Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Dwight Macdonald papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 730
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, printed material, photographs, audiotapes, and memorabilia documenting the personal life and professional career of Dwight Macdonald. Macdonald's literary career, political activities, teaching and speaking engagements, and personal life are detailed. Major subjects represented in the papers include: communism and the Trotskyite movement, journalism and publishing, American social and political life (1920s-1970s), pacifism, and the...
Dates:
1865-1984, bulk 1920-1978
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Dwight Macdonald papers
John Mitzel papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1779
Abstract:
The collection contains material accumulated by John Mitzel in the course of his life and career as a writer, publisher, bookseller, and activist. Included are correspondence and research files on topics and individuals relevant to the LGBTQ community, gay rights, pornography, obscenity laws, and child sexual abuse trials; drafts and clippings of Mitzel's writings and records of the operations and legal disputes of the Glad Day Bookstore and Calamus Books; diaries and scrapbooks spanning...
Dates:
circa 1924-2013, (bulk 1970-2000)
New World Writing records
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 388
Abstract:
The collection documents all aspects of the production and promotion of the literary magazine New World Writing from its first issue in 1952 to its last issue in 1959. Correspondence, including letters by and about various authors whose work was published in the magazine, and manuscripts, including corrected typescripts of published works, shed light on the selection and editorial process. Highlights include the corrected typescript of "Catch-18" by Joseph Heller, originally published in...
Dates:
1952-1960
Sean Strub papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1781
Abstract:
The collection consists of direct mail samples, printed material, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia and ephemera, writings, and computer and audiovisual media documenting the work and life of gay rights activist, publisher, and entrepreneur Sean Strub.
Dates:
1908-2015, bulk 1986-2000