Gysin, Brion, 1916-1986
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1916-01-19 - 1986-07-13
Biography
Painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist, and inventor.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Alice B. Toklas correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 1977-001
Scope and Contents
Consists of 89 handwritten letters and postcards, and 1 telegram to John E. Dobbin, Brion Gysin, and Sir Francis and Frederica Rose. Also included is one typed letter (as secretary to Gertrude Stein) to John Hinsdale Thompson.
Dates:
1933 - 1961
Anais Nin papers, 1969-1992
Item
Identifier: 1988-010
Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence between Nin and colleagues and between her publisher, Peter Owen and others, particularly her literary agent, Gunther Stuhlmann. Also included is Nin's typescript draft of her essay, "On Writing, Writer and Symbols," a transcription of Nin's introduction to Anna Kavan's Ice, as well as draft introductions to Ladders to fire and Children of the albatross and a preface to Cities of the interior, all written by Gunther Stuhlmann.
Dates:
1969 - 1992
Miscellaneous literary manuscripts, correspondence and photographs
Collection
Identifier: 1981-010
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection that consists of single and/or small groups of letters, small groups of related literary materials, individual or small groups of manuscripts such as poems and similar individual pieces which were deemed at one time to be of sufficient bulk to be placed into separate collections. These materials were acquired independently of larger collections. The period covered is primarily the first half or so of the twentieth century, but there are selected items dating well...
Dates:
1862 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1970
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