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Archives related to: Parrish, Anne, 1888-1957

titleGeorge Plank papers, 1907-1965 (inclusive)
repositoryYale University Library
descriptionThe papers contain correspondence with artistic and literary friends, Plank art work, art work of others, writings of friends, and a small quantity of personal papers. Prominent correspondents include H. D., Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Patrick White.

Bio/History:
George Wolfe Plank (1883-1963), illustrator, was a self-taught artist and from 1907-09 was one of the editors and printers of The Butterfly Quarterly, published in Philadelphia. In 1916 he moved to England and became a naturalized British citizen in 1945. He supplied illustrations for Vogue and for books of friends, like The Freaks of Mayfair (1916) by E. F. Benson and Hedgehog (1926) by H. D./ Unpublished finding aid in repository.

Location: BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: YCAL MSS 28
extent5.75 linear feet (11 boxes) + 1 framed painting
formatsCorrespondence Personal Papers Writings Notes Photographs
accessThis collection is open for research.
record linkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.plank
record sourcehttp://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/3251340
finding aidFinding aid is available in the repository and on the Internet.
acquisition informationThe papers were donated to The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library from 1962-75 by Norman Holmes Pearson. From 1963-70, Sylvia Townsend Warner also donated, through the good offices of Norman Holmes Pearson, her letters from Plank, as well as a few letters he wrote to her friend, Valentine Ackland.
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titleCady Wells papers, 1913-1968.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionPersonal correspondence; diaries; business papers; personal documents; exhibition catalogs; clippings and a clipping scrapbook; photographs; watercolors; sketches and sketchbooks; printed material and notes and correspondence dealing with Wells' estate [REEL 1329 is exculsively photographs].

Correspondents include Merle Armitage, Craig Barton, Elizabeth Boyd, Myron Brinig, Andrew Dasburg, Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, Una Jeffers, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Georgia O'Keeffe, Anne Parrish, Olive Rush, Alfred Stieglitz, Edith Warner, Mason Wells, and Edward Weston.

Bio / His Notes:
Painter; Santa Fe, N.M.
extent3.4 linear ft. (on 7 microfilm reels) reels 1304-1309 and 1329
formatsCorrespondence Diaries Exhibition Catalogs Photographs Microfilm
accessPatrons must use microfilm copy.
record sourcehttp://www.siris.si.edu/
acquisition informationDonated 1975 by Mason B. Wells, Cady Wells' brother.
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titleCorrespondence with Anne Parrish, 1924-1946.
repositoryUniversity of Wisconsin
descriptionThree letters from Delafield to Parrish admiring her writing, very friendly and informal. Delafield also discusses her own writing and talks about one of her works being made into a play in London. The letters are dated January 3, 1930, February 16, 1930, and November 16, 1930.
extent3 items.
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://firstsearch.oclc.org
updated11/12/2014 11:30:00
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titleLouis Bromfield Correspondence, 1924-1946.
repositoryOhio State University Libraries
descriptionPersonal and literary letters from: James Donald Adams, Hervey Allen, Gertrude Atherton, Ralph Barton, Pearl S. Buck, Edna Ferber, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Fannie Hurst, Sinclair Lewis, Thomas Mann, Henry Miller, Christopher Morley, Anne Parrish, Julia Mood Peterkin, Cole Porter, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Julian Street, Ruth Suckow, Alice B. Toklas, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Carl Van Vechten, Alec Waugh.
extent88 items.
formatsCorrespondence
accessFor research use in the library only
record sourcehttp://firstsearch.oclc.org
finding aidArranged alphabetically
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