Box: 1 Fold: 51 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 52 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 53 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 54 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 55 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 56 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 57 Brassai (Gyula Halasz) Box: 1 Fold: 58 Gilberte Brassai Box: 1 Fold: 59 Gilberte Brassai Box: 1 Fold: 60 Benoit Braun Box: 1 Fold: 61 George Braziller Box: 1 Fold: 62 Adelyn D. Breeskin Box: 1 Fold: 63 Paul Brooks Box: 1 Fold: 64 Shepherd Brooks Box: 1 Fold: 65 Francis Brown Box: 1 Fold: 66 David K.E. Bruce
TLS 6/15/1948
ALS 2/3/1955
ALS 7/4/1955
TLS 7/17/1957
TLS 5/14/1968 w/ envelope
TLS 6/11/1968 w/ envelope
Card w/ envelope (signed & postmarked 12/30/1974)
TLS 9/21/1977 w/ envelope
Includes typed carbons from Brown. Reference(s) to fellow U.S. State Department colleagues including Dean Acheson, Fulton Freeman, as well as to writers Natalie Barney and Kay Halle.
Box: 1 Fold: 67 Jerome S. Bruner
TLS 10/21/1945
TLS 12/12/1945
TLS 1/17/1946
TLS 3/7/1946
TLS 9/9/1946
ALS 12/16/1959
Includes typed carbons from Brown. Reference(s) to joint work with Brown on "Report on France" (1946), and to Bruner's work, "On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand" (Harvard University Press, 1962). Also references by Bruner to granddaughters of Georg Simmel and Sigmund Freud (Sophie Freud), as well as to Malcolm Cowley.
Box: 1 Fold: 68 Marguerite Caetani
1/18/1956 w/ envelope
5/6/1957 w/ envelope
11/3/1957 w/ envelope
2/8/1958 w/ envelope
Includes typed carbons from John L. Brown. Reference(s) to obtaining U.S. exposure for "Botteghe oscure."
Box: 1 Fold: 68.1 John Cage Box: 1 Fold: 69 James M. Cain
Box: 1 Fold: 70 Albert Camus Box: 1 Fold: 71 Gilbert Cesbron
4/21/1947, 2 pages/2 leaves
3/6/1948, 2 pages/1 leaf
3/30/1948, 1 page
7/1948, 2 pages/1 leaf
12/15/1969 w/ envelope, 2 pages/1 leaf
Includes typed carbons from Brown. Reference(s) to U.S. publication of Cesbron's works.
Box: 1 Fold: 72 Marc Chagall Box: 1 Fold: 73 Georges Charensol Box: 1 Fold: 74 Carlos Chavez Box: 1 Fold: 75 Julia & Paul Child Box: 1 Fold: 76 Marie Clews
10/19/1953 w/ envelope
6/26/1954
8/23/1954
Includes typed carbons from Brown. Appreciation expressed by Clews for Brown's assistance in obtaining French government support for La Napoule Art Foundation Henry Clews Memorial.
Box: 1 Fold: 77 Marie Clews Box: 1 Fold: 78 Marie Clews
6/29/1956 w/ envelope
10/28/1956
12/7/1956 w/ envelope
12/11/1956 w/ envelope
Includes typed carbon from Brown (Christmas evening, 1956). Reference(s) to Clews activities for La Napoule Art Foundation.
Box: 1 Fold: 79 Marie Clews
7/1/1957 w/ envelope
10/11/1958
10/29/1958
Telegram 10/30/1958
Includes printed invitation to an exhibition of works by Henry Clews (La Napoule Art Foundation-Henry Clews Memorial, Chateau de La Napoule, near Cannes, June 15-30 1959). Also includes typed carbon and telegram from Brown.
Box: 1 Fold: 80 Elliott Coleman Box: 1 Fold: 81 Henry Steele Commager Box: 1 Fold: 82 Henry Steele Commager Box: 1 Fold: 83 Henry Steele Commager Box: 1 Fold: 84 Henry Steele Commager Box: 1 Fold: 85 Henry Steele Commager Box: 1 Fold: 86 Henry Steele Commager Box: 1 Fold: 87 Thomas Mabry Cranfill Box: 1 Fold: 88 Nancy Cunard Box: 1 Fold: 89 Mina Curtiss Box: 2 Fold: 1 Anita Daniel Box: 2 Fold: 2 Jacques Delacretelle Box: 2 Fold: 3 George Dillon
Box: 2 Fold: 4 John Dos Passos Box: 2 Fold: 5 Dominique Dubarle Box: 2 Fold: 6 Pierre Emmanuel Box: 2 Fold: 7 Angna Enters Box: 2 Fold: 8 Angna Enters Box: 2 Fold: 9 Angna Enters Box: 2 Fold: 10 Bernard Fay Box: 2 Fold: 11 Paul Flamand
9/9/1976
DESCRIPTION: TLS (9/9/1976 w/ envelope, 1 page, in French) from Brassai to John L. Brown. Includes autograph signed addendum from Gilberte Brassai. Reference to Brassai's book, "The Secret Paris of the Thirties" translated into English by Richard Miller (New York: Pantheon Books, 1976).
9/16/1976
DESCRIPTION: Announcement card for the exhibition opening and publication of "The Secret Paris of the Thirties" by Brassai (New York: Pantheon Books, 1976).
1977
DESCRIPTION: TLS (3/3/1977 w/ envelope, 1 page) from Brassai to John L. Brown. Includes enclosed TLS from Gilberte Brassai. Also includes typed carbon(s) from John L. Brown (3/8/1977). References to success of Brassai's book, "The Secret Paris of the Thirties" (1976); and to an invitation to speak at MIT.
5/2/1977
DESCRIPTION: TLS (5/2/1977 w/ envelope, 1 page) from Brassai to John L. Brown. Includes inscribed printed transcript of speech by Pierre DeHaye, Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur, on the occasion of nominating Brassai to the Order.
5/18/1977
DESCRIPTION: Printed invitation card to illustrated lecture by Brassai at the Maison Francaise, Columbia University, New York (May 18, 1977). Includes envelope and reservation card.
1/28/1978
DESCRIPTION: ACS postcard w/ envelope (1/20/1978) from Brassai to John L. Brown. Written from Beaulieu-sur-Mer with reference to sending Brown his book, "Paroles en l'Air."
8/2/1978
DESCRIPTION: TLS (8/2/1978 w/ envelope, 1 page) from Brassai to John L. Brown. Reference to photo critic Peter Bunnell.
1969
DESCRIPTION: Printed announcement card w/ envelope for painting exhibition by Gilberte Brassai, held at La Galerie M. Benezit, Paris (10/22/1969), inscribed and signed by Gilberte Brassai. The card includes a commentary on cats by Henry Miller (8/31/1969, in French).
1/7/1981
DESCRIPTION: ALS (1/7/1981 w/ envelope, 1 page, in French) from Gilbert Brassai to John L. Brown. Includes autograph addendum from Brassai. Both wishing Brown a happy new year.
1968-1970
DESCRIPTION: Poem (typed and signed, 1968); TLS (12/17/1970, 4 pages/2 leaves) from Belgian journalist Benoit Braun to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (12/31/1970). Reference(s) to Braun's work as translator of American authors including Joyce Carol Oates and Edward de Bono.
1964
DESCRIPTION: TLS (12/18/1964, 1 page) from publisher George Braziller (1916- ) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (12/27/1964). Reference(s) to the former's interest in publishing Brown's autobiography. References from Brown to Katherine Anne Porter, Sylvia Beach and Elizabeth Mann.
1960
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS (9/2/1960 & 9/21/1960) from Adelyn D. Breeskin (1896-1986), director, Baltimore Museum of Art. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (9/22/1960). Reference(s) to artist Claire Falkenstein and financier Jon Alan Wurtzburger.
1950
DESCRIPTION: TLS (8/3/1950, 2 pages/2 leaves) from publisher Paul Brooks (1909- ) to John L. Brown. Includes enclosed copy of letter from Brooks to Carson McCullers concerning proposal to publish (by Houghton Mifflin) an omnibus edition of her short stories, as well as reference to McCullers' work in progress on "Clock without Hands." Also includes carbon from Brown to Brooks (8/8/1950) with references to numerous editors/publishers and writers of personal acquaintance including Renee Taylor, Gerard Boutelleau, Marc Chadourne, Henry Laughlin, Marion Saunders, Pierre Emmanuel, Henri Michaux, and Sylvia Beach.
1950-51
DESCRIPTION: TLS (9/23/1950) from Shepherd Brooks, director, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, to John L. Brown. Enclosures include printed list of sessions for 1951 and a news release. Also includes typed carbon from Brown (10/2/1950).
8/16/1963
DESCRIPTION: Typed carbon from John L. Brown to Francis Brown, editor, "New York Times Book Review." Enclosed with typed manuscript by Brown of book review for "Main Street" by Irving R. Levine.
1948-77
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from David K.E. Bruce (U.S. diplomat) to John L. Brown (8 items):
1945-59
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Jerome S. Bruner (1915- ) to John L. Brown (6 items):
1956-58
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALS from Marguerite Caetani, editor of Italian literary journal, "Botteghe oscure," to John L. Brown:
1961
DESCRIPTION: ALS (3/5/1961, 1 page) from composer John Cage to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon from Brown (3/14/1961). Reference to performance in Rome.
9/21/1969
DESCRIPTION: TLS (9/21/1969 w/ envelope) from writer James M. Cain (1892-1977) to John L. Brown. Reference(s) to Cain's book, "Double Indemnity."
1947
DESCRIPTION: TLS (7/24/1947, 2 pages/1 leaf, in French) from author Albert Camus to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (7/9/1947 & 8/19/1947). Reference(s) to the French journal "Combat" under the direction of Camus and next under Claude Bourdet; to Brown's interest in handling the U.S. publication of Camus' work "La Peste"; as well as to a review of "Noces suivi de l'ete," as requested by Richard Wright for Dorothy Norman's journal, "Twice a Year."
1947-69
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALS from writer Gilbert Cesbron (1913-79) to John L. Brown:
1947
DESCRIPTION: TLS (8/21/1947, 1 page) from artist Marc Chagall to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (8/28/1948). Congratulations from Chagall on birth of Brown's child; news of an exhibition being mounted for Chagall by the Musee d'Art Modern in France.
10/13/1953
DESCRIPTION: TLS (10/13/1953) from journalist Georges Charensol (1899- ) to John L. Brown. Reference(s) to requesting an article from Brown as a contribution to a special issue of the journal "Les Nouvelles Litteraires" in commemoration of Maurice Barres.
4/30/1975
DESCRIPTION: TLS (4/30/1975, 1 page) from conductor & composer Carlos Chavez (1899-1978) to John L. Brown. Reference(s) to Brown's work as cultural attache in Mexico.
1959-70
DESCRIPTION: TLS (11/3/1959, 1 page) from culinary author Julia Child to John L. Brown; ALS (9/21/1970, 1 page) from photographer Paul Child to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (11/7/1959 & 11/13/1970). Re request by Julia and Paul Child for travel advice from Brown.
1953-54
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALS from Marie Clews, wife of artist Henry Clews to John L. Brown:
1955
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (5/24/1955 & 8/5/1955) from Marie Clews to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (6/17/1955). Reference(s) to Clews' own activities mounting various art exhibitions, and to recollections of receptions at La Napoule Art Foundation which included Gian Carlo Menotti among the guests. Also reference by Clews to Carson McCullers and Tennessee Williams.
1956
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALS from Marie Clews to John L. Brown:
1957-59
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALS + 1 telegram from Marie Clews to John L. Brown:
1947
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS (4/22/1947, 5/17/1947, 7/4/1947) from author & educator Elliott Coleman (1906- ) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown. Reference(s) to Jacques Maritain, T.S. Eliot, Andre Gide, Albert Camus, Karl Shapiro and James Craig LaDrierre, as well as to publication of works by Paul Valery and Coleman.
1960
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS (4/24/1960, 5/23/1960, 5/28/1960) from historian and educator Henry ("Felix") Steele Commager to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (5/19/1960, 6/2/1960). Reference(s) to a visit by Brown to Amherst.
1961
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS (6/9/1961, 10/23/1961) from Commager to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (7/6/1961, 11/1/1961). Reference(s) by Commager in praise of Brown's poetry.
1964
DESCRIPTION: TLS (9/19/1964), ALS (12/64) from Henry Steele Commager to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (10/7/1964, 12/26/1964). Reference(s) to Paul Horgan, Chester Bowles.
1969
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALS (3/1/1969, 5/28/1969, 9/29/1969, 10/20/1969, 10/27/1969) from Henry Steele Commager to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (10/21/1969). Reference(s) to plans to meeting Brown in Rome and/or Paris.
1978-84
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS (5/17/1978, 6/9/1984) from Henry Steele Commager to John L. Brown. Reference to writer Storm Jameson.
undated
DESCRIPTION: TNS and TCS (undated) from Henry Steele Commager to John L. Brown. Reference(s) to Brown's book of verse, "Numina," and to a new biography on Natalie Barney.
1966
DESCRIPTION: ALS (3/2/1966) from educator Thomas Mabry Cranfill, University of Texas, to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon from Brown (3/8/1966).
undated
DESCRIPTION: TNS undated from Nancy Cunard to John L. Brown, re meeting for a drink.
1948
DESCRIPTION: TLS (4/7/1948, 1 page) from writer Mina Curtiss (1896-1985) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (4/30/1948). Reference(s) Curtiss' to work on Proust and the possibility of U.S. publication of "L'homme et la bete" bu Louis-Martin Chauffier. Also references to John Marshall and Michael Bessie.
6/5/1968
DESCRIPTION: ALS (6/5/1968 w/ envelope, 8 pages/4 leaves) from writer Anita Daniel (1893-1978) to John L. Brown. Reference(s) to French politics and Charles De Gaulle.
undated
DESCRIPTION: ALS (undated, 1 page, in French) from French novelist Jacques Delacretelle (1888- ) to John L. Brown.
1945-46
DESCRIPTION: 4 TLS (12/4/1945, 5/19/1946, 6/4/1946, 8/22/1946) from writer George Dillon (1906-68) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbons from Brown (5/29/1946 & 9/13/1946). Reference(s) by Dillon to translation work, as well as to Andre Malraux, Richard Wright, and Peter De Vries.
1947-69
DESCRIPTION: ALS (9/27/1969, 1 page w/ envelope) from writer John Dos Passos to John L. Brown, turning down an invitation from the latter to speak at a symposium. Includes remarks by Dos Passos on Claude Edmonde Magny and Jean Paul Sartre. Also includes typed carbon from Brown (2/8/1947).
1955-69
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (12/17/1955, 6/20/1969) from French writer and ecclesiastic Dominique Dubarle to John L. Brown. Includes printed notice for Grandes Conferences Catholiques (December 20, 1955) at which Dubarle was a panelist discussing topics: "L'age atomique et les pay pauvres," "La bombe atomique et la responsabilite de l'homme," and "L'energie nucleaire au service de l'humanite." Also includes typed carbon from Brown (12/15/1955).
1945
DESCRIPTION: ALS (incomplete date, 1 page) from writer Pierre Emmanuel (1916-84) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon from Brown (9/6/1945). Reference to Jean Wahl and to Stuart Cloete (1897-1976).
November 2, 1963
DESCRIPTION: TLS (11/2/1963, 1 page) from writer Angna Enters to John L. Brown. References to Lewis Mumford and Katherine Anne Porter.
1963
DESCRIPTION: Ink and watercolor drawing by Angna Enters (self-portrait), inscribed and signed.
1965
DESCRIPTION: TLS (9/3/1965 w/ envelope, 1 page) from Angna Enters to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon from Brown (9/6/1965). Reference(s) to Albert Levin, Barry Bingham and Bella and Samuel Spewack.
Postmarked 7/21/1969
DESCRIPTION: ALS (postmarked 7/21/1969 w/ envelope, 1 page) from Bernard Fay to John L. Brown.
1/13/1947
DESCRIPTION: TLS (1/13/1947) from French publisher Paul Flamand (1909- ) to John L. Brown. Reference(s) to publication options for Georges Govy's "Sang russe."
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