Mira Edgerly Korzybska papers, 1850-1960

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Series I: Cataloged correspondence, manuscript, photographs



Box 1 Arnold Genthe (also photographs)


Box 1 Hayakawa, Samuel I.


Box 1 Karen Horney


Box 1 Johnson, Burges


Box 1 Alfred Korzybski (typescript)


Box 1 Dwight Macdonald


Box 1 Alice B. Toklas

Series II: Uncataloged correspondence


Box 1 A-C

Including Caroline Douglas Stewart Corbet Astley Evelyn B. Morrison-Bell, Dion S. Birney and the Everett lawsuit, Alicia and William Busser, and Josephine Osborn Coogan



Box 2 D-J

Including David and Marian Bell Fairchild, C. Judson Herrick, Edward V. Huntington, and Burges Johnson and Miriam Jarvis Johnson Carreker



Box 3 K-P

Including Benjamin Kimball, Mira Edgerly Korzybska to Alfred Korzybski, Amy Edgerly Lake, Kitty Gerard-Leigh, Walter N. Polakov, and Puddefoot, Bowers and Simonett, Ltd.-Ivory Merchants



Box 4 Q-Z

Including Minnie Edgerly Russell, Mary Van Etten Ward, John William White, and unidentified letters



Box 17 Correspondence between Mira E. Korzybska and her husband, Alfred Korzybski, 1920-1950

Closed to all use until the year 2025.



Box 18 Correspondence between Mira E. Korzybska and her husband, Alfred Korzybski, 1920-1950

Closed to all use until the year 2025.



Box 19 General correspondence, 1924-1942; undated



Box 20 General correspondence, 1943-1949



Box 21 General correspondence, 1950-1952



Box 22 General correspondence (including her estate), 1953-1960

Series III: Manuscripts by Mira Edgerly Korzybska



Box 5 Autobiography: notes and drafts



Box 6 Autobiography: notes and drafts



Box 7 Articles and lectures



Box 8 Diaries, Address books, Appointment books, and Memorandum books



Box 23 Manuscripts, diaries, and notes by Mira Edgerly Korzybska, 1924-1954

Series IV: Subject folders, lists, memoranda, notes, etc.



Box 9 Subject folders, lists, memoranda, notes, etc.



Box 24 Financial papers, 1918-1955

Series V: Portraits by Mira Edgerly Korzybska

Watercolor drafts, pencil sketches, drafts on ivory, and photocopies. Finished paintings on ivory have been cataloged as part of the Art Collection.


Subseries V.1: Portraits, Drafts



Box 10 Acheles, Elizabeth A.


Box 10 Astley, Constance Edith Corbet Sutton (Mrs. Herbert D.)


Box 10 Bell, Sir Eustace Morrison, and family


Box 10 Bell, Evelyn Morrison


Box 10 Morrison-Bell, Frances Isabel Logan, Lady, and daughter (possibly Daphne Frances Morrison-Bell, or Veronica Frances Morrison-Bell)


Box 10 Bliss, William H.


Box 10 Besselievre, Jean


Box 10 Bowen, Harry S., children


Box 10 Burden, Florence Adele Sloane (Mrs. James A.)


Box 10 Campbell, James Alexander


Box 10 Claflin, Minietta Anderson (Mrs. Arthur B.), and daughter (unable to identify full name)


Box 10 Clendening, Dorothy Hixon (Mrs. Logan)


Box 10 Coogan, Josephine Osborn (Mrs. Jay)


Box 10 Cook, Mary Hood, Lady


Box 10 Coulter, Helen L. S. Trevor (Mrs. Charles), and family


Box 10 Crespi, Vivian Stokes Taylor, Countess


Box 10 Dalhousie, John Gilbert Ramsay, 15 Earl of


Box 10 Dalhousie, Mary Adelaide Heathcote-Drummond Willoughby Ramsay, Countess of


Box 10 Davidson, John


Box 10 Devries, Blanche


Box 10 de Wolfe, Elsie (Lady Mendl)


Box 10 Dodge children (of Detroit)


Box 10 Drogheda, Kathleen Pelham-Burn Moore, Countess of


Box 10 Drummond, Katherine Mary Antrobus (Mrs. Laurence G.), and James Arthur Lawrence Drummond (son)


Box 10 Duke, Doris


Box 10 Easton, Margaret Bechstein Hays (Mrs. Charles D.), and children


Box 10 Elliott, Maxine


Box 10 Elmhirst, Dorothy Whitney Straight, and child


Box 10 Everett, Edward H., and family (See also oversize)


Box 10 Fahnestock, Snowden A., Helen Moran, and family


Box 10 Fell, Mildred M. Santry (Mrs. John R.), and children


Box 10 Fish, Frederick S., and family


Box 10 Gambrill, Anna and Diana (See also oversize)


Box 10 Gann, David B.


Box 10 Gardner child (of Cleveland)


Box 10 Gould, Guinevere Jeanne Sinclair (Mrs. George; Oversize only)


Box 10 Grasselli, Emilie Smith (Mrs. Thomas)


Box 10 Grenville-Grey, Louise Monica Morrison Bell (Mrs. Cecil E.M.)


Box 10 Grosvenor, Pamela, Rose, and Anita (Oversize only)


Box 10 Hamilton, Nina Mary Benita Poore Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of


Box 10 Hardwicke, Edith Mary Oswald Yorke, Countess of


Box 10 Hill, Alice Hale and Nathaniel P., and daughter (unable to identify full name) (See also oversize)


Box 10 Hobson, Irene


Box 10 Holford, Sir George Lindsay


Box 10 Howe, Mary Curzon Curzon, Countess of


Box 10 Iselin, Hope Goddard (Mrs. C. Oliver), and Hope Iselin (daughter)


Box 10 James, Harriet Eddy Parsons (Mrs. Arthur C.) (See also oversize)


Box 10 Keyser, Cassius Jackson


Box 10 Kimball, Benjamin


Box 10 Korzybska, Mira Edgerly (See: Self portraits)


Box 10 Korzybski, Alfred


Box 10 Lawrence, Shiela Burden (Mrs. Blake L.)


Box 10 Leiter, Juliette Williams (Mrs. Joseph), and children


Box 10 Livermore, Philip W.


Box 10 Logan, Edward Townshend


Box 10 Louisa Margaret, Duchess of Connaught, Princess


Box 10 McLean, Evelyn Walsh (Mrs. Edward B.), and children


Box 10 Magee, Florence Seeley (Mrs. John)



Box 11 Manice, Harriet Ferry (Mrs. William DeF.), and children


Box 11 Manners, Mildred Mary Buckworth Buchanan-Riddell (Lady Robert), and daughter (unable to identify full name)


Box 11 Martinez de Udaonda, Guillermo and Elvira de


Box 11 Maynard, Walter, Jr.


Box 11 Merrill, Keith, children (See also oversize)


Box 11 Milbank, Katharine Schulze (Mrs. Jeremiah) (Oversize only)


Box 11 Millington-Drake children (Oversize only)


Box 11 Mundinger, Mrs. Robert R. (unable to identify full name)


Box 11 Nicholas Nicholaevitch, Grand Duke of Russia


Box 11 Oglebay, Kate


Box 11 Osborn, H. Fairfield, and family


Box 11 Patton, Beatrice Ayer (Mrs. George S.)


Box 11 Patton, George Smith (?)


Box 11 Pereyra, Eugenio


Box 11 Pereyra Iraola, Helena Udoando de


Box 11 Perkins, Constance


Box 11 Pless, Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West von Hochberg, Princess of


Box 11 Plowden, Pamela


Box 11 Plummer, Mrs. Richard W. (unable to identify full name), and children


Box 11 Prescott, Marjorie Wiggin (Mrs. Sherburne)


Box 11 Ramsay, Lady Ida Mary (Lady Ida Johnson)


Box 11 Ramsay, Lady Patricia (Princess Patricia of Connaught)


Box 11 Reading, Stella Charnaud Isaacs, Marchioness of (See also oversize)


Box 11 Renchard, Stellita Stapleton (Mrs. George W.)


Box 11 Rogers, John Middleton, and family


Box 11 Rosseter, Alice Gertrude May (Mrs. John H.)


Box 11 Russell, Elizabeth Sherley Shevlin (Mrs. Marshall)


Box 11 Ryan, Diana Dodge Davies


Box 11 Sackville-West, Vita (Lady Nicolson)


Box 11 Sands, Mrs. George Winthrop (possibly Anne Aldridge Gibson or Anna "Tayo" Johnson)


Box 11 Sanford, John, and family


Box 11 Santamarina, Lola Acosta de


Box 11 Satterlee, Louise Pierpont Morgan (Mrs. Herbert L.)


Box 11 Scherlin, Betty


Box 11 Selden, Muriel Wiggin (Mrs. Lynde), and estate


Box 11 Sheridan, Clare Consuelo Frewen


Box 11 Smith, Virginia C. and Iris A. (See also oversize)


Box 11 Spreckels, Alma de Bretteville (Mrs. Adolph B.)


Box 11 Stevens, Clara Sherwood Rollins (Mrs. J. Sampson)


Box 11 Strafford, Robert Cecil Byng, 7th Earl of, and George Arthur Francis Byng


Box 11 Strawn, Margaret Stewart (Mrs. Silas H.)


Box 11 Strong, Mrs. James A. (unable to identify full name)


Box 11 Sutton, Sir Richard Vincent


Box 11 Thomson, Louise Schermerhorn Little


Box 11 Villiers, Katherine


Box 11 Walker, Sophie Florence Lothrop Sheridan (Mrs. William H.)


Box 11 Ward, Mary Van Etten (Mrs. John H.), and son


Box 11 Webb, Vanderbilt and Aileen Osborn


Box 11 Weddell, Virginia Chase Steedman (Mrs. Alexander W.) (See also oversize)


Box 11 Weinberg, Frau von, and Vera


Box 11 West, Ann Sheldon


Box 11 Willoughby, Lady Florence Conyngham Heathcote-Drummond


Box 11 Wilson, Mary Emma Smith (Mrs. Arthur)


Box 11 Winston, Mary Dowling (Mrs. Ralph T.)


Box 11 Wood family (Oversize only)



Box 12 Unidentified (See also oversize)


Box 12 Miscellaneous drawings


Box 12 Scraps and ivory fragments



Flatbox 120 Empty frame designed by Mira Edgerly Korzybska (See also oversize)


Subseries V.2: Oversize Portraits, Drafts



Box Art-Korzybska Everett, Edward H., and family


Box Art-Korzybska Gambrill, Anna and Diana


Box Art-Korzybska Gould, Guinevere Jeanne Sinclair (Mrs. George)


Box Art-Korzybska Grosvenor, Pamela, Rose, and Anita


Box Art-Korzybska Hill, Alice Hale and Nathaniel P., and daughter (possibly Isabel Hill Knott, or Gertrude H. Hill Cuthbert)


Box Art-Korzybska James, Harriet Eddy Parsons (Mrs. Arthur C.)


Box Art-Korzybska Merrill, Keith, children


Box Art-Korzybska Milbank, Katharine Schulze (Mrs. Jeremiah)


Box Art-Korzybska Millington-Drake children


Box Art-Korzybska Reading, Stella Charnaud Isaacs, Marchioness of


Box Art-Korzybska Smith, Virginia C. and Iris A.


Box Art-Korzybska Weddell, Virginia Chase Steedman (Mrs. Alexander W.)


Box Art-Korzybska Wood family


Box Art-Korzybska Unidentified


Box Art-Korzybska Empty frames designed by Mira Edgerly Korzybska


Subseries V.3: Art Collection

Among the paintings on ivory cataloged for the Art Collection are portraits of the following.



Box ArtColl Besselievre, Jean


Box ArtColl Coogan, Josephine Osborn


Box ArtColl Crespi, Vivian Stokes Taylor, Countess


Box ArtColl Drogheda, Kathleen Pelham-Burn Moore, Countess of


Box ArtColl Edgerly, Rose Haskell (Mrs. Samuel H.)


Box ArtColl Elliott, Maxine


Box ArtColl Fahnestock, Helen Moran (Mrs. Snowden A.)


Box ArtColl Fahnestock, Snowden A.


Box ArtColl James, Harriet Eddy Parsons (Mrs. Arthur C.)


Box ArtColl Keyser, Cassius Jackson


Box ArtColl Kimball, Benjamin


Box ArtColl Korzybska, Mira Edgerly


Box ArtColl Leiter, Juliette Williams (Mrs. Joseph)


Box ArtColl Livermore, Philip W.


Box ArtColl Oglebay, Kate


Box ArtColl Pereyra, Iraola, Helena Udoando de


Box ArtColl Pless, Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West von Hochberg, Princess of


Box ArtColl Plowden, Pamela


Box ArtColl Plummer, Mrs. Richard W. (unable to identify full name)


Box ArtColl Rembrandt van Rijn


Box ArtColl Rogers, Lily Eleanor Arnott (Mrs. Arthur E.)


Box ArtColl Sands, Mrs. George Winthrop (possibly Anne Aldridge Gibson or Anna "Tayo" Johnson)


Box ArtColl Santamarina, Lola Acosta de


Box ArtColl Sheridan, Clare Consuelo Frewen


Box ArtColl Strawn, Margaret Stewart (Mrs. Silas H.)


Box ArtColl Strong, Mrs. James A. (unable to identify full name)


Box ArtColl Ward, Mary Van Etten (Mrs. John H.)


Box ArtColl Webb, Aileen Osborn (Mrs. Vanderbilt)


Box ArtColl Weddell, Virginia Chase Steedman (Mrs. Alexander W.)

Series VI: Photographs and Audio Recordings



Box 13 Mira Edgerly Korzybska, family, friends, and travels



Box 24 Photographs of Mira Edgerly Korzybska, family and friends

Series VII: Printed materials



Box 14 Clippings, periodicals, etc.



Box 15 Books bearing Mira Edgerly Korzybska's notes



Box 25 Clippings, pamphlets, etc.

Series VIII: Scrapbooks



Flatbox 120 1898-1954, 2 Volumes



Box 16 circa 1850-1940, 1 Volumes



Flatbox 312 1926-1941