Blanche Knopf., 08/12/1954-02/19/1958

File — Box: 2, Folder: 50

Identifier: 59178

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

08/12/1954-02/19/1958

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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

2 TLS (8/12/1954, 2/11/1958) from Blanche Knopf to John L. Brown. Includes typed carbon(s) from Brown. Reference to Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien (translator of Camus), Marion Sanders. Includes TLS (2/10/1958) from Marion Sanders to Brown re the publication of "Schloss Fielding" by Edith de Borne, and typed carbon from Brown in reply.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

DE BORNE, EDITH - "SCHLOSS FIELDING" - REFERENCE: Typed Letter Signed

CAMUS, ALBERT - REFERENCE BY KNOPF, BLANCHE 1954: Typed Letter Signed

O'BRIEN, JUSTIN - REFERENCE BY KNOPF, BLANCHE 1954: Typed Letter Signed

SANDERS, MARION - CORRES. TO BROWN, JOHN L. 1958: Typed Letter Signed

BROWN, JOHN L. - CORRES. TO/FROM SANDERS, MARION 1959: Typed Letter Signed