Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1896-03-10 - 1965-03-16
Nancy Cunard (1896-1965), British heiress, poet, and author
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Nancy Cunard collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 438
Overview:
Collection contains correspondence, writings and other materials by or related to Nancy Cunard. Correspondence includes letters from Cunard to Miriam J. Benkovitz (biographer and bibliographer of Ronald Firbank), Jinadasa Vijayatunga, and others, as well as letters to Cunard from John Robertson Scott. Writings include typescript and holograph poems and articles by Cunard, and translations of poems by "Geraldine" and Neftalí Beltrán. Also included is a typescript memoir about Cunard by Iris...
Dates:
1930-1965
Claude McKay collection
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 27
Overview:
The Claude McKay Collection consists of correspondence, writings, personal papers, photographs and memorabilia documenting the life and work of Claude McKay.
Dates:
1853-1990, bulk 1922-1948
Louise Morgan and Otto Theis papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 80
Overview:
The papers document the literary and personal lives of Morgan and Theis, and contain correspondence, subject files, and professional papers related to the 20th century British literary world. There is correspondence regarding Evelyn Scott, and correspondence as well as poems by Nancy Cunard.
Dates:
1903-1983, bulk 1930-1960
Jean Toomer papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence, drafts of unpublished books, essays, and other writings, together with personal papers documenting Toomer's life, primarily after his Harlem Renaissance period, and papers on Marjory Latimer Toomer. Correspondents include Charles Dupee, Waldo Front, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Margaret Naumberg, and Russell S. Walcott.
Dates:
1898-1963 (inclusive), bulk 1920-1954