Manuscripts

Christopher Isherwood letters to Selden Rodman

Description: Two letters and four postcards to writer and editor Selden Rodman, discussing writing and publishing, and possible contributions to Common Sense, a magazine founded by Rodman. Letters are undated; postcards are dated 1939, 1942, and 1951. All items are fire damaged around the edges, with minimal loss of content.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1939-1951
Call number: mssCISR
Creator: Isherwood, Christopher(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Second Story Books, April 2022.
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Christopher Isherwood letters to Selden Rodman

Manuscripts

Two letters and four postcards to writer and editor Selden Rodman, discussing writing and publishing, and possible contributions to Common Sense, a magazine founded by Rodman. Letters are undated; postcards are dated 1939, 1942, and 1951. All items are fire damaged around the edges, with minimal loss of content.

mssCISR

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Christopher Isherwood letters to Jack Rosen

Manuscripts

The collection consists of eight postcards and one note written by Christopher Isherwood to Jack Rosen of Portland, Oregon. The correspondence refers to Isherwood's and Don Bachardy's creative output, and several works including A Meeting By the River, Exhumations, Cabaret, Frankenstein: The True Story, Kathleen and Frank, My Guru and His Disciple, and others; Isherwood also mentions his friends W. H. Auden, Igor Stravinsky, and Vera Stravinsky. The postcards are autograph or typewritten and are all written from Santa Monica, California, the home of Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. The collection also includes one empty envelope postmarked January 15, 1975.

mssCIJR

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Christopher Isherwood letters to Richard Isherwood

Manuscripts

Three autograph letters from Christopher Isherwood to his younger brother Richard Isherwood; the letters are written from Berlin, Sellin on Insel Rügen, and Mohrin in the early 1930s. HM 83232 describes the taking of the often-reproduced photograph of Isherwood, Stephen Spender and W.H. Auden. Also enclosed are three green cloth cases which originally housed the letters.

mssHM 83231-83233

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Collection of Christopher Isherwood ephemera

Manuscripts

Collection consists of 32 pieces of ephemera related to Christopher Isherwood's career; the items were not owned by Isherwood but rather gathered together by the dealer. The material includes printed theater programs and playbills, articles and book reviews, an invitation, a book plate, clippings, and postcards. The theater programs and playbills are for "Cabaret" (1967), "The Dog Beneath the Skin" (1936-1981), "I Am a Camera" (1951-1955), and "A Single Man" (1989). The articles and reviews are published in "The Atlantic" (1964), the literary journal "Tomorrow" (1951), and "Theatre Arts" (1947). All material is in excellent condition.

mssHM 83733-83747

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Christopher Isherwood letters and postcards to Annie Avis, Emily Machell, Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood ; Richard Isherwood diary

Manuscripts

This material includes 7 letters and postcards written by Christopher Isherwood to his nanny, Annie Avis (1911-1933, HM 83257-83261, 83263-83264); 1 letter to his grandmother, Emily Machell-Smith (1921, Dec. 28, HM 83262); 1 postcard to his mother, Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood (1937, Mar. 22, HM 83265). Also included is a diary kept by Christopher Isherwood's brother, Richard Isherwood for the year 1956 (HM 83266); there is an inscription from Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood and various B&W photographs pasted into the volume, including photographs of Christopher Isherwood and Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood.

mssHM 83257-83266

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Christopher Isherwood postcards to Herbert Compton

Manuscripts

Two autograph postcards, written from Santa Monica, California.

mssHM 83234-83235

Christopher Isherwood letters to Selden Rodman

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