Stephen Longstreet Papers, 1940-1963

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Summary

Creators:
Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-
Abstract:
Stephen Longstreet (1907- ) was a painter, writer, art critic, lecturer on art, and professor of modern writing at the University of Southern California (1975-80). The collection consists of literary manuscripts, drawings and collages by Stephen Longstreet.
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of literary manuscripts, drawings and collages by author and artist Stephen Longstreet. Manuscripts include: Decade, 1929-1939, A Century on Wheels: the Story of Studebaker, Eagles Where I Walk, A Few Painted Feathers, The Flesh Peddlers, Gettysburg, Jazz Lexicon, Never Look Back, The Pedlocks, The Promoters, The Real Jazz, Old and New, The World Revisited, and Man of Montmartre (with Ethel Longstreet). Artwork includes 40 ink and water color drawings as well as wash drawings and collages of jazz musicians and singers.

Biographical / historical:

Longstreet was born on April 18, 1907 in New York City; attended Rutgers University (1926) and Harvard University (1927), and graduated from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (1929); also studied in Paris with Matisse and Bonnard, as well as in Rome, London and Berlin; became painter, writer, art critic, and lecturer on art; literary critic for Reader's Syndicate (1952-80) and for the Los Angeles Daily News; designed stage sets for RexRoth poetry jazz, 1952; president, Los Angeles Art Association. (1972-75); professor of modern writing, University of Southern California (1975-80); wrote radio plays, screenplays, and dozens of books ranging from novels to biography to travel, including: Decade, 1929-1939 (1940), The Pedlocks :A Family (1951), Gettysburg (1961), The World Revisited (1953), and The Real Jazz, Old and New (1956).

Acquisition information:
Gift of Stephen Longstreet, 1994.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Literary manuscripts (Boxes 1-3).
  2. Ink and water color drawings of jazz musicians and singers (Box 1).
  3. Collage on stretched canvas (Box 4, oversize).
  4. Wash drawings of jazz figures, collages (Box 5, oversize).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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