Manuscripts

Newspaper Cuttings scrapbook

Description: A scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings of Hollywood movies, actors, and actresses; it also contains Christopher Isherwood's autograph notes and reviews of the movies included in the scrapbook.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1922-1924
Call number: CI 4759
Creator: Isherwood, Christopher (1904-1986)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired as a gift and purchase from Don Bachardy, April 1999, July 2000, June 2012, and May 2020.; purchased from Wayne Shimabukuro, June 1999.; gift of Robin French, August 1999.; purchased from Stanley P. Friedman, September 1999.

Scrapbook

Manuscripts

Scrapbook containing printed photographs depicting 19th century actors and actresses, plus an undated memo to the Playhouse librarian identifying the item's donor. Also includes scrapbook pages, possibly from a scrapbook owned by Annette Gabrielson.

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Pasadena Playhouse Association scrapbook

Manuscripts

Includes one disbound scrapbook covering approximately 1928-1957, plus the scrapbook of Marvin S. Alter, containing photocopies of photographs of Oliver Prickett, Gilmor Brown, and various actors and actresses, undated.

mssPlayhouse

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Alberg, Mildred Freed. Letter to Don Bachardy, 1934-

Manuscripts

New York, N.Y. (1 p.). Followed by: autograph note from Christopher Isherwood; with envelope and 2 enclosures. Subject: Harris, Julie, 1925-2013.

CI 4227

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Stuurman, Douwe. 1 letter (1974, May 30) to Christopher Isherwood, 1904-, A.L.S. (1 p.). Also: newspaper clipping, and questions abstracted from a conversation about Aldous Huxley

Manuscripts

The collection includes drafts of most of Isherwood's works, as well as book reviews, essays, interviews and travel narratives; the collection also includes extensive correspondence files containing letters from W. H. Auden, Don Bachardy, Truman Capote, E. M. Forster, John Lehmann, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, and others. The correspondence files also contain the letters of Isherwood's parents, Frank Bradshaw-Isherwood and Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood, as well as diaries kept by Kathleen, containing references to the first World War. The correspondence files deal with the literary works of Isherwood and others, male homosexuality, Isherwood's interest in Hinduism, World War One and World War Two among other subjects. Also included are important series of poems and other literary manuscripts by Auden and Spender, audiovisual material, photographs and negatives, a scrapbook and ephemera. A box of Addenda was added to the collection in 2020, it contains manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera.

CI 2252.

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[Unidentified]. [Untitled : from autograph notes enclosed appears to be about Polynesia?]

Manuscripts

1 magnetic 5" tape; with 3 CD preservation copies (a-c). Also enclosed: autograph notes by Christopher Isherwood (2 p.) and in an unknown hand (4 p.)

CI 4124

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Christopher Isherwood letter to Derek Neame

Manuscripts

Christopher Isherwood wrote this autograph letter to Derek Neame, when he was "off Cherbourg" aboard the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, on paper with the ship's letterhead. The letter reflects on Isherwood's recent departure and upcoming transatlantic journey.

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Newspaper Cuttings scrapbook

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