Papers, 1929-1974 (bulk, 1935-1950) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:The most significant items include: notes toward a biography of Kurt Weill, consisting of interviews or reminiscences from several of his friends, collaborators, and Lotte Lenya herself; a partial typescript of a late draft of Davis's novel The opening of a door; shorter Davis manuscripts, including "Dutchy Schmidt," "Georgette," "The rabbit," and fragments of a planned second novel; letters from W.H. Auden, Katherine Anne Porter, Caroline Gordon, Colin McPhee, Carmel Snow (editor of Harper's Bazaar), Robert Lowry, Edouard de Bay, Grace Mitchell, and members of Davis's family; a holograph manuscript of Auden's; several manuscripts by the poet Harry Roskolenko; clippings and manuscripts on the French artist Christian Bérard; records of Davis's tenure at Columbia University and various writing workshops; photographs of many well-known artists, including Auden, Bérard, Lotte Lenya, and Jean Genet; and an address book possibly belonging to Lenya