Richard Blake Brown Letters,1933-1962
Collection Number: 7659
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
Title:
Richard Blake Brown letters,
1933-1962.
Collection Number:
7659
Creator:
Richard Blake Brown 1902-
Quantity:
0.2 cubic ft. (45 letters and 5 enclosures)
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts, printed materials.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence by Richard Blake Brown, Anglican priest and sub-Firbankian gay novelist to Marcus Oliver. Written from various
places on a variety of letterheads and on a variety of subjects, including fashion and costume designer Norman Hartnell; novelist
Denton Welch; Brown's meeting with Queen Mary; gay life in and out of the British Navy; and World War II in England. With
Brown photograph and 4 page publicity leaflet regarding Brown's novels.
Language:
Collection material in English
Correspondence by Richard Blake Brown, Anglican priest and sub-Firbankian gay novelist to Marcus Oliver. Written from various
places on a variety of letterheads and on a variety of subjects, including fashion and costume designer Norman Hartnell; novelist
Denton Welch; Brown's meeting with Queen Mary; gay life in and out of the British Navy; and World War II in England.
In addition to the letters are a photograph of Brown, a 4-page publicity leaflet regarding Brown's novels, an item regarding
an Anglo Latin-American costume exhibit, a magazine clipping of two nude boys wrestling, and a card from a hairdresser.
Names:
Brown, Richard Blake,1902-
Oliver, Marcus.
England--Social life and customs--20th Century.
England and WalesRoyal Navy--Gays.
Hartnell, Norman.
Welch, Denton.
Subjects:
Gays--England.
Gays--England--Military Forces.
Gays in military service--England.
Cite As:
Richard Blake Brown letters, #7659. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.
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