Call Number:

C1540

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 5 boxes
• 4.09 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frederic Dennis Papers on Sylvia Beach, Box and Folder Number; Manuscripts Division, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1890s-1988 (inclusive) and 1955-1988 (bulk)

Creator:

Dennis, Frederic, Dennis, Holly Beach, Fitch, Noël Riley, and Beach, Sylvia

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century

Abstract:

This collection consists of selected papers of Frederic Dennis regarding Sylvia Beach, including correspondence of Sylvia Beach and members of her family, as well as letters from Noël Riley Fitch from 1977-1988, photographs of Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare and Co., her friends and family, and assorted clippings and other miscellany.

Frederic Dennis was the nephew of Sylvia Beach, the founder and owner of the bookstore Shakespeare and Company. His mother, Holly Beach Dennis, was the oldest sister of Sylvia Beach.

This collection consists of selected papers of Frederic Dennis regarding Sylvia Beach, including various letters from Sylvia, as well as the correspondence of her family including her sister Holly and her father; a large collection of photographs that range from Beach family photograph albums and childhood photographs of the Beach sisters to images of Shakespeare and Company and photographs of some of the more famous literary associates of Sylvia Beach, such as James Joyce and Ezra Pound; a group of letters and postcards from Beach scholar Noël Riley Fitch regarding the Beach family; and various newsclippings and other assorted miscellany.