Scope and content
Collection contains 45 letters and 5 enclosures, including 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.
Dates
- 1933-1962.
Creator
- Brown, Richard Blake, 1902- (Person)
Extent
0.2 cubic feet. (0.2 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
- England and Wales. Royal Navy -- Gay people
- Gay military personnel -- England
- Gay military personnel -- England.
- Gay people -- England
- Hartnell, Norman
- Oliver, Marcus.
- Welch, Denton
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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