David K.E. Bruce., 06/15/1948-09/21/1977
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
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
- 06/15/1948-09/21/1977
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Extent
From the Collection: 1.3 Linear Feet (3 Hollinger Document Cases)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
Correspondence from David K.E. Bruce (U.S. diplomat) to John L. Brown (8 items): TLS 6/15/1948 ALS 2/3/1955 ALS 7/4/1955 TLS 7/17/1957 TLS 5/14/1968 w/ envelope TLS 6/11/1968 w/ envelope Card w/ envelope (signed & postmarked 12/30/1974) TLS 9/21/1977 w/ envelope Includes typed carbons from Brown. Reference(s) to fellow U.S. State Department colleagues including Dean Acheson, Fulton Freeman, as well as to writers Natalie Barney and Kay Halle.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
BRUCE, DAVID K.E. - CORRES. TO BROWN, JOHN L. 1948-77: Typed Letter Signed
BROWN, JOHN L. - CORRES. TO/FROM BRUCE, DAVID K.E. 1948-77: Typed Letter Signed
ACHESON, DEAN - REFERENCE BY BRUCE, DAVID K.E. 1948-77: Typed Letter Signed
FREEMAN, FULTON - REFERENCE BY BRUCE, DAVID K.E. 1948-77: Typed Letter Signed
BARNEY, NATALIE - REFERENCE BY BRUCE, DAVID K.E. 1948-77: Typed Letter Signed
HALLE, KAY (KATHERINE MURPHY) - REFERENCE BY BRUCE, DAVID K.E. 1948-77: Typed Letter Signed
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
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37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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