Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943
Person
Dates
- Existence: January 19, 1887-January 23, 1943
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Eleanor Chase papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 748
Scope and Contents:
The papers include correspondence, writings, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting the life and literary career of Eleanor Chase. Correspondence contains incoming letters to Eleanor Chase (1919 to 1943). Principal correspondents include W. Graham Robertson and Robert Benchley. Also included is one letter to Alexandra Fatio Taylor from Helen Keller, 1953. Writings consist chiefly of typescript drafts of novels, short stories, poetry, and drama, most of which were unpublished during Chase's...
Dates:
1914-1996, bulk 1914-1944
Love family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 12
Overview:
Correspondence, printed materials, theater programs, photographs and other papers of Lucy Cleveland Prindle Love and Helen Douglas Love Scranton, wife and daughter, respectively, of Edward Gurley Love and active in New York social and cultural life in the early 20th century.The correspondence is chiefly from theatrical personalities and writers and concerns cultural life in New York City. Prominent among the correspondents are Pearl S. Buck, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Alva Edison, Clara Clemens,...
Dates:
1872-1958
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Love family papers
Sara and Gerald Murphy papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 468
Overview:
The collection consists of the personal and family papers of Gerald and Sara Murphy, including material created and accumulated by Gerald and Sara, their children Baoth, Patrick, and Honoria, and the Wiborg family. The collection documents the Murphy's unconventional and artistic lifestyle and their role in the American expatriate community in Paris and Antibes, France during the 1920s and early 1930s, as well as their personal connections with artists and writers of the Modernist period. Also...
Dates:
1854-2005
Paul Palmer papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 382
Overview:
The papers consist of Paul Palmer's professional correspondence with prominent literary and political figures soliciting articles for publication. In some cases, drafts of articles are included with the letters.
Dates:
1929-1960
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Paul Palmer papers
Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 76
Overview:
The Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Papers contain manuscripts of writings, letters, clippings, photographs, artworks, and personal papers relating to the life and work of Gertrude Stein and her companion, Alice B. Toklas, and to Gertrude's brother, Leo Stein, an artist and writer. As well as holding the bulk of Stein's literary output (often described as "experimental" or "cubist" writing), the materials document Stein and Toklas' involvement with the literary and art...
Dates:
1837-1961
Rebecca West papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 105
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence to and from West, correspondence of her husband Henry Andrews, writings of Rebecca West, writings of others, personal papers, and writings about Rebecca West.
Dates:
1894-1975
Thornton Wilder papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 108
Overview:
The collection consists chiefly of correspondence with family, friends, and literary colleagues; and writings, accompanied by related material. There are smaller amounts of personal papers, printed material, photographs, memorabilia, and audio recordings. The material documents Wilder's life and work, in particular his career as a successful novelist and playwright.Series I, Correspondence, consists of four subseries: Family Correspondence; General Correspondence; First Name Only and...
Dates:
1892-1991, bulk 1935-1975