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Alexis Lykiard - Jean Rhys archive, 1969-1976
Collection
Identifier: 2015-052
Scope and Contents
Letters from Jean Rhys to Alexis Lykiard; photographs and snapshots featuring Jean Rhys to be used for proposed photo-illustrations for Lykiard's book, Jean Rhys Revisited; 3 audio cassette recording of ; and 2 video tapes (content unknown).
Dates:
1969 - 1976
Ben Byrnes collection of James David Martin WWI-era papers
Item
Identifier: 2013-016
Content Description
Miscellaneous collection of World War I letters, some service record materials, and personal papers.
Dates:
1917 - 1941
Bert Hebbes WWI letters, 1916-1920
Collection
Identifier: 2007-017
Content Description
A personal archive of a WWI Rifleman stationed in Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Sudan between 1916 - 1920. Comprises primarily of correspondence written to and from Bert Hebbes. Over 240 long detailed letters from Bert Hebbes to his mother, father, and siblings with sketches and drawing throughout, including 4 letters with stunning watercolor drawings. Contains 50 letters written from his mother, siblings, and friends. Also included are over 40 newspaper clippings and 21...
Dates:
1916 - 1920
Corinna Haven Putnam and Joseph Lindon Smith WWI archive, 1914-1958
Collection
Identifier: 2009-038
Scope and Contents
Catalog of World War I archive of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith of material gathered while preparing their work Rising above the Ruins in France.
These materials are in English and French.
Dates:
1914 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1921
Cyril Vernon Connolly papers, 1912-1974
Collection
Identifier: 1976-002
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection was begun in 1976 with the acquisition of Connolly's library, which contained some manuscript materials. Gradually, further manuscripts and Connolly specific books were added. Literary critic, editor of Horizon magazine, and writer, these papers document Connolly's life and career
Dates:
1912 - 1974
Paul and Lucie Léon collection of James Joyce, 1920-1971
Collection
Identifier: 1984-005
Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence between Paul and/or Lucie Léon and James Joyce and other friends, colleagues, and fellow Joyceans; page proofs for Finnegan’s Wake and page proofs for James Joyce and Paul Léon (listed separately in the McFarlin bibliographic catalog), the Story of a Friendship by Lucie Léon Noël; over 60 photographs and photo-negatives of James Joyce, the Léons, colleagues and friends, and Joyce family members; and a blue/white striped tie once belonging to James Joyce, a...
Dates:
1920 - 1971
Perry Douglas Erwin WWI-era letters, 1918-1919
Collection
Identifier: 2007-009
Scope and Contents
Perry Douglas Erwin was a soldier during World War I who was stationed at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma. During his time as a lieutenant in the 9th Field Artillery during World War I his wife wrote to him nearly every day. The Erwin letters, dating January 1918 through January 1919, consist primarily of (173) letters from Erwin's wife, Vivian (living in Oswego, Kansas) to Erwin (stationed at Fort Still, Oklahoma and other locations); other correspondents include Erwin's sisters Harriet, Dorothy,...
Dates:
1918 - 1919
Richard R. Centing collecton of Anna Kavan, 1943-1991
Collection
Identifier: 1992-008
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typed letters and postcards from various individuals who knew Kavan (including 5 handwritten letters from Rhys Davies and a typed letter from Raymond B. Marriott); photocopied or excised short stories, articles about Kavan, and bibliographic information, all from various sources; and reprints of photographs of Kavan and two of Kavan's paintings. This material was accumulated by Richard R. Centing (Ohio State University) while researching a proposed biography of...
Dates:
1943 - 1991
Siegfried Sassoon collection, 1919-1955
Collection
Identifier: 1981-001
Scope and Contents
This is an artificial collection comprised from several purchases. It includes correspondence, dating from 1931 to 1934, between Sassoon and Thomas Balston of Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., Morchard Bishop, Raymond Mortimer and Arthur Waley, as well as writings including 8 individual autograph poems, a galley proof of This Glib Garland (1931), and drafts, mock-up, and proof copy of Poems by Pinchbeck Lyre (1931). Also included is a 1920 studio portrait of Sassoon inscribed to him by J.B....
Dates:
1919 - 1955