Wilson, Robert, 1922-2016
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1922 - 2016
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Kresch papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030056539]
Identifier: MS-0465
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two items: a Christmas card from Albert Kresch to Robert Wilson from 1967; and an announcement of one of Kresch's gallery shows in 1981.
Dates:
1967; 1981
Found in:
Special Collections
H. L. Mencken collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0476
Abstract
This is an artificial collection made up of printed ephemera, letters, and photographs that accompanied books by and about H. L. Mencken.
Dates:
1900-1996
Found in:
Special Collections
Robert A. Wilson collection of Gertrude Stein materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-0785
Abstract
Robert A. Wilson (1922-2016) was a Baltimore native who owned the Phoenix Book Shop in Greenwich Village, New York and was a well-known collector of signed first editions of works by his favorite literary figures, particularly Gertrude Stein. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American expatriate novelist, playwright, poet, and art collector. She was born outside Pittsburgh, lived in Oakland, California, and then spent the rest of her life in Paris, France, becoming a part of the Parisian...
Dates:
1874 - 2011
Found in:
Special Collections
Robert Wilson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0496
Abstract
Robert A. Wilson (1922-2016) was the fifth owner of the Phoenix Bookshop in Greenwich Village, which he ran until it closed in 1988. The collection consists of materials dating from 1938 to 2006, including correspondence, photographs and copies of Wilson's published writings.
Dates:
1938-2006
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Subject
- Authors, American 2
- correspondence 2
- ephemera (general object genre) 2
- letters (correspondence) 2
- American drama 1
- American literature 1
- American poetry 1
- CD-Rs 1
- Christmas cards 1
- Collectibles 1
- Creative writing 1
- Editors 1
- Fans (Persons) 1
- France 1
- Interviews 1
- Journalism 1
- Journalists 1
- Modernism (Literature) 1
- Painters 1
- Photographs 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Publishers and publishing 1
- United States 1
- VHS 1
- Women authors, American 1
- World War (1939-1945) 1
- articles 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- drafts (documents) 1
- drawings (visual works) 1
- long-playing records 1
- memoirs 1
- photographs 1
- proofs (printed matter) 1 + ∧ less
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