Buffie Johnson and Gerald Sykes., 09/19/1964-11/16/1964

File — Box: 3, Folder: 39

Identifier: 59260

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

09/19/1964-11/16/1964

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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

Correspondence from artist Buffie Johnson and writer Gerald Sykes (1903-84) to John L. Brown: ALS 9/19/1964 Johnson to Brown. ALS 10/15/1964 w/ envelope, Johnson to Brown. TLS 10/29/1964 Sykes to Brown. ALS 11/16/1964 w/ envelope, Johnson to Brown. Includes typed carbon from Brown (11/9/1964). Reference to George Braziller; Brown's work, including "Il Gigantesco Teatro"; and Sykes' work, "Alienation: the Cultural Climate of Our Time" (1964).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BRAZILLER, GEORGE - REFERENCE BY SYKES, GERALD 1964: Typed Letter Signed

BROWN, JOHN L. - "IL GIGANTESCO TEATRO" - REFERENCE 1964: Typed Letter Signed

SYKES, GERALD - " ALIENATION: THE CULTURAL CLIMATE OF OUR TIME" REF.: Typed Letter Signed

JOHNSON, BUFFIE - CORRES. TO BROWN, JOHN L. 1964: Autographed Letter

BROWN, JOHN L. - CORRES. TO/FROM JOHNSON, BUFFIE 1964: Typed Letter Signed

SYKES, GERALD - CORRES. TO BROWN, JOHN L. 1964: Typed Letter Signed

BROWN, JOHN L. - CORRES. TO/FROM SYKES, GERALD 1964: Typed Letter Signed