Gide, André, 1869-1951

Abstract: The Marc Allégret Papers document Allégret 's career as a filmmaker and his association with author André Gide. Allegrét's working files include screenplays, shooting scripts, correspondence, background and research materials, production notes and documents, cut film, photographs, and printed ephemera. There are screenplays or shooting scripts for over a dozen feature-length films and larger, mixed files for the documentaries Voyage au Congo (1927), Occultisme et magie (1951), and Avec...

Abstract: Correspondence, drafts of articles and poems, legal documents, press releases, clippings and other papers of the magazine which was published in New York from January 1941 to February 1942 under the editorship of Klaus Mann. Correspondents and writers include W.H. Auden, André Gide, Sir Julian Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, William Carlos Williams and Stefan Zweig. Also in the papers is the proof for an unpublished article by Vladimir Nabokov, "Soviet Literature...

Abstract: The Frederick R. Koch Collection consists of musical, literary, and historical materials collected by Frederick R. Koch, principally through purchases at public auctions, 1979-1986. Including individual items, concentrations of related materials, and several extensive archives, the collection is a broad and deep resource for study of the lives and works of a range of composers, authors, and other historical figures.Most materials are music manuscripts, literary manuscripts, drawings,...

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Typescript carbon, corrected, signed with initials.

In paper wrapper.

With insertion, holograph, laid in.

Prepared for the German translator, Kurt Singer.

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Autograph manuscript letter, signed, discussing the first proofs and subsequent editing of Gide's Poésies, and arranging a visit. Accompanied by a typescript English translation of the letter.

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AL, concerning the American edition of Gide's Morceaux choisis.

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Autograph manuscript letter, signed, likely to Jacques Des Gachons, concerning text corrections and proofs of an unidentified work. Accompanied by a dealer description.

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Autograph manuscript letter, signed, relating to a frontispiece and a possible disagreement.

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ALS briefly referring to an interview with Gide by Lefèvre.

In French.

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Autograph manuscript letter, signed, concerning the magazine Antée.

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Autograph manuscript letters, signed, from Gide to Yale University professor Henri Peyre. Three of the letters, dated 1939, were written while Gide was traveling in Egypt, and concern Gide's work, the writing of Taha Hussein, and personal matters. The fourth letter, dated 1950, was written by Gide in Sicily, and he expresses regrets at his declining strength and inability to send Peyre a requested piece of writing. With envelopes. Accompanied by typescript transcriptions of the letters.

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19 autograph manuscript letters, signed, from André Gide to Louis Guilloux, discussing personal matters, political writings, and more. Also includes an autograph manuscript letter, signed, from Gide to Charles Grolleau, discussing business matters. Letter to Grolleau is with envelope. Accompanied by a dealer listing.

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Autograph letters, signed, [1924] August 6 or 7, to "cher vieux,"about preparations for a trip to a tropical country; and 1925 June 4, to "Madame," declining an invitation.

In French.

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...

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Autograph manuscript notecard, signed, likely to Jacques Des Gachons, concerning corrections and layouts, including for his Lettre à M. Saint-Georges de Bouhélier. Gide also states that proofs relating to Michel Arnauld are attached. Accompanied by a typescript transcription of the notecard.

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Prose poem, AMS.

Accompanied by a holograph transcription which includes "Paysages II: Environs de Haarlem (Avril)"; an offprint of an article concerning publication of the text which was published in Revue du Nord and signed by the author Michel Decaudin; manuscript and typewritten notes by Peter Hoy; and a photocopy of a letter from Peter Hoy to Mr. Grindea[?], 1987 Apr 30.

Abstract: The Victor Serge Papers contain correspondence; writings; immigration and identification documents for Serge and his wife, Liouba; death masks of Serge and of Leon Trotsky; and various materials concerning Serge (including correspondence, clippings, and photocopies of writings) that were collected by his son, Vlady Kibalchich. The correspondence includes letters between Serge and his wife, son, and other relatives; a few letters between third parties; letters between Serge and his friends...

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The Edith Wharton Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers relating to the life and career of American author Edith Wharton, as well as letters and research material gathered by Gaillard Lapsley, Percy Lubbock, Oscar Lichtenberg, Georges Markow-Totevy, and Louis Auchincloss.