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Writer Christopher Isherwood dies of cancer : obituary
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Robert Bohle interview with Christopher Isherwood : transcript
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This interview took place on April 18, 1971 at the California home of Christopher Isherwood. The material includes a typewritten, corrected transcript of the interview which contains corrections and comments by Isherwood (in pencil) and Bohle (in pen) (HM 83267); the transcript may not be complete as it begins on page 6. Also included is the original audiocassette of the interview and (4) compact disc copies (HM 83268 a-e).
mssHM 83267-83268
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Christopher Isherwood photograph
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A B&W photograph of Christopher Isherwood; signed on verso by Orphanos.
mssHM 82996
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996
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A.N.S. on a postcard. (Subject: Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. Down There On a Visit)
HM 81725
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Christopher Isherwood letters to Lincoln Kirstein
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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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Christopher Isherwood letters to Jack Rosen
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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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Collection of Christopher Isherwood ephemera
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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