Harry Crosby Papers (Ms.88.3)
Brown University Library
Box ABrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu
Inventory
Series 1. Correspondence and related material
Letters from Harry Crosby to Constance Atherton
| Container | Description | Date | ||
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France? 1.0 item Contents Note: Salutation: Dear Constance. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
Monday | ||
| Box 1, Folder 2 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, [France] 1.0 item Contents Note: Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Constance Atherton at 41, Quai d'Orsay. Not sent by mail. There is an autograph list of names in pencil on the back of the envelope. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
5 p.m. | ||
| Box 1, Folder 3 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with the names Harry and Caresse printed together in the form of a cross. Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Constance Atherton at 41, Quai d'Orsay. Not sent by mail. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
Eight O'Clock, [1928?] | ||
| Box 1, Folder 4 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with the names Harry and Caresse printed together in the form of a cross. Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Constance Atherton at 41, Quai d'Orsay. Not sent by mail. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
Friday | ||
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Boston, MA? 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with a letterhead reading, "95 Beacon Street". Contains autograph poem entitled, "Sunrise". Ends not with a signature, but with a drawing of a sun characteristic of Harry Crosby. Genre: autograph letter Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
undated | ||
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, [France] 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with a letterhead reading, "14, Place Vendôme/Paris". Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
Monday evening | ||
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, [France] 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with a letterhead reading, "43, rue Raynouard", and with the embossed initials "CAC" (?). Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
Monday evening | ||
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
[Paris, France?] 1.0 item Contents Note: Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Constance Atherton at 41, Quai d'Orsay. Not sent by mail. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
Wednesday | ||
| Box 1, Folder 9 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France? 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with the same letterhead as the letter in Folder 7. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
Wednesday | ||
| Box 1, Folder 10 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France? 1.0 item Contents Note: There are several mathematical calculations written on the verso. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
undated | ||
| Box 1, Folder 11 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
[Paris, France?] 2.0 items Contents Note: Note in French on two calling cards bearing the printed name "Mr. Henry Grew Crosby". Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Constance Atherton at 41, Quai d'Orsay, and bearing the note "6H". Not sent by mail. Genre: autograph note signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
undated | ||
| Box 1, Folder 12 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France? 1.0 item Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
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| Box 1, Folder 13 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance 1.0 item Genre: autograph letter signed (incomplete) Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
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| Box 1, Folder 14 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Boston, MA? 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with a letterhead reading, "95 Beacon Street". Genre: autograph letter signed (incomplete) Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
undated | ||
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
[Paris, France?] 1.0 item Contents Note: Envelope addressed to Constance Atherton at 41, Quai d'Orsay. Not sent by mail. Genre: envelope Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
undated | ||
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France? 2.0 items Contents Note: With envelope addressed to Constance Atherton at 41, Quai d'Orsay, postmarked 1923 December 10. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
1923 Dec 10, Monday | ||
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France? 1.0 item Contents Note: With envelope addressed to Constance Atherton at 41, Quai d'Orsay. Not sent by mail. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
5 p.m., [1923?] | ||
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France? 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with a letterhead reading, "Hotel Chambord/123 Avenue des Champs Élysées". Genre: autograph letter (incomplete) Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
Tuesday, [1925?] | ||
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France? 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with letterhead reading, "11, rue [Avenue?] du Maréchal Maunoury". With envelope addresed to Constance Atherton as la Comtesse de Jumilhac, at 11, rue [Avenue?] du Maréchal Maunoury (?). Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
[1928?] May 13, Sunday evening | ||
| Box 1, Folder 20 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance
Atlantic Ocean, en route from France to the United States? 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with a letterhead reading, "On Board the Cunard R.M.S. 'Berengaria'". Genre: autograph letter (incomplete) Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
1928 Nov? |
Letters to and from Constance Atherton
| Container | Description | Date | ||
| Box 1, Folder 21 | Atherton, Constance to Crosby, Harry
Paris, France 1.0 item Contents Note: On stationery with a letterhead reading, "11, rue [Avenue?] du Maréchal Maunoury". Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Harry Crosby at 19, rue de Lille, postmarked 1926 [July 1?]. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
1926 [July 1?] | ||
| Box 1, Folder 22 | Atherton, Constance to Crosby, Harry
near Soissons, France? 1.0 item Contents Note: Written from "Ecuiry" (?). On stationery on which the initials "CJC" are embossed. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
Nov 24 | ||
| Box 1, Folder 23 | Crosby, Caresse to Atherton, Constance
Paris, France 1.0 item Contents Note: From Polly [i.e., Caresse Crosby]. The author's address is given as 71, [rue du?] Faubourg St. Honoré. Genre: autograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Caresse |
Thursday, 8 p.m. | ||
| Box 1, Folder 24 | Crowninshield, Frank to Atherton, Constance
New York, NY 1.0 item Contents Note: Telegram to Constance Atherton as Comtesse de Jumilhac, from her uncle Frank Crowninshield. Sent to Santa Barbara, CA. Genre: telegram Atherton, Constance Crowninshield, Frank |
1929 Dec 11 |
Notebooks
| Container | Description | Date | ||
| Box 1, Folder 25 | Atherton, Constance to Crosby, Harry
Paris, France? 1 item (35 pages); 12 cm. Contents Note: Autograph letter signed, in English and French, to Constance Atherton from Harry Crosby. Written in a red leather notebook with a note at the end in CA's hand. Genre: notebookautograph letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
[1928?], Four O'Clock | ||
| Box 1, Folder 26 | Crosby, Harry to Atherton, Constance 1 item (109 unnumbered pages); 13 cm. Contents Note: Addressed to Constance Atherton from Harry Crosby. Poems and passages in English and French copied, unattributed, from various sources. Written in a red leather notebook with a mounted photograph of Harry Crosby inside the front cover. Genre: notebookautograph manuscripts signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
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| Box 1, Folder 27 | Red leather slipcase 1.0 item (21 cm.) Contents Note: Red leather slipcase for "Queen of Pekin" in which were housed the notebooks in Folders 25 and 26. Genre: slipcase |
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Printed material
| Container | Description | Date | ||
| Volume 1 |
Petits et grands verres : Choix des meilleures recettes de Cocktails. Recueillis par Nina Toye et A.H. Adair, et mis en français par Ph. Le Huby Au Sans Pareil Paris[1927?] 131.0 pages; 20 cm. Contents Note: Inscribed by Caresse Crosby, Paris, 1927, with a pencilled note assigning provenance to the Comtesse de Jumilhac, formerly CA. Adair, A. H. Crosby, Caresse Le Huby, Ph. Toye, Nina |
Series 2. Writings and photographs of Harry Crosby
Writings of Harry Crosby
Original Harris call number for the 10 volumes (Codex 2-11): 1926 C94923n Harris Rare
| Container | Description | Date | ||
| Volume 2 | Notes 1
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine are the title "Notes" and the numeral "1". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121526 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Volume 3 | Notes 2
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine are the title "Notes" and the numeral "2". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121527 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Volume 4 | Notes 3
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine are the title "Notes" and the numeral "3". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121528 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Volume 5 | Notes 4
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine are the title "Notes" and the numeral "4". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121529 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Volume 6 | Notes 5
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine are the title "Notes" and the numeral "5". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121530 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Volume 7 | Notes 6
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine are the title "Notes" and the numeral "6". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121531 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
1929? | ||
| Volume 8 | Bible notes
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine are the title "Bible Notes". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. 250 hand-numbered pages, with the remains of 3 pages at the end having been ripped out. Accession Number: H121523 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Volume 9 | Bible notes 2
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine are the title "Bible Notes" and the numeral "2". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121524 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Volume 10 | Sun notes
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine is the title "Sun Notes". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121525 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Volume 11 | Encyclopedia notes, 1
Paris, France? 250 hand-numbered pages; 25 cm. Contents Note: Autograph notes. On the spine are the title "Encyclopedia Notes" and the numeral "1". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121522 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Volume 12 | Poems and other writings by Harry Crosby
Paris, France? 142 pages, most unnumbered; 22 cm. Contents Note: Typed poems and other writings. On the spine is the title "By Harry Crosby". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Original Harris call number for this volume (Codex 12): 1926 C94923b Harris Rare. Accession Number: H121521 Genre: notebook Crosby, Harry |
1928-1929? | ||
| Box 2, Folder 1 | Typed manuscripts of three poems 3.0 items Contents Note: Laid in Codex 12: "Illustrations of Madness" (2 pages), "Sorcery" (4 pages), and "Illustrations of Madness" (3 pages). The first two are signed. Genre: typed manuscripts Crosby, Harry |
undated | ||
| Volume 13 | Chariot of the sun [by] Harry Crosby
Paris, France? 59 pages, hand-numbered in broken sequences; 22 cm. Contents Note: Annotated page proofs and typed manuscripts. On the spine is the title "Chariot of the Sun [by] Harry Crosby". Inside the front cover is a bookplate reading, "Ex Libris Harry/Caresse" with the two names forming a cross. (See the letterhead on the stationery in Box 1, Folder 3.) On the outside of the front and back covers is an embossed coat of arms with the names Harry and Caresse forming the cross within it. Accession Number: H121529 Genre: notebookpage proofs Crosby, Harry |
1925-1928? | ||
| Volume 14x | Shadows of the sun [by] Harry Crosby, Paris 1928
Paris, France? vi, 141 hand-numbered, 11 unnumbered pages; 28 cm. Contents Note: Annotated page proofs pasted onto bound leaves of codex, with title page reading, "Shadows of the Sun by Harry Crosby, The Black Sun Press, Deux Rue Cardinale, Paris, MCMXXVIII". On the spine is the title "Shadows of the Sun [by] Harry Crosby, Paris 1928". Accession Number: H121512 Genre: notebookpage proofs Crosby, Harry |
192-? | ||
| Box 2, Folder 2 | "Black sun" drawing 1.0 item Contents Note: Pasted to a page with autograph notes and Harry Crosby's signature. Genre: drawing (colored pencil or crayon) Crosby, Harry |
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| Box 2, Folder 3 | Autograph notes signed on calling card bearing the printed name "Harry Crosby" and addressed to "Adorable One" 1.0 item Contents Note: Laid in the library's Harris Collection copy of Harry Crosby's "Aphrodite in flight : being some observations on the aerodynamics of love". Genre: autograph notes signed Crosby, Harry |
undated, "Joyeux Easter" |
Photograph albums
| Container | Description | Date | ||
| Box 2, Folder 4 | Photograph album
France? 24 unnumbered pages; 17 cm. Contents Note: Album of photographs of Harry Crosby and others in the American Field Service during the First World War. This volume contains a bookplate, and its covers bear a coat of arms, like those on Codices 2-13. Original Harris Call number: 1926 C94923 xC94a Harris Rare. Accession Number: H121508 Genre: photograph album World War, 1914-1918 Crosby, Harry American Field Service |
1914-1918? | ||
| Box 2, Folder 5 | Photograph album
France? 24 unnumbered pages; 17 cm. Contents Note: Album of photographs of Harry Crosby and others in the American Field Service during the First World War. This volume contains a bookplate, and its covers bear a coat of arms, like those on Codices 2-13. Original Harris Call number: 1926 C94923 xC94a Harris Rare. Accession Number: H121509 Genre: photograph album World War, 1914-1918 Crosby, Harry American Field Service |
1914-1918? |
Series 3. Papers of Caresse Crosby relating to Harry Crosby
| Container | Description | Date | ||
| Box 3, Folder 1 | The De Geetere Maldoror 4.0 pages Contents Note: With the name Harry Crosby typed at the end. Accession Number: HA4586 (1/2/3/4) Genre: typed manuscript (carbon) Crosby, Harry |
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| Box 3, Folder 2 | Last will and testament of Harry Crosby
Paris, France 4 pages and a blue back cover sheet Contents Note: Photostat of the notarized, holograph last will and testament of Harry Crosby of 19, rue de Lille, Paris. Accession Number: HA4582 (1/2/3/4) Genre: will (photostat) Crosby, Harry |
1929 Aug 19 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 2 | Harry Crosby's signature and list including the name of Hart Crane
Paris 1.0 item Contents Note: Piece of paper, cut and joined with adhesive tape to another. The first piece bears a photostat of the signature of Harry Crosby, and the notation, "Paris/October 1929"; the second bears a photostat of an autograph list that includes the name of Hart Crane. Accession Number: HA4582 (5) Crosby, Harry |
1929 Oct | ||
| Box 3, Folder 3 | Reproduction of a photograph of Harry Crosby (?) 1 item; 15.5 x 11.1 cm. Genre: photograph Crosby, Harry |
undated | ||
| Box 3, Folder 3 | Photograph of Harry and Caresse (?) Crosby
Paris 1.0 item; 11.5 x 7.5 cm. Contents Note: Mounted on a cardboard background. On the verso is a four-line, unsigned autograph poem written in pencil. Accession Number: HA4581 Genre: photograph Crosby, Caresse Crosby, Harry |
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| Box 3, Folder 4 | Brown, Edward R. (of Bruce Humphries, Inc., Publishers) to Crosby, Caresse
Boston, MA 1.0 page Contents Note: Salutation: Dear Mrs. Crosby. Accompanied by an addressed envelope with autograph notes on the front. Accession Number: HA4584 (1/2) Genre: typed letter signed Atherton, Constance Crosby, Harry |
1931 Jan 8 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 5 | Hanley, Hugh to "Dear Fellow Rebel Poet"
Columbus, OH 2.0 pages Contents Note: Addressed to "Dear Fellow Rebel Poet" from Hugh Hanley (writing in his capacity as treasurer of the organization Rebel Poets?). Accession Number: HA480(2) Genre: typed letter signed Crosby, Caresse Hanley, Hugh |
1929 Dec 24 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 5 | Hanley, Hugh to Crosby, Caresse
Columbus, OH 1.0 page Contents Note: Addressed to "Dear Mrs. Crosby" from Hugh Hanley. Accession Number: HA480(1) Genre: typed letter signed Crosby, Caresse Hanley, Hugh |
1930 Feb 16 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 6 | Richard Johns to Crosby, Caresse
Boston, MA 1.0 page Contents Note: Addressed to "Dear Mrs. Crosby" from Richard Johns, editor of Pagany magazine. Accession Number: HA4585 Genre: typed letter signed Crosby, Caresse Hanley, Hugh |
1930 Jan 4 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 7 | MacLeod, Norman to Jack
Albuquerque 1.0 page Contents Note: From [Norman] MacLeod to Jack (?). On stationery with a letterhead reading, "the morada" (magazine). Below the typed text of the letter is an autograph note signed from "H.H." (Hugh Hanley?) to "Mrs. Crosby". Accession Number: HA4579 Genre: typed letter signed Crosby, Caresse Hanley, Hugh MacLeod, Norman |
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| Box 3, Folder 8 | Three poems by Kay Boyle 2.0 pages Contents Note: Poem titles: "A Valentine for Harry Crosby", "The Complaint In It", and "The Refrain". Accession Number: HA4587 (1/2) Genre: typed poems Boyle, Kay Crosby, Harry |
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| Box 3, Folder 9 | Biographical sketch of Henry Grew (Harry) Crosby by Caresse Crosby 3.0 pages Contents Note: Typed biographical sketch of Henry Grew (Harry) Crosby by Caresse Crosby (?), with annotations and autograph notes. Accession Number: HA4583 (1/2/3) Genre: biographical sketch Crosby, Caresse Crosby, Harry |
1934 May 16 |
Letters from Caresse Crosby to Brown University Library staff
| Container | Description | Date | ||
| Box 3, Folder 10 | Crosby, Caresse to Jonah, David A.
Washington, DC 1.0 page Contents Note: Letter from Caresse Crosby to (David A.?) Jonah of Brown University Library. There is an autograph postscript below the typed text. At the top left is an autograph note signed by Caresse Crosby, dated [1955] Jan[uary] 10. Accession Number: HA23787 Genre: typed letter signed Crosby, Caresse Jonah, David A. |
1954 Dec 22 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 10 | Crosby, Caresse to Jonah, David A.
Washington, DC 1.0 page Contents Note: Letter from Caresse Crosby to David A. Jonah of Brown University Library. Includes autograph corrections and a note. Accession Number: HA23788 Genre: typed letter signed Crosby, Caresse Jonah, David A. |
1955 Jan 13 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 10 | Crosby, Caresse to Jonah, David A.
Washington, DC 1.0 page Contents Note: Letter from Caresse Crosby to David A. Jonah of Brown University Library. Includes autograph correction and postscript. Accession Number: HA23789 Genre: typed letter signed Crosby, Caresse Jonah, David A. |
1955 Feb 26 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 10 | Crosby, Caresse to Damon, S. Foster
Washington, DC 3.0 pages Contents Note: Letter from Caresse Crosby to (S.) Foster Damon of Brown University Library, with enclosed typed list by Caresse Crosby (?) of works by and about Harry Crosby. Accompanied by an addressed envelope. Accession Number: HA23790 (1/2/3) Genre: typed letter signed Crosby, Caresse Damon, S. Foster |
1955 Mar 3 |
