Box: 1 Fold: 1 George Adam Box: 1 Fold: 2 Gerald Antoine Box: 1 Fold: 3 Hannah Arendt Box: 1 Fold: 4 Roger Asselineau Box: 1 Fold: 5 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 6 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 7 Josephine Baker
Box: 1 Fold: 8 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 9 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 10 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 11 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 12 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 13 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 14 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 15 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 16 Josephine Baker Box: 1 Fold: 17 Helene Baltrusaitis Box: 1 Fold: 18 Natalie C. Barney Box: 1 Fold: 19 Carmen Barreda Box: 1 Fold: 20 Luigi Barzini Box: 1 Fold: 21 Albert Beguin Box: 1 Fold: 22 Pierre de Benouville Box: 1 Fold: 23 Eugene Berman Box: 1 Fold: 24 Rene Bertele Box: 1 Fold: 24.1 Celia Bertin Box: 1 Fold: 25 Simon Michael Bessie Box: 1 Fold: 26 Barry Bingham Box: 1 Fold: 27 Barry Bingham Box: 1 Fold: 28 Barry Bingham Box: 1 Fold: 29 Barry Bingham Box: 1 Fold: 30 Barry Bingham Box: 1 Fold: 31 Barry Bingham Box: 1 Fold: 32 Barry Bingham Box: 1 Fold: 33 Barry Bingham Box: 1 Fold: 34 Barry Bingham Box: 1 Fold: 35 Roger Bodard Box: 1 Fold: 36 Claude Bourdet Box: 1 Fold: 37 Gerard Boutelleau Box: 1 Fold: 38 Jenny Bradley (Mrs. William Aspinwall Bradley) Box: 1 Fold: 39 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 40 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 41 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 42 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 43 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 44 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 45 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 46 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 47 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 48 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 49 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 50 Brassai (Gyula Halasz)
February 1948
DESCRIPTION: TLS (2/12/1948, 1 page, in French) from writer George Adam to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon reply from Brown (2/27/1948, in English & French). References to a book by Adam, "...mi-plaisante, mi-serieuse de mon voyage en Amerique..."; Adam's interest in finding an American publisher/journal for future articles on French culture.
February-March 1989
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (2/23/1989 w/ envelope, 2 pages/1 leaf & 3/13/1989 w/ envelope, 2 pages/1 leaf, in French) from French author Gerald Antoine (1915- ) to John L. Brown. Includes autograph draft & typed carbon reply from Brown (2/28/1989, in French and English). References to a recent book by Antoine on Paul Claudel (1868-1955).
March 1964
DESCRIPTION: TLS (3/27/1964, 1 page) from writer Hannah Arendt (1906-75) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon reply from Brown (3/31/1964). References to an invitation to Arendt to lecture at the Colegio de Mexico.
July 1983
DESCRIPTION: ALS (7/18/1983 w/ envelope, 3 pages/2 leaves, in French) from French writer Roger Asselineau (1915- ) to John L. Brown. Reference to Brown's article, "V.S. Naipaul: A Wager on the Triumph of Blackness" (World Literature Today, Spring 1983).
December 1946
DESCRIPTION: ALS (12/5/1946, 2 pages/1 leaf, in English) from singer Josephine Baker (1906-75) to John L. Brown. Includes 2 carbons from Brown (12/2/1946 & 12/7/1946). References to publication in U.S. of Baker's memoirs, with Brown's proposal for publication by Allene Talmey of chapters in "Vogue."
March-August 1947
DESCRIPTION: ALS (8/10/1947, 6 pages/4 leaves, in English & French) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. Includes 2 typed carbons from Brown (3/11/1947 & 8/18/1947). References to Baker's success on stage in Buenos Aires and possibilities for a film on Baker.
August 1947
DESCRIPTION: TLS (8/26/1947, 1 page) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon from Brown (8/31/1947). References to racial issues and reaction of MGM to proposed film on Baker.
September-October 1947
DESCRIPTION: ALS (9/4/1947, 4 pages/3 leaves) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (10/18/1947). References to various concert engagements.
September 1947
DESCRIPTION: TLS (09/09/1947, 1 page) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (09/17/1947). References to publication possibilities for Baker's memoirs.
October 1947
DESCRIPTION: ALS (10/4/1947, 5 pages/5 leaves) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (10/4/1947 & 10/10/1947). References to Baker's appearances in the U.S., and to the proposed publication of her autobiography/memoirs.
October 1947
DESCRIPTION: ALS (10/15/1947, 5 pages/4 leaves) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. References to Baker's continuing South American concert tour with husband Jo Bouillon.
October 1947
DESCRIPTION: ALS (10/29/1947, 3 pages/3 leaves) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. References to arrival and concert in Mexico as part of her South American tour.
November 1947
DESCRIPTION: ALS (11/5/1947, 4 pages/2 leaves) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. References to continuing South American tour.
November 1947
DESCRIPTION: ALS (11/10/1947, 2 pages/1 leaf) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (11/24/1947 & 11/28/1947). References to MGM's refusal to do a proposed film on Baker; proposed engagements in the U.S.; and news from Brown on De Gaulle and political situation in France.
December 1947
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (12/3/1947, 3 pages/2 leaves; and 12/4/1947, 3 pages/2 leaves) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (12/9/1947). References to Boston debut and prospective concerts in U.S.
March 1938
DESCRIPTION: ALS (3/2/1948, 2 pages/1 leaf) from Josephine Baker to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (Good Friday evening 1948). References by Baker to spending time in France in the company of Cristina and Filippo Geoto; and by Brown to post World War Two situation in the U.S.
June 1968
DESCRIPTION: ALS (6/20/1968 w/ envelope, 2 pages/1 leaf) from Helen Baltrusaitis, daughter of art historian H. Focillon, wife of Jurgis Baltrusaitis, art critic and president of Lithuania in exile. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (6/29/1968). References to De Gaulle and political situation in France and internationally. Baltrusaitis also mentions temporary closing of an exhibition in Paris by Loren Frankenberg due to strikes at the museum/gallery. Brown mentions meeting Martha Graham at the International Festival of the Dance held as part of the Olympic Cultural Program in Mexico.
October 1968
DESCRIPTION: ALS (10/10/1968 w/ envelope, 2 pages/1 leaf) from writer Natalie C. Barney (1878-1972) to John L. Brown. Reference to visit of Jean de Taurines and wife to Mexico, as well as to David Bruce.
1964-1989
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALS (5/7/1964, 8/15/1969, 3/29/1989) from Carmen Barreda, director, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Mexico. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (9/25/1969). References to completion of Brown's book of verse, "Numina" (1969), and to his teaching at the Catholic University of America.
December 1964
DESCRIPTION: ALS (12/5/1964 w/ envelope, 2 pages/1 leaf) from writer Luigi Barzini (1908-84) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (10/10/1964). References to Barzini's sojourn at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and to meetings there with Paul Horgan and Edmund Wilson, among others.
1955
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALS (2/18/1955 w/ envelope, 4 pages/3 leaves; 3/21/1955 1 page; & undated) from writer Albert Beguin (1901-57) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (3/18/1955). References to Paul Louis Georges Bernanos and Emmet Lavery.
November 1946
DESCRIPTION: TLS (11/29/1946, 1 page) from French journalist Pierre de Benouville (1914- ) to John L. Brown. Reference to postponement of an interview.
October 1962
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (10/12/1962 w/ envelope, 5 pages/3 leaves; and undated, 2 pages/1 leaf) from artist Eugene Berman (1889-1972) to John L. Brown. A lengthy farewell letter to Brown on his departure from the U.S. Embassy in Rome. Reference also to commission to design for the production of "Otello" by the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
1957-68
DESCRIPTION: ALS (1/2/1957 w/ envelope, 2 pages/1 leaf) from French publisher Rene Bertele to John L. Brown. Includes printed interview of Bertele, inscribed to Brown (11/14/1968).
2/2/1969
DESCRIPTION: TLS (2/2/1969 w/ envelope) from novelist Celia Bertin to John L. Brown. Reference by Bertin to arrival at Tufts University, Massachusetts, to teach the modern novel.
October 1953
DESCRIPTION: TLS (10/20/1953) from journalist Simon Michael Bessie (1916- ) to John L. Brown. Reference to Brown's departure from France, and to his book, "Panorama de la litterature contemporaine aux Etats-Unis" (1954).
November-December 1950
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS (11/1/1950, 2 pages/1 leaf; and 12/18/1950, 2 pages/1 leaf) from Barry Bingham (1906-88), president of the "Courier-Journal Louisiana Times." Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (12/7/1950). References to locating a repository for the "several hundred volumes" on Joan of Arc collected by Bingham's father.
July-October 1952
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS (7/14/1952, 2 pages/1 leaf; and 10/21/1953, 2 pages/1 leaf) from Barry Bingham to John L. Brown. References to U.S. presidential elections and Dwight D. Eisenhower, as well as to Helen Paull Kirkpatrick.
May-August 1954
DESCRIPTION: Telegram (5/14/1954); TLS (5/14/1954, 1 page); ALS (8/15/1954, 4 pages/2 leaves) from Barry Bingham to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (5/22/1954 w/ typed/corrected draft; 8/21/1954). References by Bingham to Roger Straus' (publisher) interest in producing a book by Genevieve Terraube; and by Brown on experiences in Brussels, Belgium, and to reading poetry by friend Henri Michaux.
1955-56
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (1/27/1955, 2 pages/1 leaf; and 4/26/1956 w/ envelope, 4 pages/2 leaves) from Barry Bingham to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (3/5/1955). References by Bingham to Brown's book, "Panorama de la litterature contemporaine aux Etats-Unis" (1954), as well as to the U.S. presidential elections and Adlai Stevenson and Averell Harriman; and Brown's references to Thomas Merton, Roger Bodard, and Helen Kirkpatrick.
1957-58
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (5/16/1957 w/ envelope, 2 pages/1 leaf; 1/10/1958 2 pages/1 leaf) from Barry Bingham to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (5/19/1957 & 1/24/1958). References by Bingham to writer Kay (Katherine Murphy) Halle and by Brown to Nicola Chiaramonte, editor of Italian journal "Tempo Presente."
1960-61
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (10/3/1960 w/ envelope, 3 pages/2 leaves; 4/25/1961, 2 pages/1 leaf) from Barry Bingham to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (10/6/1960 & 5/5/1961). References by Brown to publication preparation for his book "Hemingway" (Paris: Gallimard, 1967), and for a collection of verse, "Another Language" (Milan: Il Pesce d'Oro, 1961), as well as to Milton Eisenhower.
1963
DESCRIPTION: ALS (1/5/1963 3 pages/2 leaf); TLS (3/8/1963, 1 page) from Barry Bingham to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (3/4/1963). References to meeting each at in Louisville, Kentucky.
1966-67
DESCRIPTION: TLS (4/26/1966, 1 page); ALS (12/26/1967 w/ envelope, 2 pages/1 leaf) from Barry Bingham to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (5/12/1966). References by Bingham to inviting Andre Malraux to speak at the University of Louisville, and to meeting Katherine Anne Porter on a similar occasion.
1968
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS undated Christmas card; ALS (1/6/1968 w/ envelope 2 pages/1 leaf) from Barry Bingham to John L. Brown. Includes ALS (4/9/1968 w/ envelope, 3 pages/1 folio) from Mary Bingham to John L. Brown. Also includes typed carbons from Brown (1/13/1968). References by Brown to visit of sculptor Alexander Calder to Mexico.
1955
DESCRIPTION: ALS (4/1/1955, 2 pages/1 leaf, in French) from Belgian writer Roger Bodard to John L. Brown. References to Bodard's visit to the U.S. and his impressions, especially of Washington, D.C.
1952
DESCRIPTION: TLS (11/12/1952, 1 page, in French) from French journalist Claude Bourdet (1909- ) to John L. Brown. References to French-U.S. foreign relations.
1948
DESCRIPTION: ALS (6/19/1948, 4 pages/2 leaves, in French) from French critic and publisher Gerard Boutelleau, son of writer Jacques Chardonne. Includes typed carbon(s) from John L. Brown (6/28/1948). References to publication possibility of novelist Anya Seton by Boutelleau's publishing house; and to novelist Howard Hunt.
1956-1970
DESCRIPTION: TLS (4/8/1957, 1 page); ACS postcard (3/21/1970); TLS (10/19/1970, 1 page) from Jenny Bradley (1886-1983) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from John L. Brown (4/11/1956, 4/4/1970, All Saints 1970). References to publication of Brown's book, "Hemingway."
1/26/1954
DESCRIPTION: ALS (1/26/1954, 1 page w/ envelope) from artist & photographer Brassai (1899-1984) to John L. Brown. References to Brown's book, "Panorama de la litterature contemporaine aux Etats-Unis" (1954), and to one by Brassai, "Seville en Fete" (1954).
11/13/1960
DESCRIPTION: TLS (11/13/1960, 1 page, in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. References to exhibitions by Brassai.
1/22/1962
DESCRIPTION: TLS (1/22/1962 w/ envelope, 1 page, in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. References to prospective visit from Brown and to success of the former's ongoing exhibition.
10/2/1968
DESCRIPTION: TLS (10/2/1968 w/ envelope, 1 page in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. References by Brassai to prospective visit to New York for upcoming exhibition of his works.
10/22/1968
DESCRIPTION: TLS (10/22/1968 w/ envelope, 1 page in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. References to exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1968
DESCRIPTION: Announcement card for showing of works by Brassai at La Boetie, Inc., New York (November 12-27, 1968). Includes ANS from Brassai to John L. Brown.
11/6/1968
DESCRIPTION: TLS (11/6/1968 w/ envelope, 1 page, in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. References to meeting and dining in New York with Peter Pollack (1909-78) and Alfred H. Barr, Jr. (1902-81).
11/07/1968
DESCRIPTION: TLS (11/7/1968 w/ envelope, 1 page, in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown inviting him to join him for dinner.
11/15/1968
DESCRIPTION: ALS (11/15/1968 w/ envelope, 1 page, in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. More news on the opening of the New York exhibition by La Boetie, Inc.
11/24/1968
DESCRIPTION: ALS (11/24/1968 w/ envelope, 1 page, in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. Reference to meeting with Richard Seaver of Grove Press to discuss publication of a book by Brassai.
2/3/1975
DESCRIPTION: TLS (2/3/1975, 1 page, in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. References to problems with the "Paris Review," which published photographs of Brassai's works without his permission.
3/12/1976
DESCRIPTION: TLS (3/12/1976, 1 page, in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. References by Brassai to writing his book, "The Secret Paris of the Thirties" (New York: Pantheon Books, 1976), and to an offer by Jacqeline Bernard (1921-83) to read it.
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