Isherwood (Christopher) Letters to Jack Rosen, 1966-1978

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Summary

Title:
Christopher Isherwood letters to Jack Rosen
Dates:
1966-1978
Creators:
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
Abstract:
Postcards and a note from Christopher Isherwood to Jack Rosen.
Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Christopher Isherwood letters to Jack Rosen, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of eight postcards and one note written by Christopher Isherwood to Jack Rosen of Portland, Oregon. The correspondence refers to Isherwood's and Don Bachardy's creative output, and several works including A Meeting By the River, Exhumations, Cabaret, Frankenstein: The True Story, Kathleen and Frank, My Guru and His Disciple, and others; Isherwood also mentions his friends W. H. Auden, Igor Stravinsky, and Vera Stravinsky. The postcards are autograph or typewritten and are all written from Santa Monica, California, the home of Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. The collection also includes one empty envelope postmarked January 15, 1975.

Biographical / historical:

Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was the British American author of All the conspirators (1928), The last of Mr. Norris (1935) and Good-bye to Berlin (1939; reissued as The Berlin stories, 1946), Prater Violet (1945), The world in the evening (1954), Down there on a visit (1962), A single man (1964), A meeting by the river (1967), Kathleen and Frank (1971), and others. A close friend of W. H. Auden, Isherwood collaborated with him on the dramas The dog beneath the skin (1935), The ascent of F6 (1936), and On the frontier (1938), as well as on Journey to a war (1939). From 1928 to 1932, he lived in Germany, and in 1939 emigrated to the United States. Isherwood met his partner, Don Bachardy (1934-), in 1953 and they remained together until Isherwood's death in 1986; Don Bachardy is an artist and writer. Isherwood is known for his advocacy of discarding the taboos against homosexuality.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Neal B. Rosen, March 2023.
Processing information:

Processed by Gayle M. Richardson in May 2023.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Gayle M. Richardson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-05-15 09:19:38 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Christopher Isherwood letters to Jack Rosen, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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