Mira Edgerly Korzybska papers, 1850-1960

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0726
Bib ID:
4079756 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Korzybska, Mira Edgerly, 1872-1954
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
13 linear feet (25 boxes 2 scrapbooks 19 oversized folders)
Language(s):
English .
Other Finding Aids

Legacy Finding aid

Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Box-level restrictions are marked in the container list: Box 17-18. Closed until 2025.

Permission to use collection must be obtained from Bruce Kodish.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, diaries, documents, photographs, audio tape recordings, printed materials, scrapbooks, and sketches and drafts of portraits. Her finished portraits on ivory are cataloged separately for the Art Collection (q.v.). The collection includes her correspondence with friends and clients; manuscripts of her articles, lectures, and many unpublished autobiographical drafts; pencil sketches, watercolor drafts, and photoprints of her portraits on ivory; photographs of her family amd travels; clippings and other printed materials; and three scrapbooks of clippings and memorabilia. There is cataloged correspondence from Arnold Genthe, S.I. Hayakawa, Karen Horney, Burges Johnson, Dwight Macdonald, and Alice B. Toklas, etc.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Collection is in 8 series.

Using the Collection

Other Finding Aids

Legacy Finding aid

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Box-level restrictions are marked in the container list: Box 17-18. Closed until 2025.

Permission to use collection must be obtained from Bruce Kodish.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mira Edgerly Korzybska papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

See also: Art Coll\Korzybska for her finished portraits on ivory

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Charlotte Schuchardt Read. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/12/1987.

Scrapbook: Source of acquisition--Read, Charlotte S. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/19/1993. Accession number--M-93-01-19.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Read, Charlotte S. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--02/13/1996. Accession number--M-96-02-13.

Gift of Charlotte Schuchardt Read, 1987, 1993 & 1996.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Processed HR 03/--/1990.

Scrapbook Processed HR 03/11/1993.

Papers Processed HR 05/01/1996.

Revision Description

November 2020 PDF replaced with full finding aid, YH

Biographical / Historical

Painter of portraits on ivory. She was a self-taught artist whose career as a successful and sought after portraitist took her from San Francisco to New York, London, Washington, Latin America, and Chicago. In 1919, she married Alfred Korzybski, 1879-1950 (q.v.), and worked with him to develop and promote his theories of General Semantics.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Address books CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Announcements CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Appointment books CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Articles CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Audiotapes CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Autobiographies (literary works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Coats of arms CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Daguerreotypes (photographs) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Diaries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Drawings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Engravings (prints) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Financial records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Genealogies (histories) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gouaches (paintings) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lectures CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memorandums CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Miniatures (object genre) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Paintings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pencil drawings CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Visiting cards CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
watercolors (painting) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hayakawa, S. I (Samuel Ichiyé), 1906-1992 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Horney, Karen, 1885-1952 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Johnson, Burges, 1877-1963 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Korzybski, Alfred, 1879-1950 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Macdonald, Dwight CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Toklas, Alice B CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Artists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
General semantics CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Miniature painters CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Painters CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Portrait miniatures CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Portrait painters CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Portraits CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women artists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women painters CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID