Sketchbooks -- United States -- 20th Century
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Don Byrd papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 967
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of correspondence, sketchbooks, notebooks, photographs, audiovisual materials, and other papers that document the work and social circle of poet Don Byrd. Notable correspondents include Charles Bernstein, Clayton Eshleman, Susan Howe, Gerrit Lansing, Paul Metcalf, and Jed Rasula. Photographs include color and black and white portraits of Byrd and other poets. Audiovisual materials consist of audiorecordings made by Byrd of poets including John Ashbery, Charles...
Dates:
1953-2010
Sheri Martinelli papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 868
Overview:
Correspondence, writings, artwork and objects, printed material, and sound recordings documenting the life and creative work of Sheri Martinelli and associated figures, including Ezra Pound. The correspondence includes Martinelli's letters with Pound, the poet H. D., and Charles Bukowski, as well as many other literary and artistic figures. The writings include selections of Pound's manuscript material from the Cantos, as well as Martinelli's extensive notes and notebooks. Paintings, sketches,...
Dates:
1905-1999
Bernard Perlin papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 849
Overview:
Correspondence, artwork, photographs, negatives, and other printed material.
Dates:
1940-2006
Max Walter commercial art for W. & J. Sloane
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 929
Overview:
The collection consists primarily of pen-and-wash drawings of furniture and home accessories drawn by Max Walter for the W. & J. Sloane company. The drawings depict a range of furniture and home furnishing styles available to the public and were featured in advertisements for W. & J. Sloane printed in newspapers and magazine. The drawings document changing styles in the American commercial domestic furniture industry in the middle decades of the twentieth century. Also found are...
Dates:
1934-1981