Djuna Barnes letters to Bradley Phillips and Violet Ranney Lang and other letter
Overview
Letters from American writer Djuna Barnes to American playwright V. R. Lang and her husband, Bradley Phillips. Also includes a letter from T. S. Eliot.
Dates
- Creation: 1956-1967
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 box)Includes typescript (signed) letters from Djuna Barnes to Violet Ranney Lang Phillips (V. R. Lang) and to her husband Bradley Phillips. Also includes some clippings, an autograph manuscript letter from T. S. Eliot to V. R. Lang, and a postcard from Elizabeth Hardwick to V. R. Lang. Many concern the play The Antiphone.
Biographical / Historical
Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) was an American writer, poet and artist who was important to the development of 20th-century English language Modernist writing. Bradley Sawyer Phillips (1929-1991) was an artist and a producer and was, for a short time before her death, the husband of poet and playwright V. R. Lang. He was associated with the Poets’ Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.). Violet Ranney "Bunny" Lang Phillips (1924-1956) was an American poet, playwright, actress, and a founder of the Poets’ Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters to Violet Ranney Lang Phillips
- II. Letters to Bradley Phillips
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
98M-17. ; Gift of Sayre Phillips Sheldon; received: 1998 November 13.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Barnes, Djuna. Djuna Barnes letters to Bradley Phillips and Violet Ranney Lang and other letters, 1956-1967: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02454
Repository Details
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