Christopher Isherwood letters to Lincoln Kirstein
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Christopher Isherwood letters to Lincoln Kirstein
Dates: 1943-1963
Collection Number: mssHM 81664-81741
Creator:
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
Extent:
78 pieces in two boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: manuscripts@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection includes primarily letters from Christopher Isherwood to Lincoln Kirstein.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Letters from Christopher Isherwood to Lincolm Kirstein, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Fuller d'Arch Smith Booksellers by the Library Collectors' Council, Jan. 2007.
Biography
Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986), British-American author, emigrated to the United States in 1939. Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996)
was an American author and co-founder of the New York City Ballet.
Scope and Content
The collection includes primarily letters from Isherwood to his friend Kirstein, with a few to and by others, and one poem
by Isherwood: On His Queerness [approximately 1950]
Arrangement
Arrangement
The materials are arranged alphabetically by author's last name, then chronologically.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
Bachardy, Don, 1934-
Bower, Tony
Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999
Caskey, William, 1921-1981
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
Harris, Julie, 1925-2013
Heard, Gerald, 1889-1971
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963
Lehmann, John, 1907-1987
Martínez, José, 1913?-1997
Prabhavananda, Swami, 1893-1976
Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Viertel, Berthold
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
Subjects
Authors, American -- 20th century
Authors, English -- 20th century
British Americans
Gay authors -- Great Britain
Gay authors -- United States
Geographic Areas
South American -- Travel and description
Genre
Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century
Box 1
HM 81664-81704, 81741
Manuscript and Correspondence A-Isherwood, 1951
HM 81664
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. On His Queerness: poem.
approximately 1950.
HM 81741
Caskey, William, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
May? 1949.
L. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. The Condor and the Cows: A South American Travel Diary;
Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987)
HM 81665
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Paul Cadmus, 1940-.
Dec. 6, 1950.
HM 81666
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Jan. 19, 1943?
A.L.S. (2p.). (Subject: Bower, Tony; Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999)
HM 81667
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Mar. 29, 1943.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Bower, Tony; Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen, 1868-1960; Cadmus, Paul, 1904-; Forster, E.M.
(Edward Morgan), 1879-1970; Isherwood, Richard; Lehmann, John, 1907-1987)
HM 81668
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Apr. 11, 1943.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973; Bower, Tony; Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995; Lehmann,
John, 1907-1987)
HM 81669
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
May 1, 1943?
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Association)
HM 81670
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
May 3, 1943.
HM 81671
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
May 13, 1943.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983)
HM 81672
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
May 30, 1943.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995; Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983; Martínez, José, 1913?-1997)
HM 81673
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
June 18, 1943?
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973; World War, 1939-1945 - Public Opinion)
HM 81674
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
July 6, 1943.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Martínez, José, 1913?-1997; Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995; Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973)
HM 81675
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
July 26? 1943?
A.L.S. (2p.). (Subject: Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990)
HM 81676
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Aug. 10, 1943.
HM 81677
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Dec. 10, 1943.
HM 81678
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Dec. 13, 1943.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997; Cadmus, Paul, 1904-; Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990; Medley, Robert,
1905-)
HM 81679
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Jan. 9, 1944.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Martínez, José, 1913?-1997; Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004; Prabhavananda, Swami, 1893-; Viertel,
Peter)
HM 81680
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
May 1, 1944.
HM 81681
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
May 18, 1944.
HM 81682
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
June 24, 1944.
HM 81683
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Aug. 31, 1944.
Copy (L.S., typewritten: 1p.). V-mail reduced in size from the original.
HM 81684
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Nov. 7, 1944.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973)
HM 81685
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Nov. 18, 1944.
A.L.S. (3p.). (Subject: Lehmann, John, 1907-1987)
HM 81686
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Dec. 18, 1944.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977; Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963)
HM 81687
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Feb. 16, 1945.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Van Druten, John, 1901-1957; Zen Buddhism)
HM 81688
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Mar. 29, 1945.
HM 81689
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Apr. 19, 1946.
HM 81690
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Dec. 23, 1946.
HM 81691
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Feb. 23, 1947.
HM 81692
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Nov. 20, 1947.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). With the author's autograph postscript. (Subject: South America - Description and travel)
HM 81693
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Jan. 8, 1948.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Pride and vanity in art; Szyszlo, Fernando de)
HM 81694
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Mar. 11, 1948.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Szyszlo, Fernando de; Viertel, Berthold)
HM 81695
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
July 3, 1948.
HM 81696
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Oct. 29, 1948.
HM 81697
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Dec. 24, 1948.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. The Condor and the Cows: A South American Travel Diary;
Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995)
HM 81698
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Mar. 2, 1949.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973; Cadmus, Paul, 1904-; Charlton, Jim; Heard, Gerald,
1889-1971; Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963; Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. The Condor and the Cows: a South American Travel
Diary; Prabhavananda, Swami, 1893-; Samuels, Lesser; Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959)
HM 81699
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Mar. 23, 1949.
HM 81700
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Apr. 14, 1949.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. The Condor and the Cows: A South American Travel Diary)
HM 81701
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Oct. 15, 1949.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Heard, Gerald, 1889-1971; Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. The Condor and the Cows:
A South American Travel Diary; Sheean, Vincent, 1899-1975)
HM 81702
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Oct. 19, 1950.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). (Subject: Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995. World Within World)
HM 81703
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
June 21, 1951.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Lamkin, Speed, 1928-2011)
HM 81704
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Dec. 30, 1951.
Box 2
HM 81705-81740
Correspondence Isherwood, 1952-Z
HM 81705
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Feb. 26, 1952.
HM 81706
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Mar. 31, 1952.
HM 81707
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
May 25, 1952.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Cassidy, Tom; Charlton, Jim; Huntington Hartford Foundation)
HM 81708
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Sept. 18, 1952.
HM 81709
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Oct. 1, 1952.
HM 81710
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Oct. 15, 1952.
HM 81711
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Feb. 11, 1953.
HM 81712
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Oct. 12, 1953.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. The World in the Evening)
HM 81713
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Oct. 31, 1953.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. The World in the Evening)
HM 81714
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Nov. 14, 1953.
HM 81715
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Jan. 5, 1954.
HM 81716
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Jan. 26, 1954.
HM 81717
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Sept. 15, 1956.
HM 81718
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Oct. 25, 1956.
HM 81719
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
July 9, 1957.
A.L.S. (2p.). (Subject: Martínez, José, 1913?-1997)
HM 81720
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Aug. 3, 1959.
HM 81721
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Oct. 25, 1959.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: California State College, Los Angeles; Harris, Julie, 1925-2013)
HM 81722
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Nov. 6, 1959.
HM 81723
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Nov. 21, 1959.
HM 81724
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Feb. 17, 1962.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995)
HM 81725
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Mar. 28, 1962.
A.N.S. on a postcard. (Subject: Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. Down There On a Visit)
HM 81726
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
July 27, 1963.
HM 81727
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996, and Fidelma Cadmus Kirstein.
Mar. 28, 1950.
A.L.S. (2p.). (Subject: Charlton, Jim; Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971)
HM 81728
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996, and Fidelma Cadmus Kirstein.
Aug. 19, 1950.
HM 81729
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To Tom Mabry.
Jan. 17, approximately 1943-1963?
Contem. copy (L., typewritten: 1p.). Enclosed in: Mabry, Tom. L. to Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996, Jan. 22, approximately 1943-1963?,
HM 81740, cataloged separately. (Subject: Mabry, Tom. The Beloved)
HM 81730
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. To José Martínez, 1913?-1997.
June 18, 1943.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). (Subject: Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996)
HM 81731
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and Don Bachardy, 1934-. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Aug. 28, 1959.
HM 81732
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and William Caskey, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Dec. 17, 1947.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). With autograph post script. (Subject: Statues - South America)
HM 81733
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and William Caskey, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Apr. 11, 1948.
HM 81734
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and William Caskey, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Apr. 29, 1948.
HM 81735
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and William Caskey, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
June 2, 1948.
L.S. (typewritten: 2p.). with autograph post script.
HM 81736
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and William Caskey, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Sept. 15, 1949.
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). Following the above: Note to Lincoln and Fidel Kirstein by Christopher Isherwood. (Subject: Isherwood,
Christopher, 1904-1986. The Condor and the Cows: A South American Travel Diary)
HM 81737
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and William Caskey, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Nov. 21, 1952.
HM 81738
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and William Caskey, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996, and Fidelma Cadmus Kirstein.
Sept. 23? 1947?
HM 81739
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, and William Caskey, 1921-1981. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996, and Fidelma Cadmus Kirstein.
Oct.? 1947?
HM 81740
Mabry, Tom. To Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996.
Jan. 22, approximately 1943-1963?
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.). Enclosure: Isherwood, Christopher. L. to Tom Mabry, Jan. 17, approximately 1943-1963?, HM 81729,
cataloged separately. (Subject: Mabry, Tom. The Beloved)
