Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1868-12-08 - 1952-02-07
Biography
Norman Douglas (1868-1952), an expatriate British author, was born in Thüringen, Austria
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Bryher papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 97
Abstract:
The papers document the personal life and literary career of Bryher. Her extensive correspondence includes letters from H. D., Robert MacAlmon, Kenneth MacPherson, Norman Holmes Pearson, Sylvia Beach, Norman Douglas, Horace Gregory, Islay Lyons, and Edith Sitwell, and from many other figures in the fields of literature, psychoanalysis, and film. There are manuscripts of many of her works, including fragments of an unpublished volume of autobiography; financial and personal papers;...
Dates:
1812-1980, bulk 1911-1978
Norman Douglas Collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 88
Scope and Contents:
The Norman Douglas Collection chiefly documents Douglas's writing career, personal life, and relationships with other writers and artists. Although the collection spans the years 1864-2000, the bulk of the papers fall in the period 1920-1980. The collection contains material created and accumulated by Norman Douglas, Kenneth Macpherson, Islay de Courcy Lyons, and Maurice Magnus. Material includes correspondence, writings, diaries, photographs, photograph albums, financial and business...
Dates:
1864-2000, bulk 1920-1980
Muriel Draper Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 49
Abstract:
The Muriel Draper Papers document the personal life and artistic and political interests of Muriel Draper. Major correspondents include George Antheil, Samuel Courtauld, Paul Draper, Max Ewing, Lincoln Kirstein, Walter Lowenfels, and Mark Tobey. The collection also contains manuscripts of many of Draper's writings, including the largely unpublished America Deserta, and records of her activities as a member of the Congress of American Women, the League of American Writers, and similar...
Dates:
1881-1977, bulk 1925-1950
Mark Holloway papers related to Martha Gordon Crotch
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 933
Abstract:
The papers consist of material gathered by Mark Holloway in preparation for his unpublished biography of Martha Gordon Crotch. Series I holds Crotch's autograph manuscript diaries describing her daily activities between 1935 and 1956 and her relationships with friends Alexander (Sasha) Berkman, Emmy Eckstein, Emma Goldman, Frieda Lawrence, and Norman Douglas, among others. Also present is a typescript of Crotch's autobiography, some personal papers, and photographs, including a folder of...
Dates:
1890-1970, bulk 1935-1970
Letter : c/o Thomas Cook, via Tornabuoni, Florence, to Mr. Lutz, 1935 Nov 5
Part of Collection — Box 80: [Barcode: 39002137225554], Folder: GROUP 3142, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS replying to a query about "snake fiction" and recommending a book by Bram Stoker.
Dates:
1935 Nov 5
Leo Stein Collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 78
Abstract:
The Leo Stein Collection contains manuscripts of writings by Stein, letters from such persons as: Bernard Berenson, Mabel Dodge Luhan and Maurice Sterne, personal papers, photographs, and artworks (mainly by Stein), which document the life of Leo Stein, an artist and writer.
Many letters to Leo Stein for the period before 1913 can be found in the Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Papers, YCAL MSS 76, also owned by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Dates:
1892-1950