Manuscripts

Correspondence; ephemera

Description: The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera. The largest group of letters are written to Aldiss' editors at Doubleday and Company, Inc.: Lawrence P. Ashmead, Diane Cleaver, and Cathleen Jordan. The letters deal with the following works by Aldiss: Barefoot in the Head, Billion Year Spree, Cryptozoic, Eighty-minute Hour, Moment of Eclipse, Report on Probability A, and Space Opera. Other correspondence includes letters from Margaret Aldiss to Diane Cleaver and Anne Borchardt to L.P. Ashmead. Also included: Billion Year Spree provisional outline; publicity questionnaire for Doubleday; Space Opera list of proposed contents; two folders of ephemera; dust jackets for Billion Year Spree and Report on Probability A; photocopies of reviews for Report on Probability A, and three photographs by Jerry Bauer of Brian Aldiss.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1972-1975
Call number: mssAldiss
Creator: Aldiss, Brian W (1925-2017)

Correspondence

Manuscripts

The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera. The largest group of letters are written to Aldiss' editors at Doubleday and Company, Inc.: Lawrence P. Ashmead, Diane Cleaver, and Cathleen Jordan. The letters deal with the following works by Aldiss: Barefoot in the Head, Billion Year Spree, Cryptozoic, Eighty-minute Hour, Moment of Eclipse, Report on Probability A, and Space Opera. Other correspondence includes letters from Margaret Aldiss to Diane Cleaver and Anne Borchardt to L.P. Ashmead. Also included: Billion Year Spree provisional outline; publicity questionnaire for Doubleday; Space Opera list of proposed contents; two folders of ephemera; dust jackets for Billion Year Spree and Report on Probability A; photocopies of reviews for Report on Probability A, and three photographs by Jerry Bauer of Brian Aldiss.

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Brian Wilson Aldiss letters to Doubleday and Company, Inc

Manuscripts

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Correspondence and Ephemera

Manuscripts

Collection consists of the papers of John P. "Jack" and Edna Cudahy family. Includes correspondence and ephemera. The correspondence contains 228 letters, many written to Edna Cudahy. These are arranged alphabetically by author. These letters contain information relating to theater and society life in the early twentieth century, Michael Cudahy's life at Belmont School for Boys, Jack's experience as an officer at Camp Lewis, Washington, during World War I, and some correspondence related to Jack's business interests and trust funds. There are also 91 pieces of ephemera, including calling cards, report cards, greeting cards, and some receipts for goods and services. The ephemera is organized alphabetically by type. Most of the correspondence and ephemera relates to intimate family life and the social connections between members of the industrial and entertainment elite of the first decades of the twentieth century. A letter from Edna Cudahy Browne to John, Box 1 (11), discusses the young woman's decision to become a nun, though she married Percy Browne the following year. Subjects in this collection related to film distribution include: Associated First National Pictures, W.W. Hodgkinson, Marcus Loew, Paramount Pictures, and Adolph Zukor. Other subjects include: Catholic schools, Catholic women, Santa Catalina Island, and World War I.

mssCudahy family

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Correspondence and general ephemera (8 x 10 inches or smaller in size)

Visual Materials

The Schaefer's Opera House business correspondence, a subset within the Jay T. Last collection of entertainment prints and ephemera, contains records of the Schaefer's Opera House entertainment venue of Canton, Ohio, from approximately 1867 to 1890. Approximately 420 items are housed in 4 binders, and focus on venue booking agreements for various entertainment acts and productions, including commission percentages, dates, and other terms. The materials are predominantly correspondences, but ephemera such as reciepts and tickets are also included.

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Correspondence and general ephemera (8 x 10 inches or smaller in size)

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