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Box 60

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Contains 17 Results:

Postcards, [n.d.]

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F13
Scope and Contents

Unused postcards depicting Venice, passenger ships, works of art, St. Thomas (Virgin Islands), and Florence. Also includes a postcard used to advertise Brinnin's Dylan Thomas in America.

Dates: [n.d.]

Material related to traveling, 1958-1998

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F14
Scope and Contents

Includes travel brochures for cruises, information on vacation rentals, a booklet regarding British Airways's Concorde, hotel envelopes, a map and guide to South Miami, and a brochure for the exhibit "Rapallo Letteraria," in 1994.

Dates: 1958-1998

"The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, 11th Annual Key West Literary Seminar", 1993

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F16
Scope and Contents

Includes clippings, program, and other printed material related to the seminar or to Elizabeth Bishop. Brinnin was instrumental in organizing and moderating this seminar.

Dates: 1993

Key West Literary Seminar and Festival, 1986-1997

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F17
Scope and Contents

Programs for seminars related to Tennessee Williams and "Literature in the Age of AIDS."

Dates: 1986-1997

United Auto Workers flyers, [1935]

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F18
Scope and Contents

According to his unpublished memoir, Brinnin met Walter Reuther in Detroit during the formation of the United Auto Workers. At the age of nineteen Brinnin did office work and distributed flyers. His memoir chronicles the first sit-down strike in Detroit.

Dates: [1935]

Westminster Abbey unveiling and dedication of a memorial to Dylan Thomas, 1982 Mar 1

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F19
Scope and Contents

Program and ticket for the dedication service which Brinnin attended. He has annotated the program with his comments.

Dates: 1982 Mar 1

"John Malcolm Brinnin" video cassette, [1990s]

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F21
Scope and Contents

Video cassette of an interview with Brinnin in Key West, Florida. Brinnin comments on his decision to live in Key West, Truman Capote, his works on passenger ships, writers living in Key West, and Dylan Thomas. The interview is obviously edited with live shots of Brinnin intermixed with images of his books and is approximately five minutes in length.

Dates: [1990s]

Audio cassette of Brinnin reading his poetry for Boston's radio show "Sunday Anthology", [1970s]

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F22
Scope and Contents

Hosted by Valerie Henderson, the show features Brinnin reading poems from his Selected Poems and Skin Diving in the Virgins. The show was produced while Brinnin was a professor at Boston University.

Dates: [1970s]

The Holy Bible - The S. S. Teacher's Edition, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, [n.d.]), [n.d.]

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F23
Scope and Contents

There is no indication as to the owner. Some penciled markings are found in the margins.

Dates: [n.d.]

Dust jackets and cartoons by others, 1980-1992

 File — Box: 60, Folder: F24
Scope and Contents

Includes a dust jacket for Stephen McCauley's The Easy Way Out, a portion of the dust acket for Peter De Vries's Consenting Adults and a photocopy of an eighteen-page cartoon which includes Brinnin.

Dates: 1980-1992

WriteMove II, 1995

 Item — Box: 60, Folder: F25