Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998
Person
Dates
- Existence: September 13, 1916-June 26, 1998
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
William Horace Littlefield papers related to "Portrait Drawings of Poets, and Their Manuscripts" exhibition
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 602
Overview:
The collections consists of artwork, manuscripts, correspondence, and other material relating to William Horace Littlefield's exhibition "Portrait Drawings of Poets, and Their Manuscripts" (1942). The bulk of the collection is comprised of the original portrait drawings and mounted autograph and typescript manuscripts of American and British poets displayed in the exhibit. According to an artist note found in the collection, "the drawings are portrait heads in pencil on grey-green paper,...
Dates:
1932-1977, bulk 1941-1947
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