Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874-02-03 - 1946-07-27
Biography
American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.
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
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
Natalie Clifford Barney - Romaine Brooks correspondence, 1920-1969
Collection
Identifier: 1987-005
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the correspondence between Natalie Clifford Barney and Romaine Brooks (Goddard), beginning in 1920 and continuing until 1969. There are a total of 633 letters, most of which are at least two pages in length and accompanied by the original mailing envelopes. There are 271 letters from Brooks to Barney, and 362 from Barney to Brooks. Brooks and Barney spent the war years together in Florence, Italy, thus accounting for the gap in the correspondence at that time. The...
Dates:
1920 - 1969