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Miller, Henry, 1891-1980

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1891 - 1980

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Harvey Breit Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS1
Abstract

Harvey Breit, poet, playwright, and interviewer, was a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review from 1940-1965. This collection consists of more than 225 pages of correspondence sent to Breit during this period by more than fifty authors and public figures.

Dates: 1940 - 1965; Other: Majority of material found within 1945 - 1955

Elmer Gertz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS97
Abstract Elmer Gertz (1906-2000) was a lawyer, author, professor, and civil rights advocate. He fought many legal battles relating to the death penalty, police brutality, housing equality, freedom of speech, and other civil liberties. Gertz played a role in some of the most famous legal cases of the second half of the 20th century. He helped secure parole for "thrill killer" Nathan Leopold, defended Henry Miller’s novel Tropic of Cancer in numerous obscenity...
Dates: 1909-1999

Loujon Press electrotype printing blocks for Insomnia or the Devil at Large by Henry Miller

 Collection
Identifier: MS83
Abstract

Loujon Press electrotype printing blocks for Insomnia or the Devil at Large by Henry Miller consists of all the textual and photographic electrotype printing blocks for the publication Insomnia or the Devil at Large, as well as some miscellaneous graphic printing blocks. The collection is arranged into two series and spans 13 boxes dating circa 1970.

Dates: circa 1970

Anais Nin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS14
Abstract The Anaïs Nin Collection contains manuscripts, proofs and galleys for much of Nin's writing from 1925-1964. Included are early unpublished works, short stories, unfinished novels and plays, and various stages of major works, namely, Under a Glass Bell, House of Incest, Winter of Artifice, Children of the Albatross, Ladders to Fire, Spy in the House of Love, Collages and Seduction of the Minotaur. Her first critical book, ...
Dates: 1925-1964

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