Mortimer, Raymond, 1895-1980
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Dial/Scofield Thayer papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 34
Abstract:
The papers document the life and activities of Scofield Thayer and the history of Dial Magazine under his ownership. They include the surviving Dial office files, with correspondence by Alyse Gregory, Marianne Moore, Gilbert Seldes, Kenneth Burke, and J. Sibley Watson; manuscripts, typescripts and corrected galleys of submissions to the magazine by authors including Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, George Santayana, William Butler Yeats, and Glenway Wescott; and advertising material....
Dates:
1879-1982, bulk 1920-1925
Eleanor Robertson (secretary to Raymond Mortimer) letter to Evelyn Hunt, 1937 September 17
Item — Box 1, Folder: 57
Call Number: MSS 54
Scope and Contents:
Robertson says that Mortimer is on holiday, but she will bring Hunt's letter to his attention when he returns.
Dates:
1937 September 17
Raymond Mortimer letter to Evelyn Hunt, 1937 September 29
Item — Box 1, Folder: 58
Call Number: MSS 54
Scope and Contents:
Mortimer accepts Hunt's offer to adjudicate in the upcoming exhibition, "though I feel a certain shyness about it, as I am not a painter myself."
Dates:
1937 September 29
Raymond Mortimer letter to Evelyn Hunt, 1937?
Item — Box 1, Folder: 59
Call Number: MSS 54
Scope and Contents:
Mortimer confirms a time to come see the paintings--"I want to see the paintings by daylight."
Dates:
1937?
Royal College of Art Sketch Club Collection
Collection
Call Number: MSS 54
Abstract:
The collection includes the correspondence of and with various secretaries of the Royal College of Art (RCA) Students’ Group, or Sketch Club, and contains 79 letters and postcards and 11 draft letters, written between 1934 and 1937. The materials focus primarily on the group’s annual exhibition, and discuss the facilities, invite prominent figures, and solicit donations and judges for special prizes. The letters’ authors include, in addition to the groups’ secretaries, several notable...
Dates:
1934-1937
Glenway Wescott papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 134
Abstract:
The Glenway Wescott Papers consist of correspondence, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, personal and financial papers, research files,photographs, graphic items, clippings, objects, and audiotapes. The material documents Wescott's life, work, and personal relationships with many noted artists, writers, and performers of the 20th century including his long-time companion, Monroe Wheeler, many of whose papers are included here.Series I, Correspondence, consists of six subseries:...
Dates:
1900-1990
Monroe Wheeler papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 136
Abstract:
The Monroe Wheeler Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts,personal and financial papers, photographs, graphic items, clippings, and objects which document Wheeler's life and work, principally at the Museum of Modern Art.Series I, Correspondence, contains letters found in Monroe Wheeler's archive following the processing of the Glenway Wescott Papers (YCAL MSS 134), which holds the majority of letters to and from Wheeler. Series II. Writings, gathers together material from...
Dates:
1890-1995
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