Toklas, Alice B., 1877-1967
Dates
- Existence: 1877-04-30 - 1967-03-07
Biography
Alice Babette Toklas was an American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century, and the life partner of American writer Gertrude Stein.
Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:
Alice B. Toklas correspondence
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.
Brion Gysin, 1950 - 1961
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.
Envelope addressed from Alice B. Toklas to Jack Dobbin [John E. "Jack" Dobbin], 1947
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.
Envelope addressed from Alice B. Toklas to John E. Dobbin, 1950-07-15
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.
Gertrude Stein stein
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.
Gertrude Stein stein
John E. "Jack" Dobbin, 1946 - 1966
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.
Letter from Alice B. Toklas to Brion Gysin, 1951-01-01
"Weeks and weeks ago I was going to write- and told you that your winter [?] was being taken to you by friends of Natalie Barney...."
Letter from Alice B. Toklas to Brion Gysin, 1951-08-03
"Often I talk of you and think of you always but haven't told you so because my days are passed..."
Letter from Alice B. Toklas to Brion Gysin, 1951-10-07
"First there was your nice one and a half long letter and there was a half one and then just two days ago Max White unexpectedly returned with all kinds of news of you so you do not seem quite so far away..."