Description
Manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence,
photographs, programs, brochures, catalogs, posters, flyers, scripts, musical
scores, printed materials, artwork, sound recordings, ephemera, memorabilia, and
other materials documenting the life and work of Gertrude Stein, her reception by
contemporaries, and the influence of her legacy in the first three decades after her
death, collected by Addison M. Metcalf between 1945 and 1959. The materials include
manuscript and typescript letters from and to Stein; typescripts of several of her
works, some corrected in Stein's hand or that of Alice B. Toklas; typescripts and
galley proofs of published biographies, critical studies, and memoirs; and
typescripts of unpublished dissertations and fictional representations of Stein. The
collection also contains programs, posters, photographs, scripts, costume and set
designs, and other materials relating to the performance of Stein’s works; music
scores set to texts by Stein; catalogs, brochures, and other materials relating to
exhibitions of Stein's manuscripts and published works, and to museum and gallery
exhibitions of artwork formerly owned by Stein and her siblings, and of artists
collected, supported, and championed by her; contemporary and later copy prints of
photographs of Stein from 1905 onwards, including many by Carl Van Vechten; complete
original copies of almost all periodical issues in which Stein's work appeared
during her lifetime; correspondence from people who had known Stein, relating their
memories and "impressions” of her; artwork relating to Stein, including several
original pieces dating from her lifetime, and several commissioned by Metcalf
himself; sound recordings of works by and relating to Stein, performed by herself
and others; ephemera and memorabilia, including plates designed by Stein for Van
Vechten; and personal and family papers of Addison Metcalf himself.