Box: 1 Fold: 1 German Arciniegas Box: 1 Fold: 2 Kay Boyle Box: 1 Fold: 3 Sylvia Beach Box: 1 Fold: 4 Sylvia Beach Box: 1 Fold: 5 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 6 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) - Newspaper clippings about Box: 1 Fold: 7 David K. Bruce Box: 1 Fold: 8 Marguerite Caetani Box: 1 Fold: 9 Jean Carrive Box: 1 Fold: 10 Gilbert Cesbron Box: 1 Fold: 11 Dr. Michel Chrestien Box: 1 Fold: 12 Marie Clews Box: 1 Fold: 12.1 Henry Steele Commager Box: 1 Fold: 13 John Dos Passos Box: 1 Fold: 14 John Dos Passos Box: 1 Fold: 15 Pierre-Louis Flouquet Box: 1 Fold: 16 Anne Fremantle Box: 1 Fold: 17 Anne Fremantle Box: 1 Fold: 18 Michel de Ghelderode Box: 1 Fold: 18.1 Robert Goffin Box: 1 Fold: 19 Julian Green Box: 1 Fold: 20 Paul Horgan Box: 1 Fold: 21 Buffie Johnson & Gerald Sykes Box: 1 Fold: 22 Alfred Knopf Box: 1 Fold: 23 Jacques Maritain Box: 1 Fold: 24 Jacques Maritain Box: 1 Fold: 25 Carson McCullers Box: 1 Fold: 26 Lilian MacKendrick Box: 1 Fold: 27 Henri Michaux Box: 1 Fold: 28 Darius Milhaud Box: 1 Fold: 29 Marianne Moore Box: 1 Fold: 30 Marianne Moore Box: 1 Fold: 31 Marianne Moore Box: 1 Fold: 32 Marianne Moore Box: 2 Fold: 1 Pierre Nothomb Box: 2 Fold: 2 Justin O'Brien Box: 2 Fold: 3 Katherine Anne Porter Box: 2 Fold: 4 Katherine Anne Porter Box: 2 Fold: 5 Katherine Anne Porter (Photograph) Box: 2 Fold: 6 James Purdy Box: 2 Fold: 7 James Purdy Box: 2 Fold: 8 James Purdy Box: 2 Fold: 9 James Purdy Box: 2 Fold: 9.1 Irene Rice-Perrera Box: 2 Fold: 10 Hans Richter Box: 2 Fold: 11 Hans Richter
@ 1. August 19, 1959
@ 2. March 9, 1963
@ 3. May 6, 1963
@ 4. June 24, 1963
Box: 2 Fold: 12 Giovanni Scheiwiller Box: 2 Fold: 13 Marcelle Sibon Box: 2 Fold: 14 Wallace Stevens Box: 2 Fold: 15 Dorothea Tanning Box: 2 Fold: 16 Allen Tate
Letter dated: October 8, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS from German Arciniegas (1900- ) to John L. Brown, in Italian, on letterhead from the Colombian embassy in Rome.
Letter dated: February 6, 1963
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + envelope from Kay Boyle (1902-1992) to John L. Brown: "Thank you for your words of welcome..." Includes reference to their first meeting in liberated France of 1946.
Letters dated: 1/20/1958 & 1/22/1958
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS (1/20/1958) from Sylvia Beach (1887-1962) to John L. Brown re preparing a talk on the publication by Shakespeare and Company of James Joyce's "Ulysses," and conflicting interest with a chapter on Joyce in the forthcoming publication of her memoirs. Includes typed carbon reply from Brown (1/22/1958): "...of course, as I explained to you...you were free to talk about any subject you liked. Even the printed title in the program did not oblige you to talk about Joyce -- it could have very legitimately treated your memories of French writers you knew at the period when Shakespeare and Co. published "Ulysses." And this subject would have pleased our public just as much as a talk about Joyce..."
Letter(s) dated: 1/23/1958 & 1/26/1958
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS (1/23/1958) from Sylvia Beach to John L. Brown re rescheduling her talk in Brussels. Reference also to seeing the gravesite of Emile Verhaeren (1855-1916) with thanks to Brown for arranging the visit. Includes typed carbon reply (1/26/1958) from Brown.
c.New Year's 1963
DESCRIPTION: Black-and-white photograph of Eiffel Tower(?) by Brassai (1899-1984), inscribed to his wife Gilberte-Mercedes Boyer, with New Year's wishes for 1963.
October to November 1960
DESCRIPTION: Contain clippings of articles about Brassai from French newspapers. Includes autograph card from Ursula Hatje to unidentified man (in French) presenting her regrets at not being able to accept an invitation.
Letter dated: February 2, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + envelope from David K. Bruce to John Brown.
Letter date incomplete: December 23, 19?
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + envelope (postmark torn away) from Marguerite Caetani to John Brown. Includes reference to Allen Tate.
Letter dated: December 27, 1956
DESCRIPTION: 1 ACS postcard from Jean Carrive (in French) to John L. Brown.
undated
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS from Gilbert Cesbron (1913- ) to John L. Brown (in French).
Postmarked 4/27/1960
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + envelope (in French) from Dr. Michel Chrestien to John Brown.
Letter dated: March 7, 1959
DESCRIPTION: 1 ACS postcard from Marie Clews to John Brown.
Letter dated: August 23, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS from historian and educator Henry Steele Commager to John L. Brown. Signed "Felix." Writing from his teaching post at Cambridge University, England. Reference to attending a conference of the European American Studies Association held that week at Cambridge and meeting Jean Baptiste Duroselle (1917- ). Reference also to author Dorothea Krook and the recent publication of her book on Henry James, "The Ordeal of consciousness in Henry James," (Cambridge University Press, 1962).
Letter dated: January 2, 1946
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + envelope from John Dos Passos (1896-1970) to John L. Brown with reference to the publication of his work in French translation.
Letters dated: 5/17/1946 & 6/21/1946
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS from John Dos Passos to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon reply from Brown with references to Adrienne Mennier and to Sylvia Beach.
Letter dated: August 11, 1959
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + envelope from Pierre-Louis Flouquet to John Brown with reference to the Biennales Internationales de Poesie in Brussels.
Letter dated: January 30, 1966
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS from Anne Fremantle to John L. Brown.
Letter dated: February 22, 1966
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS + envelope from Anne Fremantle to John L. Brown.
Letter dated: June 3, 1956
DESCRIPTION: 1 ACS postcard from Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) to John Brown.
Letter dated: December 27, 1965
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS + postmarked envelope from poet Robert Goffin (1898- ) to John L. Brown (in French). Reference to reading Yeats with interest. Also invites Brown to write the preface to his new book tentatively entitled, "Robert Goffin, Poete du Jazz et de l'Amerique."
Letter dated: July 29, 1952
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope from Julian Green (1900- ) to John L. Brown (in French).
Letter dated: June 15, 1966
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope from Paul Horgan (1903- ) to John Brown. Reference to Anne Fremantle.
Letters dated: 12/14/1960 & 2/14/1966
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS + postmarked envelopes from Buffie Johnson to John Brown. Letter postmarked 12/14/1960 includes ANS from Gerald Sykes.
Letter dated: November 21, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS from Alfred Knopf, publisher, to John Brown. On letterhead stationery of Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated.
Letter dated: December 23, 1951
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope from Jacques Maritain to John Brown.
Letter dated: July 23, 1952
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope (in French) from Jacques Maritain to John Brown.
Letters dated: 5/1/1946 & 5/11/1946
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS from Carson McCullers (1917-1967) to John L. Brown with reference to the French translation of her works. Includes typed carbon reply from John Brown (5/11/1946).
Letter dated: September 5, 1964
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope from Lilian MacKendrick to John L. Brown. Stationery bears original ink drawing by MacKendrick.
June 1951
DESCRIPTION: Printed notice of an exhibition of works by Henri Michaux (1899-1984) at the Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris, June 21, 1951. Includes postmarked envelope addressed to John Brown and family.
undated
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + envelope (not postmarked) from Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) to John Brown.
Letter dated: August 25, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope from Marianne Moore (1887-1972) to John L. Brown and family.
Postmarked July 12, 1963
DESCRIPTION: 1 ACS with postmarked envelope from Marianne Moore to John L. Brown.
Letter dated: July 25, 1963
DESCRIPTION: 1 ACS + postmarked envelope from Marianne Moore to John L. Brown.
Letter dated: August 16, 1963
DESCRIPTION: 1 ACS postcard to John B. Brown from Marianne Moore.
Letter dated: May 26, 1958
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS from Pierre Nothomb (1887-1966) to John L. Brown (in French).
Letter dated: December 3, 1961
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS + postmarked envelope from Justin O'Brien (1906-1968) to John L. Brown.
Letter dated: June 17, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope from Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) to Simone Brown. Total 3 pages.
Letter dated: May 4, 1964
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope from Katherine Anne Porter to John L. Brown.
Easter 1963
DESCRIPTION: Color photograph of Katherine Anne Porter with autograph note and initials: "Easter in Rome 1963 K.A.P."
Letter dated: December 1, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS + postmarked envelope from James Purdy (1923- ) to John L. Brown. References to Purdy's works including, "Children is All," "63, Dream Palace," and "Color of Darkness: Eleven Stories and a Novella."
Letter dated: December 29, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS + postmarked envelope from James Purdy to John L. Brown.
Letter dated: January 3, 1963
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS + postmarked envelope from James Purdy to John L. Brown.
Letter dated: January 17, 1963
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS + postmarked envelope from James Purdy to John L. Brown.
Letter dated: March 30, 1967
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS + postmarked envelope from painter Irene Rice-Perrera to John L. Brown. Reference to her book on cosmology in Dante's work. Also reference to a work by Brown entitled, "Formal Logic of the Infinite."
Letter dated: October 2, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS from artist and writer Hans Richter (1888-1976) to John L. Brown.
Postmarks 1959-1963
DESCRIPTION: 4 ACS postcards from Hans Richter and wife Fridel. Postmarked as follows:
Letter dated: March 23, 1961
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope from art writer and publisher Giovanni Scheiwiller (1899- ) to John L. Brown. References to Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot. (In Italian.)
Letter dated: March 2, 1960
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS + postmarked envelope from Marcelle Sibon (in French) to John L. Brown.
Letter dated: February 27, 1953
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS from Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) to John L. Brown written on letterhead for the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company in Connecticut.
c.1959
DESCRIPTION: Printed card announcing a book by Rene Crevel entitled, "Accueil," illustrated by Dorothea Tanning. Includes autograph note signed by Tanning to John Brown, written on the card.
Letter dated: November 23, 1962
DESCRIPTION: 1 ACS postcard from Allen Tate (1899-1979) to John L. Brown.
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