Henry James's 1870 short novel, The Europeans. Includes manuscript corrections. Pages are laid-in to a reused cover from an unidentified book
Description:
Henry James (1843-1916) was an American author.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Massachusetts, and Boston
Subject (Name):
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Subject (Topic):
American literature, Authors, American, Europeans, and Upper class
Holograph manuscript, corrected, of a memoir by a young African-American, circa 1858. The memoir documents the major events in Reed's life leading up to and including incarcerations in the New York House of Refuge, the first juvenile reformatory in th...
Description:
Austin Reed, born circa 1823 in Rochester, New York, wrote under the pseudonym "Rob. Reed."
Subject (Geographic):
United States., New York (State)., and New York (State)
Subject (Name):
Reed, Austin, 1823?-., Auburn Correctional Facility., and House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, American literature, Authors, American, Juvenile detention homes, Prisoners' writings, American, and Prisons
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
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
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
