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    • Author/Creator:Mellquist, Jerome.
    • Title:Jerome Mellquist papers, 1918-1963.
    • Physical Description:9.27 linear feet (21 boxes)
    • Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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    • Notes:Chiefly in English; some materials in French, Spanish, and German.
      Gift of the Estate of Jerome Mellquist, 1963 and 1972.
    • Organization:Organized into three series: I. Correspondence, 1918-1962. II. Writings, 1930s-1962. III. Personal Papers, 1928-1963.
    • Biographical / Historical note:Jerome Mellquist (1905-1963), art historian and critic.
    • Summary:Collection consists of correspondence, writings, and personal papers documenting the life and work of Jerome Mellquist. Correspondence includes letters between Mellquist and family, friends, writers, artists, musicians, and cultural critics in the United States and Europe from 1918 to 1962, with the bulk dating from the early 1930s to early 1960s. Correspondence dating from 1946 to 1948 relates chiefly to the journalist and music critic Paul Rosenfeld (1890-1946), for whom, along with Lucie Wiese, Mellquist compiled a memorial volume entitled Paul Rosenfeld: Voyager in the Arts (1948). Correspondence is chiefly in English, but letters can also be found in French, Spanish, and German. Writings include drafts of numerous short articles and essays, materials relating to published and unpublished book projects, and unsorted writings. Articles and essays relate chiefly to modern art and aesthetics. Book projects include research materials, plans, and drafts for the following: Mellquist's memorial volume to his friend Paul Rosenfeld; a book relating to French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel; another relating to a 1962 colloquium; and one, entitled "World Art in War", on heroism in pictures. Unsorted writings and materials include short works, plays, and a novel. Personal Papers include address books, agenda books, diaries, journals, notebooks, photographs, printed ephemera, and scrapbooks.
    • Format:Archives or Manuscripts
    • Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
    • Cite as:Jerome Mellquist Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
    • Subjects:Durand-Ruel, Paul, 1831-1922.
      Mellquist, Jerome.
      Rosenfeld, Paul, 1890-1946.
      Wiese, Lucie.
      Aesthetics, Modern.
      Art, Modern.
      Painting, Modern.
      Authors, American--20th century--Archives.
    • Genre/Form:Photographic prints.
      Printed ephemera.
      Scrapbooks.
    • Occupation:Authors.