Box: 3 Fold: 20 Ione Robinson Box: 3 Fold: 21 Edmee Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld Box: 3 Fold: 22 Theodore Roethke Box: 3 Fold: 23 Claude Roy Box: 3 Fold: 24 Robert Sabatier Box: 3 Fold: 25 Kyrill Schabert Box: 3 Fold: 26 Jacques Schiffrin Box: 3 Fold: 27 Antoinette Schulte Box: 3 Fold: 28 Colette Seghers Box: 3 Fold: 29 Marcelle Sibon Box: 3 Fold: 30 Jean Simon Box: 3 Fold: 31 Georges S. Sion Box: 3 Fold: 32 Carlton Sprague Smith Box: 3 Fold: 33 Bella Spewack
TLS 3/3/1964
ALS 1/1/1965
TLS 7/15/1965 w/ envelope
TLS 8/3/1965
TLS 10/28/1965 w/ envelope
Includes typed carbon from Brown (3/8/1964, 6/4/1965, 8/13/1965, 10/31/1965). Reference to play by Bella and Samuel Spewack, "My Three Angels."
Box: 3 Fold: 34 Samuel Spewack Box: 3 Fold: 35 William Spratling Box: 3 Fold: 36 Wallace Stegner Box: 3 Fold: 37 Roger W. Straus, Jr. Box: 3 Fold: 38 James Johnson Sweeney Box: 3 Fold: 39 Buffie Johnson and Gerald Sykes
ALS 9/19/1964 Johnson to Brown.
ALS 10/15/1964 w/ envelope, Johnson to Brown.
TLS 10/29/1964 Sykes to Brown.
ALS 11/16/1964 w/ envelope, Johnson to Brown.
Includes typed carbon from Brown (11/9/1964). Reference to George Braziller; Brown's work, including "Il Gigantesco Teatro"; and Sykes' work, "Alienation: the Cultural Climate of Our Time" (1964).
Box: 3 Fold: 40 Buffie Johnson and Gerald Sykes
ALS w/ envelope postmarked 3/24/1965 Johnson to Brown.
TLS w/ envelope 9/2/1965 from Sykes to Brown.
Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (12/27/1965).
Box: 3 Fold: 41 Buffie Johnson and Gerald Sykes Box: 3 Fold: 42 Buffie Johnson and Gerald Sykes
ALS 6/17/1968 w/ envelope from Johnson to Brown.
ALS 8/28/1968 w/ envelope from Johnson to Brown.
ALS 1/?/1969 w/ envelope from Johnson to Brown.
Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (6/22/1968). Reference to visiting each other.
Box: 3 Fold: 43 Buffie Johnson and Gerald Sykes
- ALS 3/31/1976 w/ printed announcement card for painting exhibition from Johnson to Brown.
- ALS 12/14/1976 w/ announcement card for painting exhibition from Johnson to Brown. Includes envelope.
- ACS postcard (1/11/1977) from Johnson to Brown.
- ACS Christmas card w/ envelope from Johnson to Brown (postmarked 12/27/1977).
Box: 3 Fold: 44 George Tabori Box: 3 Fold: 45 Alberto Tarchiani Box: 3 Fold: 46 Allen Tate Box: 3 Fold: 47 Robert H. Thayer Box: 3 Fold: 48 Virgil Thompson Box: 3 Fold: 49 Eugene Tillinger Box: 3 Fold: 50 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 51 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 52 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 53 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 54 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 55 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 56 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 57 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 58 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 59 Alice B. Toklas (from John L. Brown) Box: 3 Fold: 60 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 61 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 62 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 63 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 64 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 65 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 66 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 67 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 68 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 69 Alice B. Toklas Box: 3 Fold: 70 Alice B. Toklas
1977
DESCRIPTION: ALS (11/11/1977 w/ envelope) from artist Ione Robinson (1910- ) to John L. Brown. Reference to Mrs. Walter Mondale and Amy Carter.
1984
DESCRIPTION: ACS (postmarked 1/13/1984 w/ envelope) from Edmee Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld to John L. Brown, with greetings.
1956
DESCRIPTION: ALS (8/8/1956 w/ envelope, 4 pages/2 leaves) from poet Theodore Roethke (1908-63) to John L. Brown. Reference to International Poetry Congress.
1947
DESCRIPTION: TLS (9/16/1947) from writer Claude Roy (1915- ) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon from Brown (10/18/1947). Reference by Roy to his work.
c.1976-77
DESCRIPTION: ALS and ACS with envelopes, both undated, from writer Robert Sabatier (1923- ) to John L. Brown, with New Year's greetings.
1947
DESCRIPTION: TLS (1/22/1947) from writer Kyrill Schabert (1908-83) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon from Brown (2/4/1947). Reference to Jacques Schiffrin, Zoe Oldenbourg, and Lewis Galantiere.
1947
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (9/15/1947, 9/17/1947) from Jacques Schiffrin, editor, Pantheon Books, Inc., New York. Includes typed carbon from Brown (9/12/1947). Reference to Julien Blanc.
1969
DESCRIPTION: ACS (9/22/1969 on verso of printed announcement card for a private exhibition) by artist Antoinette Schulte. Includes typed carbon from Brown (9/25/1969).
1989-91
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (6/12/1989, 4/25/1991) from Colette Seghers, wife of French poet and writer Pierre Seghers (1906-87). Includes invitation card for unveiling by Jacques Chirac, mayor of Paris, of Pierre Seghers memorial plaque (6/26/1991). Also includes typed carbon from Brown (5/3/1991).
1955-57
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS (3/22/1955, 5/4/1957) from translator Marcelle Sibon to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon from Brown (two on 5/2/1955 & 5/29/1957). Reference to invitation from Sibon to Brown to attend a meeting of "Culture Francaise"; and to Alice B. Toklas.
1954
DESCRIPTION: ALS (10/23/1954) from Jean Simon, professor, Faculte des Lettres, Universite de Paris. Includes typed carbon from Brown (12/23/1954). Reference to Simon's work on twentieth century American literature.
1954
DESCRIPTION: ALS (8/14/1954) from Belgian novelist & playwright Georges S. Sion (1913- ) to John L. Brown. Reference to the journal, "La Revue Generale Belge," and possibility of including articles/extracts of writing by Brown.
1966
DESCRIPTION: TLS (3/15/1966) from writer Carleton Sprague Smith (1905-94) to John L. Brown.
1964-65
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from playwright/writer Bella Spewack (1899-90) to John L. Brown:
Incomplete date: June 5, 19?
DESCRIPTION: ALS (6/5/19?) from playwright Samuel Spewack (1899-71) to John L. Brown.
1964
DESCRIPTION: ALS (11/15/1964) from architect/writer William Spratling (1900-67) to John L. Brown, inviting the latter to visit.
1946-47
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS (11/7/1946, 2/19/1947) from writer Wallace Stegner (1909-93) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (12/4/1946, 4/20/1947). Reference to various of Stegner's works including "The Big Rock Candy Mountain."
1964-66
DESCRIPTION: 9 TLS from publisher Roger W. Straus, Jr. to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown. Reference to Carlos Fuentes, Francoise Mallet Joris, Isaak Babel, James Purdy, Paul Horgan, Clara Malraux and Gustavo Sainz.
1957
DESCRIPTION: TLS (8/8/1957) from writer James Johnson Sweeney (1900-1986) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (8/16/1957). Reference to Sweeney's visit to Brussels.
1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from artist Buffie Johnson and writer Gerald Sykes (1903-84) to John L. Brown:
1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from artist Buffie Johnson and writer Gerald Sykes (1903-84) to John L. Brown:
1966
DESCRIPTION: TLS (1/18/1966) from Gerald Sykes to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (1/22/1966). Sykes' letter includes attached list of faculty for a Symposium on the Technological Society (12/19/1965-12/23/1965).
1968-9
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from artist Buffie Johnson and writer Gerald Sykes (1903-84) to John L. Brown:
1976-77
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from artist Buffie Johnson and writer Gerald Sykes (1903-84) to John L. Brown:
Incomplete date June 17, 19?
DESCRIPTION: TLS (6/17/19?) from writer George Tabori to John L. Brown. Reference to visiting Brown, and to Andre Malraux.
1963
DESCRIPTION: ALS (1/31/1963) from Italian writer Alberto Tarchiani (1885-1964) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (8/23/1963). Reference to Tarchiani's speech honoring Luigi Albertini.
1954
DESCRIPTION: TLS (4/10/1954, 1 page) from poet/writer Allen Tate (1899-79) to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (4/19/1954). Reference to Richard Wilbur.
1959
DESCRIPTION: TLS (2/16/1959) from Robert H. Thayer, assistant secretary of state, U.S. State Department, to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown. Reference to Brown's assignment to Rome.
1979-1982
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS (1/30/1979, 7/28/1982, undated) from composer Virgil Thompson to John L. Brown. Reference to gift of Thompson's papers to New York University, and to Erik Satie.
1946
DESCRIPTION: TLS (6/14/1946) from Eugene Tillinger (1908-66), director of research, Society for the Prevention of World War III, Inc. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (6/20/1946). Reference to the Society for the Prevention of World War III.
February 19, 1956
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (2/19/1956 w/ envelope, 1 page). Reference to "The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook" and to work in progress, "Memories of the rue de Fleurus" (later title, "What is Remembered," (1963)?). Includes TLS (3/1/1972) from Edward Burns to John L. Brown re Toklas letters borrowed and transcribed by the former. Typed transcription of Toklas ALS 2/19/1956 included here.
April 3, 1956
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (4/3/1956 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes ANS, undated. Reference to Pablo Picasso, Jean Paul Sartre, Gertrude Stein, and Janet Flanner.
April 11, 1956
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (letter dated mistakenly(?) 4/11/1955 w/ envelope postmarked 4/12/1956, 1 page). Toklas requesting contact from Brown.
December 31, 1956
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (12/31/1956 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Reference to Brown's poetry and to Gertrude Stein.
April 11, 1957
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (4/15/1957 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Reference to typed carbon from John L. Brown (4/11/1957), included).
May 20, 1957
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (5/20/1957 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Reference to a helicopter ride.
July 13, 1957
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (7/13/1957 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (8/16/1957). Reference to Toklas' hope of meeting with the Browns.
September 8, 1957
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (9/8/1957 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Reference to visiting Virginia and Harold Knapik.
February 3, 1958
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (2/3/1958 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Reference to Bernard Fay.
November 7, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Typed carbon from John L. Brown to Alice B. Toklas (11/7/1959). Reference to preparing an apartment in Rome for Toklas. Also mentions John Lucas.
May 25, 1960
DESCRIPTION: ACS postcard from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (5/25/1960 w/ envelope). Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (5/27/1960). Reference to Toklas' imminent arrival in Rome.
June 10, 1960
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (6/10/1960 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown (6/23/1960). Reference to continued plans for Toklas' stay in Rome.
August 24, 1960
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to Simone Brown (8/24/1960 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns.
October 24, 1960
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (10/24/1960 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Brief note acknowledging receipt of news from the Browns.
November 23, 1960
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (11/23/1960 w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Reference to William Pepper, and Toklas' disappointment that Brown will not be able to meet with her.
January 5, 1961
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (1/5/1961, w/ envelope, 1 page). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Toklas sends New Year's greetings.
March 19, 1961
DESCRIPTION: ACS postcard from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (3/19/1961). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Reference to hearing a recording made of Toklas, and to recent stay in Rome and return to France.
May 13, 1963
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (undated, w/ envelope postmarked 5/13/1963, 3 pages/3 leaves). Includes typed carbon from Brown (5/16/1963). Reference to eviction order served against Toklas in Paris.
May 15, 1963
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (5/15/1963 w/ 2 envelopes, 2 pages/2 leaves). Includes typed carbon from Brown (6/19/1963). Reference to reading a book by Brown (not identified), and more news on the eviction notice served against Toklas.
August 19, 1963
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (8/19/1963 w/ envelope, 4 pages/4 leaves). Includes typed carbon from Brown (undated). Reference to obtaining address of a convent for a friend of Toklas'.
undated c. 1961
DESCRIPTION: ACS postcard from Alice B. Toklas to John L. Brown (undated). Includes typed transcription by Edward Burns. Reference to William Pepper and Virginia and Harold Knapik.
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