Harold C. Geyer papers

Collection

Call Number: MS 1726

Scope and Contents

The papers consist of the original manuscripts, drawings and etchings, as well as published copies of All Men Have Loved Thee: A Song of France and The Long Way Home: A Song of France. Also included are book reviews of the publications; programs for lectures and slide presentations given by Geyer; and Ombres et Lumières de Troyes, which contains reproductions of Geyer's previously published etchings.

Dates

1941-1989
Majority of material found within 1941 - 1949

Creator

Geyer, Harold C.

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Harold C. Geyer, 1997.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1726

Additional Description

Overview

Biographical / Historical

Harold C. Geyer was born in Cold Springs, New York, in 1905. He received a B.A. (1926) and a B.F.A. (1930) from Yale University. In 1933 he travelled to France to study medieval architecture, remaining until 1934. The result of this sojourn was the publication of All Men Have Loved Thee: A Song of France (1941) and The Long Way Home: A Song of France (1949), both written and illustrated by him. The first of these autobiographical works focuses on the political and social unrest in France from 1933 to 1934 through the use of letters and drawings of an art student, and reproductions of Parisian newspaper stories. The second work, similar in format, continues up to the war, plus delves into the author's love of France, its history and architecture.