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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874-02-03 - 1946-07-27

Biography

American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.

Found in 47 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

Barney, Natalie Clifford, 1955

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.4
Scope and Contents

Ellmann's interview notes; signed typescript with a handwritten note of Barney's foreword to As Fine as Melanctha by Gertrude Stein; Ellmann's letter of thanks for the typescript; transcription of a letter from Joyce to Barney (1920 Aug 6); press cutting of an article by Barney.

Dates: 1955

Clippings and photocopies from newspapers and periodicals, typed copies, etc. by and about Gertrude Stein, 1896-1951

 Collection
Identifier: PS3537.T323 S74 1950z
Content Description

v.1, Sept. 1896-Feb. 1937.--v.2, Apr. 1937-Jan. 1951 (4 p. & card (?) missing)

Dates: 1896 - 1951

Gertrude Stein annotated photographs and ephemera, 1925-1958

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-005
Scope and Contents Artificially assembled collection consists of 70 annotated snapshots of Gertrude Stein and her friends, Georges Hugnet (poet) and Eugene Berman, taken between 1925-1929, at her summer home in Bilignin near Belley, France. Views include: Berman at work on a painting. Most of the snapshots are 2 1/2 by 2 inches, with a few slightly larger. 20 of the snapshots are annotated by Stein on the versos. Gertrude Stein appears in 31 of these casual snapshots. Others show views of the Stein...
Dates: 1925 - 1958

Gertrude Stein stein

 Item
Identifier: 1977-013
Content Description

Ceramic drinking mug, manufactured by Fitz and Floyd, designed in the form of Gertrude Stein's face with a miniature figure of Alice B. Toklas seated on the mug handle.

Dates: 1976

Letter from [Ellsworth Mason] to Laura Jackson, 1971-09-05

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 1976.004.1.7.017
Scope and Contents

"The purpose of this letter is to set forth as fully as I can my proposal for the article on the Seizin Press, with a suggestion as to how you would contribute to the article, with some estimate of time scheme. Secondly, I want to clear my files of notes to you I have piled up during your last three letters."

Dates: 1971-09-05

Letter from Laura Jackson to Ellsworth Mason, 1971-09-11, 1969-06-23

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 1976.004.1.7.019
Scope and Contents "I had only understood that you, as a person of bibliographical interests, with literary interests attendant on these, and a love of collecting, had made yourself into a collector of Robert Graves' writings. Further, where someone comes into friendly relations with me who has some background of professional connection with the Graves-work subject, I am no censor of the person's past, or unarrestable or irremovable continuance of the past into the present.".......
Dates: 1971-09-11; 1969-06-23