Francis Steegmuller papers, 1877-2012

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Series XIV: Private Papers of Francis Steegmuller


Private Papers of Francis Steegmuller:



Box 92 Folder 6 Obituary of Raya Garbousova, cellist, 30, January 1997


Box 92 Folder 6 Letters: Donald Keene, Jacques Barzun, etc.


Box 92 Folder 6 Jacques Barzun essay on Francis Steegmuller (with Shirley Hazzard's letter to Barzun)


Box 92 Folder 6 American Academy of Arts and Letters Schedule for 1995-1996 regarding reading of tribute to Francis Steegmuller, 1995-1996


Box 92 Folder 6 Wilson Library Bulletin. "Francis Steegmuller: A Life of Letters, January 1992


Box 92 Folder 6 Dictionary of Literary Biography. "Francis Steegmuller by Robert L. Ross


Box 92 Folder 6 Letter from Shirley Hazzard to Princeton University Press re. the obituary of Francis Steegmuller, 30, July 1995


Box 92 Folder 7 Mass cards for Francis Steegmuller


Box 92 Folder 8 Letters from Francis Steegmuller to his first wife, Beatrice Stein, 1951


Box 92 Folder 8 Francis Steegmuller "Jonathan Curtice" 48 page mss. Sent to Bernice Baumgarten, 1951



Box 93 Folder 1 Letter from Giles Constable to Francis Steegmuller, 1, December 1957


Box 93 Folder 2 Miscellaneous notes: "Aegina -- Piraeus, 7/2/59"; "Saving Students from Bars"; "1900 & 90th Street", "On French Hairwashing"; etc.


Box 93 Folder 3 Correspondence regarding the discovery of the Thomas Heywood MS by Norman Farmer, 1971-74


Box 93 Folder 4 Printed articles by Francis Steegmuller, 1920s-1953 (some signed Byron Steel and Observant Sophmore), 1920s-1953


Box 93 Folder 5 Photographs of Steegmuller in post-war France


Box 93 Folder 6 Steegmuller articles on Henry K. Dick and George Hibbitt


Box 93 Folder 7 Steegmuller "Memoir"

Not to be quoted


Box 93 Folder 8 Early writings. Mss.


Box 93 Folder 9-14 Letters of condolence to Shirley Hazzard on the death of Francis Steegmuller



Box 94 Folder 1-6 Letters of condolence to Shirley Hazzard on the death of Francis Steegmuller



Box 95 Folder 1-3 Letters of condolence to Shirley Hazzard on the death of Francis Steegmuller


Box 95 Folder 4 Clippings re. the death of Francis Steegmuller


Personal and Professional



Box 122 Personal, 1918-1988


Box 122 Martin, Stanley--Friendship and Peter Martin, 1908, 1922-2003


Box 122 Met Art Disposal Scandal, 1971-1973


Box 122 Military, undated


Box 122 Rolls Royce, 1962


Box 122 Steegmuller, Joseph, 1908, 1963, undated


Box 122 Villon, Jacques and Raymond Duchamp-Villon, 1964-2012


Box 122 Awards, 1966


Box 122 Chéré Maître Reading, 1997


Box 122 Ziegel Decoration, 1983-1993


Box 122 New Yorker, 1968-1988


Box 122 Books, Gifts Copies, 1970-1982


Box 122 University of Chicago, 1976-1979


Box 122 Notes, undated


Box 122 Dawes, Joan, 1976-1986

Includes Your Isadora Pre-McIntosh & Otis.


Box 122 Professional, 1976-1997


Box 122 Copyright, 1977, undated


Box 122 Business, 1941-1991


Box 122 Letters to the Editor, Complaints, 1967-1990



Box 125 Folder 18 Proust, 1978-1990



Box 126 Alliance Francais Medal, in case



Box 125 Folder 1 Calling Cards


Box 125 Folder 2 French Driver's License, 1937


Box 125 Folder 3 Passports, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1987, 4 items


Box 125 Folder 7 Family Correspondence and Documents, 1950s-1993


Box 125 Folder 8 Steegmuller, Beatrice Stein--Booklet and Catalog, 1961-1962

Catalog from a show at Carstairs Gallery; reprint Francis Steegmuller's "Another Storyteller's Story" for the friends of his wife.


Box 125 Folder 9 Steegmuller, Joseph F.--Correspondence, 1965-1968, undated


Box 125 Folder 10-12 Steegmuller Wills, 1960-1970, 1994, 3 folders

Wills and related documents. Related to various members of the Steegmuller family including Joseph F. Steegmuller and Beatrice S. Steegmuller.


Box 125 Folder 19-20 Unsorted Papers, 2 folders