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Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. "A Prophetic Gauguin:" [essay], MS. S. (typewritten: 3 p.), ([ca. 1957?])

Description: With autograph corrections; last page is a carbon copy. Also enclosed: black & white photo and typewritten notes about the carving (1 p.).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1878-1959.
Call number: ZA 424.
Creator: Akins, Zoë (1886-1958)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Zoë Akins, March 1952.; Gift of Zoë Akins, July 1952.; Acquired from Estate of Zoë Akins, May 1961.; Gift of Henry O'Neil. January 1978.; Purchased from Walter R. Benjamin, January 1982.; Gift of Occidental College Library, December 1986.; Gift of R.E. Evans,
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Associated people: Barnsdall, Aline, (1882-1946.); Barrymore, Ethel, (1879-1959.); Beuf, Carlo, (1893-1981.); Burke, Billie, (1885-1970.); Cather, Willa, (1873-1947.); Cerf, Bennett, (1898-1971.); Churchill, Winston, (1874-1965.); Cukor, George, (1899-1983.); Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940.); Fitzgerald, Zelda, (1900-1948.); Greene, Patterson. (1886-1962.); Grove, Gerald, (1884-1946.); Harris, William, (1875-.); Hovey, Carl, (1889-1968.); Howland, Jobyna. (1887-1946.); Hurst, Fannie, (1889-1961.); Johns, Orrick, (1872-1945.); Kaufman, George S. (1885-1930.); Kauser, Alice, (1879-1956.); Lawrence, D. H. (1888?-1960.); Lawrence, Frieda, (1893-1981.); Levien, Sonya, (1874-1925.); Loos, Anita, (1879-1962.); Lowell, Amy, (1874-1965.); Luhan, Mabel Dodge, (1880-1956.); Maugham, W. Somerset (1873-1937.); Mencken, H. L. (1886-1957.); Moses, Harry, (1898-1940.); Nielsen, Kay Rasmus, (1884-.); O'Neil, George, (1904-1938.); Pfeffer, Max, (1876-1949.); Pinchot, Rosamond, (1862-1920.); Pope-Hennessy, Una, (1879-1964.); Reedy, William Marion, (1869-1941.); Rumbold, Etheldred, (-1932.); Rumbold, Horace, (1902-1965.); Rumbold, Hugo, (1856-1950.); Selznick, David O., (1886-1946.); Shaw, Bernard, (1869-1926.); Sheldon, Edward, (1884-1933.); Sterling, George, (1862-1937.); Teasdale, Sara, (1886-1978.); Ware, Harriet. (1887-1943.); Wharton, Edith,; Wheelock, John Hall,; Woollcott, Alexander,
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[Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958]. "A Prophetic Gauguin:" [essay: alternate version], carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 3 p.), ([ca. 1957?])
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With autograph corrections. Also enclosed: typewritten, carbon copy of the original unrevised draft (8 p.); and typewritten page on censorship in England (1 p.).
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[Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958]. "The Shangai Crowd:" [screenplay: outline], MS. (typewritten: 16 p.), ([ca. 1946?])
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Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. "Aria:" [poem], MS. S. (typewritten: 2 p.), ([ca. 1950?])
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[Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958]. "Hand-Me-Down History:" [essay: final revised draft], MS. (typewritten: 10 p.), ([ca. 1952])
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