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Kenneth Farrand Simpson correspondence
Title
Kenneth Farrand Simpson correspondence, 1936-1947.
Physical Description
5 items (in 1 folder)
Language
English
Notes
In English.
Provenance
Source unknown.
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Materials arranged as received.
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Biographical / Historical Note
Kenneth Farrand Simpson (1895-1941) was born in New York City on May 4, 1895. He was a member of the Yale College Class of 1917 and received an LL.B. degree from the Harvard Law School in 1922. Simpson was in private legal practice in New York City, but from 1925 to 1927 he served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Simpson was elected to Congress in 1940, but died on January 25, 1941, three weeks after taking office. He married Helen L. K. Porter in 1925, and they had four children.
Amos Pinchot (1873-1944) was an American lawyer and reformist.
Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) was a writer, photographer, collector and patron of the arts.
Summary
Typescript letters, signed, sent to Kenneth Farrand Simpson and his wife, Helen L. K. Porter, by Carl Van Vechten and Amos Pinchot. The letters from Van Vechten discuss his speaking with Alice B. Toklas about the possible purchase by the Simpsons of a portrait sculpture of Gertrude Stein, executed by the artist Antoinette Champetier de Ribes. The letter from Pinchot encloses carbon copies of letters Pinchot exchanged with Ezra Pound, discussing money, aspects of economic theory, and C. H. Douglas's work on social credit.
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Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
March 31, 2022
References
Kenneth Farrand Simpson Correspondence. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Kenneth Farrand Simpson Correspondence. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Artists France 20th century.
Authors United States 20th century.
Lawyers United States 20th Century.
Poets United States 20th century.
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