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Frederic Dennis Papers on Sylvia Beach

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Dennis, Frederic

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).

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.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Chloe Pfendler; Kelly Bolding
Finding Aid Date
2016
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Dennis, Holly Beach. Holly Beach Dennis Letters to Frederic Dennis, 1955-1956. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Fitch, Noël Riley. Noël Riley Fitch Letters to Frederic Dennis, 1977-1988. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Permission Requests sent to Frederic Dennis, 1977-2014. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters addressed to Reverend Sylvester W. Beach, 1921-1932. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes one letter from the former president of Princeton University, Francis L. Patton.

Physical Description

1 folder

Beach, Sylvia. Letters from Sylvia Beach, 1930-1956. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes one letter from Sylvia to her father (dated July 18 1930) in which she discusses James Joyce and his vision problems.

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters addressed to Holly Beach, 1930-1962. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from Janet Scudder to "M. Beach", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from Holly Beach Dennis to Sylvia Beach, 1940 September 29. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous clippings and documents, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

5 boxes

Childhood photographs of Holly, Sylvia, and Cyprian Beach, circa 1890s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Beach family photographs, circa 1893-1941. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photographs of Sylvia and friends, 1918-1925. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Alliance Paris photographs, 1920-1921. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Beach Family Album, 1905-1928. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

2 boxes

Travel photographs, circa 1905-1928. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Travel photographs, circa 1905-1928. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Scrapbooks (photocopies), circa 1900-1940. 5 folders.
Physical Description

5 folders

Oversized photographs and prints, undated. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Matted photographs of Sylvia Beach, undated. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs taken by photographers Berenice Abbott and Henri Martinie.

Physical Description

1 box

Print, Suggest