Manuscripts

Sketchbooks and loose drawings

Description: Three sketchbooks and some loose drawings, primarily of cats and people.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1962-1968
Call number: mssBabitz
Creator: Babitz, Eve(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Eve Babitz through Glenn Horowitz Bookseller with support from Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield, November 2021.; gift of Mirandi Babitz, December 2024.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Drawings and paintings

Manuscripts

Sketches and paintings, primarily from the early 1960s. Subjects are mostly women, with a few self-portraits, animals, and still lifes. Some are signed and dated.

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Collage and drawing

Manuscripts

27.5x35.5 collage of Ahmet Ertegun, signed; and a drawing of the Bradbury Building interior by Mae Babitz.

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Photographs and negatives of Eve Babitz, her family and friends, and the Los Angeles area, including hundreds taken by Babitz of friends and gatherings during the years 1969-1972. Photo subjects from this time include Jackson Browne, the Byrds, Black Oak Arkansas, Glenn Frey, Steve Martin, Linda Ronstadt, Gram Parsons (38 images), and Dan Wakefield; and several Los Angeles locations including Echo Park and the Griffith Observatory. There are also photos from the late 1980s of friends and gatherings and a trip to Miami. Family photographs include Eve Babitz from childhood to the 2000s, her cats, her parents Sol and Mae Babitz, sister Mirandi Babitz, and their family home. Scrapbooks and photo albums feature snapshots of friends and family, with one album dedicated to the Slow Days, Fast Company book release party in 1977. There is also significant material related to dance in Los Angeles, which appears to be related to Babitz's book Two by Two: Tango, Two-Step, and the L.A. Night.

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Friends, around town

Manuscripts

Loose prints and negatives of unidentified friends from the late 1960s and early 1970s, friends and gatherings in the 1980s, and a trip to Miami in the 1980s. Also includes prints and negatives of photographs Babitz took in Los Angeles around 1969 to 1970, including Echo Park, Griffith Observatory, and various locations on Sunset Boulevard.

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Dance research

Manuscripts

Primarily negatives and contact sheets but also a few prints of dancers at various Los Angeles locations, and some dance-related ephemera. Appears to be related to Babitz's book Two by Two: Tango, Two-Step, and the L.A. Night.

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Articles and stories A-M

Manuscripts

Primarily typescript drafts and photocopy drafts of articles and stories, many of which appeared in Vogue, Rolling Stone, and other publications. Grouped alphabetically with a few titles housed separately in original folders: Gilded Lily, Hair These Days, Inventories, In Praise of Folly, and Maui Wowie. Some drafts include notes from publishers and revisions.

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