BIOGRAPHICAL FILES,, circa 1912-1993
Dates
- circa 1912-1993
Scope and Contents
Summary: Files on people who lived in Free Acres or were associated with it, collected by Laurel Hessing for her book, an Annotated Anthology of Free Acres Writing, produced in 1992.
Types of materials include correspondence, postcards, reminiscences, programs, meeting announcements, publications, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, original art work, and a diary.
Includes files on founder Bolton Hall and other noteworthy individuals who lived in Free Acres, including illustrator Will Crawford, artists Gershon Benjamin and Molka Reich, sculptor George Segal, photographer William Armbruster, writers Mike Gold, Konrad Bercovici, MacKinlay Kantor, and Thorne Smith, editor Spencer Brodney, translator Grace Colbron, and actors James Cagney and Victor Kilian.
Royall Moore's file contains a photocopy of a diary he kept as a gunner on an airplane in World War II. Original art work appears in the Clay family, Bolton Hall, and Gertrude Moore files. The photographs include one group portrait, and one stereograph of Free Acreites taken by William Armbruster.
Language of Materials
English.
Physical Description
(.8 cubic feet)
Conditions Governing Access
No Restrictions.
Arrangement
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by individual, with information and photographs about groups at the end.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository