John Dos Passos., 02/08/1947-09/27/1969

File — Box: 2, Folder: 4

Identifier: 59131

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

02/08/1947-09/27/1969

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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 (9/27/1969, 1 page w/ envelope) from writer John Dos Passos to John L. Brown, turning down an invitation from the latter to speak at a symposium. Includes remarks by Dos Passos on Claude Edmonde Magny and Jean Paul Sartre. Also includes typed carbon from Brown (2/8/1947).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

MAGNY, CLAUDE EDMONDE - REFERENCE BY DOS PASSOS, JOHN 1969: Autographed Letter

SARTRE, JEAN PAUL - REFERENCE BY DOS PASSOS, JOHN 1969: Autographed Letter

DOS PASSOS, JOHN - CORRES. TO BROWN, JOHN L. 1969: Autographed Letter

BROWN, JOHN L. - CORRES. FROM DOS PASSOS, JOHN 1969: Autographed Letter

BROWN, JOHN L. - CORRES. TO DOS PASSOS, JOHN 1947 (CARBON): Typed Letter Signed

DOS PASSOS, JOHN - CORRES. FROM BROWN, JOHN L. 1947 (CARBON): Typed Letter Signed