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Manuscript and Correspondence A-Isherwood, 1951


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    Correspondence Isherwood, 1952-Z

    Manuscripts

    The collection includes primarily letters from Christopher Isherwood to his friend Lincoln Kirstein, with a few to and by others, and one poem by Isherwood: On His Queerness [approximately 1950].

    HM 81705-81740

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    Christopher Isherwood letters to Lincoln Kirstein

    Manuscripts

    The collection includes primarily letters from Christopher Isherwood to his friend Lincoln Kirstein, with a few to and by others, and one poem by Isherwood: On His Queerness [approximately 1950].

    mssHM 81664-81741

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    Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and William Caskey, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996

    Manuscripts

    L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). Following the above: Note to Lincoln and Fidel Kirstein by Christopher Isherwood. (Subject: Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. The Condor and the Cows: A South American Travel Diary)

    HM 81736

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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 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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    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.

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