Josephine Baker., 12/02/1946-12/07/1946

File — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Identifier: 59043

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The John L. Brown papers 2, consists of 271 folders of alphabetically arranged correspondence with prominent twentieth-century graphic and performing artists, composers, publishers and writers including Josephine Baker, George Braziller, John Cage, Albert Camus, Marc Chagall, Carlos Chavez, Henry Steele Commager, George Dillon, John Dos Passos, Angna Enters, Paul Flamand, Gaston Gallimard, Julien Green, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, Claude Levi-Strauss, Jose Limon, Andre Malraux, Jacques Maritain, Carson McCullers, Darius Milhaud, Katherine Anne Porter, Ezra Pound, Edmee Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld, Theodore Roethke, Wallace Stegner, Gerald Sykes, Allen Tate, Virgil Thompson, Richard Wright, and 'Zev' (Daniel A. Harris).

Dates

12/02/1946-12/07/1946

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Extent

From the Collection: 1.3 Linear Feet (3 Hollinger Document Cases)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

ALS (12/5/1946, 2 pages/1 leaf, in English) from singer Josephine Baker (1906-75) to John L. Brown. Includes 2 carbons from Brown (12/2/1946 & 12/7/1946). References to publication in U.S. of Baker's memoirs, with Brown's proposal for publication by Allene Talmey of chapters in "Vogue."

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

TALMEY, ALLENE - REFERENCE BY BROWN, JOHN L. 1946: Typed Letter Signed

"VOGUE" (MAGAZINE) & TALMEY, ALLENE - REFERENCE 1946: Typed Letter Signed

BAKER, JOSEPHINE - MEMOIRS: PUBLICATION PROPOSAL (U.S.) 1946: Typed Letter Signed

BAKER, JOSEPHINE - CORRES. TO BROWN, JOHN L. 1946 (12/05): Autographed Letter

BROWN, JOHN L. - CORRES. FROM BAKER, JOSEPHINE 1946 (12/05): Autographed Letter

BROWN, JOHN L. - CORRES. TO BAKER, JOSEPHINE 1946 (CARBONS): Typed Letter Signed

BAKER, JOSEPHINE - CORRES. FROM BROWN, JOHN L. 1946 (CARBONS): Typed Letter Signed