Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1877 - 1953
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Box 9 (nitrate negatives): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
3.13 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Danford Barney (1892-1952)
In the First World War, Barney served with the Yale Mobile Hospital Unit, which was attached to American armies in the battles of Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. From 1922 until 1930 Barney maintained a photographic studio in New York, where he made a series of portraits of authors and artists. He was twice married, first to Gertrude Wells, with whom he had three daughters, and later to Dorothy Bartlett.
Biographical information on Danford Barney taken from "DANFORD BARNEY JR., I CONNECTICUT POET, 59I." New York Times (1923-Current file) 22 May 1952, ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2007), ProQuest. Web. (accessed 18 May 2011). Additional biographical information on Barney can be found in the essay by Francis Hyde Bang, "Danford Barney: Poet," The Yale University Library Gazette 27, 4 (April 1953): 131-148.
Custodial History
Processing Information
Formerly classed as Za Barney.
- American literature -- 20th century
- Authors, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Barney, Danford, 1892-1952
- Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943
- Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950
- Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961
- Hooker, Brian, 1880-1946
- Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936
- Low, Benjamin Robbins Curtis, 1880-1941
- Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943
- Photographers
- Photographic prints
- Poets
- Poets, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935
- Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978
- Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975
- Title
- Guide to the Danford Barney Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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