Scope and Contents
Six postcards inscribed by the Modernist writer Djuna Barnes date from 1918-1945. One, addressed to M. E. Fitzgerald in 1924, features a scene of the Strand in London; the message discusses the weather on Barnes’ trip and inquires whether Fitzgerald had received a gift. Three postcards are addressed to her mother, Elizabeth Chappell Barnes; these date from between 1918 and 1945 and were sent from Tarrytown in New York, Berlin, and Nice, featuring photographic scenes from each place. These...
Dates:
1918 - 1945