MSS 39
C.W. Riddell Correspondence from Caresse Crosby
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Contact Information:
Special Collections
Michigan State University Libraries
100 Main Library
East Lansing, MI 48824
517.884.6471
E-mail:spc@mail.lib.msu.edu
URL: http://specialcollections.lib.msu.edu
Date Received:
2011
Date Processed:
July 2011
Acquisitions Information:
Unknown
Preferred citation:
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Box number, Folder number and/or title, C.W. Riddell Correspondence from Caresse Crosby, MSS 39 Special Collections, Michigan State University Main Library.
Copyright Notice:
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this archive, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Usage Restrictions:
None
Photoduplication Restrictions:
Collection Summary:
This collection consists of three handwritten letters from Caresse Crobsy to C.W. Riddell, written in 1955.
Biographical Background:
Caresse Crosby was born Mary Phelps Jacob on April 30, 1891 in New Rochelle, New York, daughter of a prominent New England family. After a brief marriage to Richard Rogers Peabody, she married Harry Crosby in 1922 and soon after moved to France. In April, 1927, they founded a publishing company soon to become The Black Sun Press. After Harry Crosby’s death, Caresse married Selbert Saffold moved to Bowling Green, Virginia. In 1941, having divorced Saffold, Caresse moved to Washington D.C., where she opened the city's only modern art gallery. She also started Portfolio: An Intercontinental Quarterly, a magazine that sought to continue her work with young and avant-garde writers and artists. She became politically active and founded the organizations Women Against War and Citizens of the World, which embraced the concept of a "world community" which other activists like Buckminster Fuller also supported. In 1953, Caresse published her autobiography, The Passionate Years. She died in relative obscurity from complications from pneumonia in Rome on January 24, 1970, age 78.
Processing Note:
Processed by Leslie M. Behm.
Arrangement:
The collection consists of one folder with three letters from Caresse Crosby to C. W. Riddell, handwritten.
| Box | Folder | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Letter dated Feb 28, 1955 to C. W. Riddell |
| Letter dated March 2, 1955 to C. W. Riddell | ||
Letter dated March 6, 1955 to C. W. Riddell |