Toklas, Alice B., 1877-1967

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"It was a pleasant meeting with Mr. Tom Cochran yesterday. He admires Frederica and you enormously..."

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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.

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"Your letter came yesterday. I so wanted your address to be able to write to you apropos of the homage. But first I'll tell you about the hotels which I've just investigated..."

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"The whole miserable affair of the Met. and Gertrude's portrait has kept me so fussed and busy that I've had to put off writing to you until now...."

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"The new photograph of the Hommage has come- the drawing is finer than ever- it is movingly beautiful..."

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"There has been so much to do- that after all these days it is only now that I've time to write you a few lines. Allan Stein has been behaving annoyingly...."

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"So many thanks for the photographs. I am glad to have them not only for myself but to show to people- Joe Barry was naturally deeply interested and there will be others...."

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"My dears- Have you had a good trip. I do hope so. Only a few hours I'll be seeing you...."

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...

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Taken at Stein's summer home in Bilignin near Belley, France.