Christopher Isherwood collection of papers

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Description
Christopher Isherwood was a British expatriate who emigrated to America in 1939. He authored novels, plays, screenplays, expositions, and translations of the Vedanta. This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, and portraits. The manuscripts and typescripts consist of plays written with W. H. Auden, articles by Howard Griffin and James Stern about Isherwood, and reviews by John Maynard Keynes. Also present is correspondence, dating from 1926 to 1975, from the author to Benjamin Britten, Rupert Doone, Howard Griffin, Alfred Kazin, Olive Mangeot, Elizabeth Mayer, Judith Moffett, and Glenway Wescott, as well as letters from Herbet Mitgang to Isherwood, dating from 1967 to 1975. There are letters to Isherwood from W. H. Auden, Chester Kallman, Herbert Mitgang, D. A. Parry, and Glenway Wescott, dating from 1939 to 1975.
Names
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 (Creator)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1926 - 1975
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Isherwood
Topics
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
Genres
Manuscripts
Typescripts
Correspondence
Portraits
Physical Description
Extent: 67 items.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPW04-A15
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15922522
MSS Unit ID: 19195
Archives collections id: archives_collections_1106
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9ab1fb10-c62b-012f-5615-58d385a7bc34
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