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Beach, Sylvia, 1887-1962

 Person

Biography

Sylvia Beach, born Nancy Woodbridge Beach, was an American-born bookseller and publisher who lived most of her life in Paris, where she was one of the leading expatriate figures between World War I and II.

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Monnier, Adrienne, 1953

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.185
Scope and Contents

Exchange between Marie Monnier and Ellmann; Ellmann's notes from an interview with Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier.

Dates: 1953

Paul and Lucie Léon collection of James Joyce, 1920-1971

 Collection
Identifier: 1984-005
Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence between Paul and/or Lucie Léon and James Joyce and other friends, colleagues, and fellow Joyceans; page proofs for Finnegan’s Wake and page proofs for James Joyce and Paul Léon (listed separately in the McFarlin bibliographic catalog), the Story of a Friendship by Lucie Léon Noël; over 60 photographs and photo-negatives of James Joyce, the Léons, colleagues and friends, and Joyce family members; and a blue/white striped tie once belonging to James Joyce, a...
Dates: 1920 - 1971

Publications, 1956 - 1967

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.5
Scope and Contents

Includes: "Ulysses in Paris" by Sylvia Beach; "The Last Adventures of 'Ulysses'" by A. Walton Litz, appearing in The Princeton Univesity Library Chronicle, 1967; sales catalog of a collection of materials for sale from Beach's shop; "Joyce Comes to Rest in Lockwood Library", a promotional brochure for the Philip J. Wickser Colletion.

Dates: Publication: 1956 - 1967

Research material: Valery Larbaud

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.204

Rice, H.C., 1966-03-08

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.201
Scope and Contents

Rice provides Ellmann with information regarding Andre and Lucie Chamson and a letter from Beach to Joyce.

Dates: 1966-03-08

Shakespeare and Company, 1959-09-13

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.46

von Phul, Ruth, 1957 - 1966

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.219
Scope and Contents

Extensive exchange regarding von Phul's research and current projects; other related topics.

Dates: 1957 - 1966

Wasserstrom, William, 1958-10-23

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.239
Scope and Contents

Wasserstrom writes, in part: "...interestingly enough, the question you ask refers to matters I plan to make a good deal of in my book on The Dial...."

Dates: 1958-10-23

White, William, 1961

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.242
Scope and Contents

Includes White's notes on Shaw's letter to Sylvia Beach regarding Joyce; issue of The Shavian with White's essay "Irish Antitheses: Shaw and Joyce".

Dates: 1961