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Box 8

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Silk necktie given to Bowles by Virginia Spencer Carr, 1997

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: F14
Scope and Contents

Silk necktie (green background with crouching leopard print - "Polo" by Ralph Lauren) in gift box. Originally a Christmas gift of Virginia Spencer Carr to Paul Bowles in 1997. Presented by Carr to the University of Delaware Library, November 17, 2004.

Dates: 1997

Bakelite bracelets belonging to Rena Rennewisser, undated

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: F22
Scope and Contents

These two salmon-colored Bakelite bracelets originally belonged to Paul Bowles's mother, Rena Rennewisser. Paul Bowles later gave them to Carol Ardman.

Dates: undated

Pair of tinted eye glasses belonging to Paul Bowles, undated

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: F3
Scope and Contents

The case bears the imprint of a San Francisco store on Powell Street.

Dates: undated

Haunting Memories, 2001

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: F4
Scope and Contents

Videocassette recording titled "Bon Soir - "Haunting Memories" - Taprobane." Short documentary produced by Yashin Rajapakse for Bon Soir, a Sri Lankan television program. The recording relates the story of Bowles's first visit to Ceylon in 1950 and his subsequent purchase of the island of Taprobane.

Dates: 2001

Soundtrack for Congo, 1944

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Four phonodiscs (8 sides, 12 inch, 73 rpm) which are a recording of the Paul Bowles-composed music for the 1944 film Congo. Access to digital files is available on-site in Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library.

Dates: 1944