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Start Over Collection Mark Holloway papers related to Martha Gordon Crotch, 1890-1970, bulk 1935-1970

Mark Holloway papers related to Martha Gordon Crotch, 1890-1970, bulk 1935-1970 5 Linear Feet

Holloway, Mark, 1917-2004
The papers consist of material gathered by Mark Holloway in preparation for his unpublished biography of Martha Gordon Crotch. Series I holds Crotch's autograph manuscript diaries describing her daily activities between 1935 and 1956 and her relationships with friends Alexander (Sasha) Berkman, Emmy Eckstein, Emma Goldman, Frieda Lawrence, and Norman Douglas, among others. Also present is a typescript of Crotch's autobiography, some personal papers, and photographs, including a folder of material on Francis Frederick Gordon, editor of the Advocate of India. Series II holds Mark Holloway's notes and other research material, as well as autograph manuscript and typescript pages of outlines, drafts, and chapters of his projected book which had the working title "Auntie: a biographical memoir of Mrs. Gordon Crotch (1879-1967) of Vence, and of some of her friends -- Frieda Lawrence, Emma Goldman, Norman Douglas, and Robert Nichols -- during the decade 1930-1940."
  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Martha Gordon Crotch Papers, 1890-1970 2 Linear Feet

The series contains papers obtained by Holloway and used as reference sources while preparing his biography of Crotch. Aside from her autograph manuscript diaries, and her autobiography, also present is a folder of material on Francis Frederick Gordon, editor of the Advocate of India, a newspaper published in Bombay, India, from 1887 to 1925.

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Mark Holloway papers related to Martha Gordon Crotch, 1890-1970, bulk 1935-1970