Djuna Barnes letters to Michael Perkins
Content Description
American journalist, avant-garde author, and illustrator Djuna Barnes wrote these three letters to fellow writer and journalist Michael Perkins. Each typed letter bears Barnes’s signature. In these letters, Barnes declines to take on more work, thanks Perkins for his article, and promises to send a signed copy of her Selected Works (1962).
Mailing envelopes bear Barnes's Patchin Place address.
Dates
- Creation: 1971 July 19-September 18
Creator
- Barnes, Djuna (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
American journalist, avant-garde author, and illustrator Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) is best known for her modernist novel Nightwood (1936).
Extent
3 item
Abstract
American journalist, avant-garde author, and illustrator Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) wrote these three letters to fellow writer and journalist Michael Perkins.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2016.
Shelving Summary
Box 13, F0255: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.
Processing Information
Processed and encoded by Sarah Iuli, February 2016.
Subject
- Perkins, Michael (D. M. Perkins) (Correspondent, Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for Djuna Barnes letters to Michael Perkins
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2016 February 29
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository