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Frederic Dennis Papers on Sylvia Beach
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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.
Gift of Lloyd Mills in 2016 (AM 2017-55) and 2017 (AM 2017-130)(AM 2017-158).
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This collection was processed by Chloe Pfendler in November 2016. Finding aid written by Chloe Pfendler in November 2016. Finding aid updated by Kelly Bolding in March 2017. Finding aid updated again by Chloe Pfendler in July 2017.
Nothing was removed from the collection during 2016-2017 processing.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Chloe Pfendler; Kelly Bolding
- Finding Aid Date
- 2016
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This collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
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Includes one letter from the former president of Princeton University, Francis L. Patton.
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Includes one letter from Sylvia to her father (dated July 18 1930) in which she discusses James Joyce and his vision problems.
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Includes photographs taken by photographers Berenice Abbott and Henri Martinie.
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