Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, writings, and photographs. Correspondence includes autograph manuscript and typescripts letters from Harold Acton, Iris Barry, Charles Fisk, Katherine Anne Porter, John Strachey and others. There is a small amount of outgoing letters among the correspondence. Writings include autograph and typescript drafts and printed versions of writings by Brewer, including "20th Century Typography in the Netherlands." Photographs include ones by Milton Horn and ones of Katherine Anne Porter by George Platt Lynes.
Dates
- 1922-1979
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Joseph Brewer Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Elysium Press on the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 1999.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Correspondence, 1922-1979. II. Other Papers, 1930-1976.
Extent
1.42 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, writings, and photographs. Correspondence includes autograph and typescripts letters from Harold Acton, Iris Barry, Charles Fisk, Katherine Anne Porter, John Strachey and others. There is a small amount of outgoing letters among the correspondence. Writings include autograph manuscript and typescript drafts and printed versions of writings by Brewer, including "20th Century Typography in the Netherlands." Photographs include ones by Milton Horn and ones of Katherine Anne Porter by George Platt Lynes.
Joseph Hillyer Brewer (1898-1991)
Joseph Hillyer Brewer, American publisher, librarian, and president of Olivet College. He was born in 1898 and died in New York City in 1991.
Processing Information
Former call number: Uncat ZA MS 629.
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Brewer Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- 2007-05-16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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