Overview
Papers of the magazine Transition, an avant-garde literary magazine begun in Paris in 1927 by Eugène Jolas and his wife Maria Jolas.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1941
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
1.67 linear feet (5 boxes)Includes: compositions submitted for publication in Transition volumes 24-27 (1936-38), along with correspondence and other papers of the editors. Authors of compositions include James Agee, Denis Devlin, Randall Jarrell, Franz Kafka, László Moholy-Nagy, Piet Mondrian, J.M. Richards, William Saroyan, Margaret Shedd, and Dylan Thomas.
Biographical / Historical
Transition was an avant-garde literary magazine begun in Paris in 1927 by Eugène Jolas and his wife Maria. In 1935 James Johnson Sweeney became a partner in the magazine and subsequent issues were edited from New York.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following four series:
- I. Compositions
- II. Correspondence with the editors of Transition
- III. Papers relating to the publication of Transition 24-27 (1936-1938)
- IV. Other papers
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
93M-50. Transferred from the Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Harvard College Library; received: ca. 1950 and 1996.
Processing Information
Processed by: J.F. Coakley
- Title
- Transition. Papers of the magazine Transition, 1933-1941: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00047
Repository Details
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