This document is from the Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections located in the Carl A. Kroch Library. If you have questions regarding this document or the information it contains, contact us at the phone number or e-mail listed below. Our website also contains research information and answers to frequently asked questions. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 E-mail: [email protected] WYNDHAM LEWIS CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY .- .- . The WYNDHAM LEWIS COLLECTION in CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Red Nude Seated (Michel 253) WYNDHAM LEWIS A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of the Manuscript Material in the Department of Rare Books Cornell University Library Compiled by Mary F. Daniels Cornell University Library Ithaca, New York 1972 Abbreviations The abbreviations which appear in this catalogue are the standard forms utilized for the description of manuscript material. M - manuscript A - autograph (holograph) T - typed L - letter S - signed Aman. - amanuensis Init. - initialed Frag. - fragment Information in brackets has been supplied by the cataloguer. The letters of Wyndham Lewis have been identified when possible by the corresponding number of the published text in William K. Rose 's Letters of- Wyndham Lewis (London: Methuen, 1963): graphic works are identified by citations to Walter Michel 's Wyndham Lewis , Painting s and Drawings (London: Thames & Hudson, 197 1). For sale through the Department of Rare Books, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York 14850. Price $6.00, postpaid. Contents List of Illustrations vi Introduction vii Literary Manuscripts of Wyndham Lewis 1 Documents of Wyndham Lewis 20 Correspondence of Wyndham Lewis 2 0 Lewisiana 121 Graphic Material of Wyndham Lewis 123 Calendar of Manuscript Material and Corre spondence 128 of Other Writers Illustrations Composition (Michel 1107) Front cover Red Nude, Seated (Michel 253) Frontispiece Design V (Michel 945) Title -page Autobiographical fragment. 1908 Page 3 Final leaf of "Cantelman's Spring-Mate" 5 "Imaginary Letter IX" 10 Holograph and typescript text of an unpublished poem 14 "Synopsis of a Novel" 18 Sheet from a Vorticist Sketch Pad (Michel 92) 24 Meeting between the Tyro Mr. Segando and the Tyro Philip (Michel 1470) Sunset in Paradise (Michel 1124) 117 Male Nude (Michel 369) 124 Head of Mercury (Michel 68) Back cover The originals of these illustrations by Wyndham Lewis, both graphic works and manuscripts, are housed in the Department of Rare Books, Cornell University Library, and in the Andrew D. White Museum, Cornell University. Introduction Since the acquisition of the Wyndham Lewis Collection in 1960 and the publication in 196 1 of William K. Rose's Wyndham --Lewis at Cornell, the increasing interest in Lewis' multi-faceted career has made the preparation of a more detailed description of the collection both desirable and necessary. As limned in Rose's work and listed in this catalogue, the collection's contents include manuscript material spanning Lewis ' half- century of artistic activity and documenting literary friendships and feuds. Unpublished short stories, poetry, and novels are complemented by notes and working drafts for much of Lewis' most notable published work -- -The Apes ---of God, Self Condemned, and his masterwork, -The Human Age. Included in the listing of Lewis' literary manuscripts are proof copies of some works, amended and corrected by the author, The collection in the Department of Rare Books of Lewis ' printed books (not a part of this volume) numbers among its holdings many volumes from Lewis ' personal library; several, including -Hitler, ---The Ideal Giant, and -----The Art of Being Ruled,are annotated in his hand. Material listed in this catalogue has been arranged in two general formats. Individual catalogue cards for the literary manuscripts of Wyndham Lewis have been ordered alphabetically by title, documents have been listed chronologically, and cards for his correspondence are viii arranged alphabetically by the surname of the recipients. Individual catalogue cards for "Lewisiana" and for graphic works housed in the Department of Rare Books have also been reproduced. Graphic works in the Andrew D. White Museum of Art are listed chronologically, by date of their composition, with a brief description of medium and dimensions. The manuscripts, documentary material, and correspondence of writers other than Lewis have been arranged in a calendar, alphabetically by author, with an inclusive dating of the material. Reference works utilized in the preparation of this catalogue include William K. Rose's Letters -of Wyndham Lewis (London: Methuen, 1963); Geoffrey Wagner's Wyndham Lewis,-- A Portrait ----of the Artist as Enemy (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957); Walter Michells Wyndham Lewis, Paintings and- Drawings (London: Thame s & Hudson, 197 1); the special Wyndham Lewis numbers of Agenda (Vol. 7, no. 3 and Vol. 8, no. 1, 1969); and Canadian Literature, published by the University of British Columbia, 197 1. Portions of unpublished manuscript material are reproduced through the kindne s s of Mrs. Anne Wyndham Lewis. LEWIS LS1\IS Lewis, hyndham, 18Q2-1957. America and Cosmic Lewis, Wyndham, l087-1957. m AM [Notes made repardine litigation over For mzterial dealine with the America and Cosmic Manl re-negotiated contract. in publish LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS Amer?ca and Co-mic An OF WYNDHAM LEWIS Information, including a.chronology, most Nicholson h Watson, lid. TD probably drawn up for the use of kwis' lawyers. [Graft of a rev contrast ...1 ?1.12.47. Rare Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957. America and Cosmic LEWIS PR -%n. Lewis, Wyndham, 1RR2-1957. --..Cln7-4, &956++ Lewis, blyndham, 1882-1957. AM America. I Pre+ume [Two additional LEWIS America and cosmic man. Londoh, chanters not used in the aublished text1 Broadside Editions Poetry London. 1946. Box 152 1. 69cm. fold. to 25cm. c1930-19401 [NPV YorkP Sag Harbour71 78 11. Galley proofs of Part I, wit.h revisions by Lewis. These charters presrnt an undo3ibted paro- Lacks last two mrapraphs of Chapter 1. dy of Lewis' visit to Geoffrey Stone's Conrecticut farm at this period. Se? the Levis-Stone corres wndence. LEWIS Rare Lewis, Wyndham. 1882-1957. America and Casmio "lan. LRk IS Lewis, 'dvndham, 1882-1957. PR Lewis, wdham, 1882-1957. Levis, Eyndham, 1RW-1957. 6023 America and cosmic man. Iondon, AY [drafts, rotes] ["About Myself"] ~956~ Editions Poetry Iondon r19461. AM Anelosaxonv cFnllow-up material EWIS 41 1. 69cm. fold. to 25cm. relatine to A1.41 Saxony and a prospectus c194J&?1 [St. Louis, BROADSIDE for a pamphlet] 32 11. EOX Galley proofs of Chapters 1-18 only. With Lewis' corrections. Notes for , lecture (composed of reminiscen- ces and autobiographical material) delivered before the b'ednesday Club. Th? proposed rnmphlet is tentatively titled How Will Democracv Evolve? SEE ALSO: Cata?opued printed version of Anglosaxonv bearing Lewis ' corr- ections. LEWIS UwlS Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957. America and Cosmic Rare Lewis, ldyndham, 1882-1957. Anelosaxony. Lewis, hlyndham, 1882-1957. -Nan PR 6023 Lewis, Wyndham. 1882-1957. AM [draft, frae.1 "Abstract Art" Doubleday & Co. &956++ Anplosaxony; a leaella that works. LEWIS Toronto, Ryerson Press ~194171 August 1943 [Windsor] DS [Contract to publish the American edition Broadside 75 p. 19cm. 5 11. of America and Cosmic Man] Box Combination typescript and proof. Partial draft and notes for a lecture 6th October 1048 New York hblished bv Rverson in 1941. delivered at the summer school of Assumption 1 1. College. Levis' copy, signed hy representative of Doubleday & Co. LhWIS LEWIS Lewis, Wyndham, 1382-1957. America and Cosmic LmIS Lewis* 'yndham* 1882-1957. Anelos'xon~' "- - Levis. Wyndham, 11182-1957. LrLd r, - For the text of a radio address AN~draft,notes, "Address to French Lewis, h'yndham, 1qQ2-1957. which includes many of the penera1 con- Csnada" cepts discussed in Anelosaxony, AM [Notes msde reg2rdinp litigation over America and Cosmic Man] SEE: ~19L171 clondon~ Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957. TM~copy~ Written in French, this radio address em- 5 11. [Radio address on the use of "democratic" phasizes the unity of western culture as an propaganda] ... [Decembr 19401. encouragement to French Canadians to join Irformation, includine a chronology, most in the war effort. probably drawn up for the use of Lewls' lawyers. LWIS Lewis, Uyndham, 1582-1957. Anerica and LC'nIS LEWIS Cosmic Van Levis, Gyndham, 1882-1957. Lewis, G'yndhnm, 1R87-1957. Nicholson & Watson, Ltd. & TM AM & TN America and Cosmic Man [Holograph AM. M[aman.]. The Apes of G-d and typesrript notes a-d drafts] [Drafts and clean typescript of introdur- DS [Contract to publish America and tory matprial apparently written to pre- Cosmic Manl r194.5 - , rlnndonl face the reprint edition of the a] ;a. i50 il.. 26 January 1948 London 195-1 London 4 11. Heavilv corrected and arended. ca. 70 11. kith Goof of jacket design. Levis' copy, signed by representatives of Galley proofs separately catalogued as Varying texts in holograph: partially Nicholson & Watson, Ltd., and their subsidiary, in the hand of Anne Uyndham Lewis. printed items. Editions Poetry London. LEWIS LEdIS Lewis, Ir!yndham, 1W2-1957. America and Cosmic L~WIS Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957. Man Lewis, Girndham, IRP2-1957. AM [Notes for] America and Cosmic Man For correspondence concerning the publica- M The Apes of God [Galley proof of the tion of this work and the litieation "Extract from Encyclical Addressed to Daniel ~1945, [Ottawa which preceded its publication, see the Boleyn by Mr. Zagre~s"~ 11 11. correspondence between Wyndham Lewis, Editions Poetry bndon, the lepal firm of [March-April 19241, [London] Two groups of notes dealing with topics Clifford-Turner & Co.. and Nicholson 8 4 11. discussed in America and Cosmic Man; identified Watson. Ltd. in Lewis' hand as "Notes for political book." kith minor correctiond in Lewis' hand, as published in the Criterion, 11, No.