Manuscripts

Photographer: Unidentified. "Harry's Birthday Party at 364 Mesa Rd. S.M."

Description: 11 B&W photographs
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1955, Apr. 30
Call number: CI 4530 (a-k)
Creator: Isherwood, Christopher (1904-1986)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired as a gift and purchase from Don Bachardy, April 1999, July 2000, June 2012, and May 2020.; purchased from Wayne Shimabukuro, June 1999.; gift of Robin French, August 1999.; purchased from Stanley P. Friedman, September 1999.; purchased from Roland Jaeger, from estate of Dodie Smith, May 2000 and June 2002.; purchased for the Huntington Library by the Library Collectors' Council Romaine Ahlstrom, March 2003.; gift of James Cummins Bookseller, April 2003.; purchased from Michael Silverman Autographs, London, December 2003.; purchased from December 2003.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; RESTRICTED: One box of Scholar's Papers and Letters (Box 138) are sealed and three boxes of Isherwood's diaries (Boxes 136-137, 139) are sealed to all access; one box of diaries (Box 85) is open for research. All diaries and Scholar's Papers are fully cataloged and listed in the finding aid. Expurgated versions of the sealed diaries have been edited and published by Katherine Bucknell; please see finding aid for publication details.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Auden, W. H. (1907-1973.); Bachardy, Don, (1934-); Britten, Benjamin, (1913-1976.); Bradbury, Ray, (1920-2012.); Bradshaw-Isherwood, Frank. (1868-1960.); Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen, (1924-1984.); Capote, Truman, (1945-1988.); Clodd, Alan. (1879-1970.); Divine, (1950-approximately 1990.); Forster, E. M. (1904-2000.); Gates, Jim, (1904-1991.); Gielgud, John, (1889-1971.); Greene, Graham, (1894-1963.); Harris, Julie. (1907-1996.); Heard, Gerald, (1907-1987.); Hockney, David. (1874-1965.); Huxley, Aldous, (1903-1973.); Huxley, Laura Archera. (1893-1976.); Huxley, Maria. (1919-2010.); Kirstein, Lincoln, (1896-1990.); Lehmann, John, (1909-1995.); Maley, Ken. (1882-1971.); Maugham, W. Somerset (1925-2012.); Plomer, William, (1907-1981.); Prabhavananda, (1901-1987.); Salinger, J. D. (1911-1983.); Smith, Dodie,; Spender, Stephen,; Stravinsky, Igor,; Stravinsky, Vera.; Upward, Edward.; Vidal, Gore,; Viertel, Berthold.; Weissberger, L. Arnold,; Wescott, Glenway,; Williams, Tennessee,
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Photographer: Unidentified. "Harry's Birthday Party at 364 Mesa Rd. S.M."

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