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Djuna Barnes letters to Michael Perkins

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0255

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

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

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.

Related Materials

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

Shelving Summary

Box 13, F0255: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Processing Information

Processed and encoded by Sarah Iuli, February 2016.

Subject

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

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