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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt929024kw No online items Finding Aid of the George Howard Papers Processed by Manuscripts Division staff © 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid of the George Howard 1321 1 Papers Finding Aid of the George Howard Papers UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Processed by: Manuscripts Division staff Encoded by: ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications Encoding supervision and revision by: Caroline Cubé Edited by: Josh Fiala, August 2004 © 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: George Howard Papers, Date (inclusive): 1941-1980 Collection number: 1321 Creator: Howard, George Extent: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.) Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], George Howard Papers (Collection 1321). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233176 Scope and Content Collection contains letters to George and Eleanor Howard from Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin, as well as manuscripts by Miller and Nin, and ephemera. Also contains letters from Henry Miller to Laura. Manuscripts include Miller's Letters to Emil, Mara-Marignan marinated, Opus Pistorum par Couillon, and Nin's Auletris, and various erotica by her, mostly published in Delta of Venus or Little birds. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: Letters from Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin to George and Eleanor Howard. Letters from Henry Miller to Laura. Manuscripts by Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin. Finding Aid of the George Howard 1321 2 Papers Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog. Subjects Howard, George--Archives. Miller, Henry, 1891- . Nin, Anaïs,--1903-1977. Authors, American--20th century. Genres and Forms of Material Manuscripts for publication. Related Material Title: Henry Miller Papers (Collection 110). Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA. Title: Anaïs Nin Papers (Collection 2066). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA. Calendar of Correspondence of Henry Miller Part 1: Correspondence Scope and Content Note Concerning and including letters by Anaïs Nin addressed to Mr. & Mrs. George Howard. Box 1, Folder 1 Typewritten letter signed (“C.R.”), [November 6, 1941]. Twice a Year Press, 509 Madison Avenue, New York City. Creator/Collector: [Ritter, Christl] Physical Description: (1p. 12 mo. With envelope addressed in Miller's hand) Scope and Content Note Memo by the secretary of the editor of Twice a Year informing Howard of a circular announcing the inclusion of excerpts from Anaïs Nin's Diary in the next issue (Fall/winter 1941, no.7). Box 1, Folder 2 Autograph letter signed, [March 26, 1941]. 215 West 13, New York City. Creator/Collector: Nin, Anaïs Physical Description: (1p. 4to. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Asking if Howard wishes to see more pages of the manuscripts of which Miller had previously given him a sample. Also entreating him to suggest a way of disposing of the manuscript in order to finance Miller's trip. Box 1, Folder 2 Autograph letter signed, [April 2, 1941]. [215 West 13, New York City]. Creator/Collector: Nin, Anaïs Physical Description: (1.5pp. 8vo. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Requesting the pages of the manuscripts back because she has found someone who is interested in them in New York. Finding Aid of the George Howard 1321 3 Papers Calendar of Correspondence of Henry Miller Part 1: Correspondence Box 1, Folder 3 Typewritten letter signed (“Henry”), Saturday P.M. [October 11, 1941]. New York City. Physical Description: (1p. 4to. with envelope depicting logo of Hotel Samuuels) Scope and Content Note Sending typescript of pornographic material done by Nin and informing Howard of abridged version of the Diary, which covers 1930-1935 in Paris. Asks him to intercede with Ben [Abramson] about publishing both the pornography and diary. Gives news about life in New York. Box 1, Folder 3 Autograph letter signed (“Henry”), Tuesday [October 21, 1941]. New York City. Physical Description: (2pp. 4to. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Informing him that the final folios of the materials have been railed and promising a copy of the abridged Diary. Gives instructions on how to deal with Abramson: “The only thing is secrecy. If any or all three [manuscripts] be brought out they must appear either anonymously or pseudonomously. Anaïs doesn't mind if people think the Diary is hers, once it's printed. Just so long as there is no proof of it.” Miller complains about not writing. Mentions the publication of the “Greek book”; meeting Edgar Varese, Breton and St. Jean Perse; Luise Rainer and her troubles; his “itchy and buggy” accommodations; and selling his car. Box 1, Folder 3 Autograph postcard signed (“Henry”). n.p., n.d. [1941]. Scope and Content Note On a postcard depicting Anaïs Nin, Miller notes her resemblance to Luise Rainer and acknowledges sending the last two installments of the Diary. Box 1, Folder 3 Typewritten letter signed (“Henry”) with autograph note, Tuesday, [October 28, 1941]. New York. Physical Description: (1p. 4to. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Discusses the Diary and Nin's Erotica. Explains that approximately 400pp., which contained the more frank sexual parts and some descriptive introspective parts, were excised from the abridged Diary and reveals the true identities of some of the characters. Suggests the Erotica manuscript pages be sold to private individuals rather than in book form. Mentions Fraenkel, Mangan, Varese, Steiglitz, and (“who seems to be dying”), and various projects. Box 1, Folder 3 Autograph letter signed (“Henry”), Sunday [December 14, 1941]. [New York]. Physical Description: (1.5pp. 4to. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Informs Howard that Anaïs wants all her material back because she hasn't any confidence in Ben Abramson. Says he will send Mrs. Howard a watercolor and makes several comments on the draft and the war: “All I hope is that Russia sets the world afire. If not, we'll have to look to China...The situation is now wonderful. Couldn't be better. It will be a far different world when the next peace is declared.” Box 1, Folder 3 Autograph letter signed (“Henry”), Tuesday [December 16, 1941]. [New York]. Physical Description: (1p. 4to. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Urgent message to send Anaïs' manuscripts back soon. Finding Aid of the George Howard 1321 4 Papers Calendar of Correspondence of Henry Miller Part 1: Correspondence Box 1, Folder 4 Autograph letter signed (“Henry”) to Ben Abramson, n.d. [1941]. Chicago. Physical Description: (1p. 4to. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Written on the stationery of The Royalton (44 West Forty-Fourth Street, New York), Miller requests the bookseller to let Mr. and Mrs. Howard read the Diary. Part 2: Correspondence with George and Eleanor Howard Box 1, Folder 5 Autograph letter signed, Wednesday, [March 12, 1941]. Kenosha [Wisconsin]. Physical Description: (1p. 4to. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Writing on the letterhead of the Eola Hotel (Natchez, Miss.), Miller accepts an invitation and gives his arrival time in Chicago. Box 1, Folder 5 Autograph letter signed (“Henry”), Tuesday [March 18, 1941]. Des Moines, Iowa. Physical Description: (2pp. 4to. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Describing his travels and his plans to go to Amana country and St. Louis. Box 1, Folder 5 Autograph letter signed (“Henry”), March 22nd, 1941. The Hotel Snyderhof, 917 to 919 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Physical Description: (2pp., 8vo. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Thanking Mrs. Howard for suggesting the New Yorker and regaling her with tales of the characters he's met, Including an incarnation of one of Christ's disciples. Box 1, Folder 5 Autograph postcard signed, March 27,1941. William Len Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee. Scope and Content Note Giving his travel plans. Box 1, Folder 5 Autograph postcard signed (“Henry”), Monday, March 31,1941. Natchez. Scope and Content Note Asking if they received Gion's books and noting Joe Schrank as a Tropic of Cancer character. Box 1, Folder 5 Autograph postcard signed, April 20, 1941. Albuquerque. Scope and Content Note Expressing his liking for New Mexico. Box 1, Folder 5 Typewritten letter signed (“Henry”), April 24, 1941. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Physical Description: (1p. 4to. with envelope) Scope and Content Note Thanking them for proofing his book. Comments about the peculiarities of Ben Abramson and getting the permission of Laughlin. Reveals he used Howard as a nameless professor from Evanston in his reviews. Complains he is broke and needs Ben to send money. Box 1, Folder 5 Autograph postcard signed, May 5, 1941. Grand Canyon. Scope and Content Note Complains about lack of communication from Ben. Finding Aid of the George Howard 1321 5 Papers Calendar of Correspondence of Henry Miller Part 2: Correspondence with George and Eleanor Howard Box 1, Folder 5 Autograph letter signed (“HVM”), May 8th, 1941.