Alice B. Toklas correspondence

Collection

Identifier: 1977-001

Staff Only

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

Creation: 1933 - 1961

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader. Most of this material is housed off-site and will require advance notice of 1 business day for use.

Use and Copyright

This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.

Biographical / Historical

Alice Babette Toklas (1877-1967) was Gertrude Stein's amanuensis and life partner from 1907 until Stein's death in 1946. She was overshadowed by Stein, and although Stein titled her autobiography, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas", Toklas became more popularly known in her own right after the publication of her memoir, the "Alice B. Toklas Cookbook" (1954).