Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lehman, B. H. (Benjamin Harrison), 1889-1977
- Abstract:
- Chiefly correspondence with his many friends and associates. Also includes manuscripts and writings, as well as other personal papers and memorabilia. Correspondence with numerous American authors and literary figures also included. $b Correspondents include: Ansel Adams, Gertrude Atherton, William Everson, Sara Bard Field, Robinson and Una Jeffers, Oscar Lewis, John Steinbeck, Irving Stone, Thornton Wilder, George Rippey Stewart, Ariel Parkinson, and George Albee.
- Extent:
- Number of containers: 15 boxes Linear feet: 6.25
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Benjamin H. Lehman papers, BANC MSS C-H 155, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Benjamin H. Lehman papers consist primarily of correspondence with his many friends and associates. Principal correspondents are George S. Albee, Jonathon Bayliss, Robert L. Benson, Faith Berry, Bertrand Harris Bronson, Robert Chrisman, Bertrand Evans, George and Lucy Hand, Fred Orin Harris, James David Hart, Walter Morris Hart, William Justema, Arthur Luce Klein, David Littlejohn, Josephine Miles, Marvin Mudrick, Ariel Parkinson, Marion Randall Parsons, Constance Mayfield Rourke, Mark Schorer, Sister Mary Madeleva, Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent, Marie de L. Welch, and Michael Wilson. Other noteworthy correspondents include Ansel Adams, Gertrude F.H. Atherton, Travis Bogard, Carl E.W.F. Dahlstrom, Albert Einstein, William Everson, Sara Bard Field, Sir John Gielgud, Robinson Jeffers, Una Jeffers, Lotte D. Lehman, Oscar Lewis, John Francis Neylan, Charles Gilman Norris, Kathleen Thompson Norris, Bliss Perry, Bruce Porter, Lawrence Clark Powell, John Schoolcraft, Henry Nash Smith, Robert Gordon Sproul, John Steinbeck, George Rippey Stewart, Irving Stone, Ada Sullivan, Noel Sullivan, Al Ujcic, and Thornton Wilder.
The collection also contains some of Lehman's notebooks and writings, reviews of his works, and personal memorabilia related to Lehman and various friends and associates.
- Acquisition information:
- Gifts of Prof. Benjamin H. Lehman and of his estate and heirs, February 20, 1964 -August 1, 1977. Previous accessions formerly shelved under BANC MSS 67/45c, BANC MSS 69/147c, and BANC MSS 79/57c, have been consolidated in the collection described in this guide.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has been assigned to The Bancroft Library.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Benjamin H. Lehman papers, BANC MSS C-H 155, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481