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James Lorson collection of material about Frederic Prokosch, 1982-2004

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Box 1, Folder 1

Bibliographic descriptions by James Lorson concerning books and manuscripts by Frederic Prokosch

Scope and Content Note

Card index.

Box 1, Folder 2

Lorson's Prokosch collection checklist, auction invoice and exhibit photos

Box 1, Folder 3

Auction and book catalogs with Prokosch items for sale

Box 1, Folder 4

Lorson's Books and Prints checklist of Prokosch collection

Physical Description: 3 copies.

Box 1, Folder 5

Photographs of Frederic Prokosch

Scope and Content Note

1 studio portrait (with another copy), and a snapshot of Prokosch as a younger man, seated on a grassy hill (no date).

Box 1, Folder 6

Lorson, James. "Prokosch Miniatures," Hoja Volante no. 207, p. 3-5

Physical Description: 1 issue.

Box 1, Folder 7

Lorson, James. "Frederic Prokosch: A Passion for Self-Publishing," Matrix, no. 21

Physical Description: Offprint

Box 1, Folder 8

Weber, Msgr. Francis J. "The Prokosch Miniatures"

Scope and Content Note

Typescript. 2 pages with another copy, and with 2 page checklist. Corrections by James Lorson, with a letter from James Lorson to Francis J. Weber, and a copy of Lorson's own checklist of Prokosch miniatures.

Box 1, Folder 9

"Who Was Frederic Prokosch (or) What Was Frederic Prokosch" [by] JJD, Artists' Book Review, vol. 1 no. 7, p. 4

Scope and Content Note

Regarding Prokosch exhibit at UCLA's Clark Memorial Library.

Box 1, Folder 10

Prometheus Press. List of Titles

Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 1, Folder 11

Iyer, Pico. "The Perfect Traveler," The New York Review of Books, vol. 51, no. 18

Scope and Content Note

Reprint. Re Frederic Prokosch.

Box 1, Folder 12

Frederick Prokosch: Man of Letters (Some Genuine, Some Fake). Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of James Lorson

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Invitation and map to UCLA's Clark Memorial Library exhibit. With carbon copy of letter to Bruce Whiteman.

Box 1, Folder 13

Correspondence between Robert Greenfield and James Lorson

Box 1, Folder 14

Correspondence and emails with the Harry Ransom Center and Julian I. Edison

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