Collections : [Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library]

The Conrad Moricand Papers contain correspondence, 1915-1956 and undated, including two brief letters to Moricand from Henry Miller, 1938, and letters to Moricand from Théophile Briant, 1948, and Georges Oltramare, 1947-1953, from Miller to Briant, 1956, from Hermann, Graf von Keyserling, to Miller, 1938, and from O. V. de L. Milosz to Nicolas Beauduin, with poems by Beauduin, 1916-1937; writings by Moricand, including a memoir, "Les philistines (U. S. A., 1948)," typescript carbon, undated, a revised proof for Les traces du culte d'Isis (Paramé: Éditions du Goéland, 1952), and autograph manuscript notes about Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, and others; autograph manuscript poems by René Guy Cadou and Jacques Dyssord, undated; engravings by Francis Picabia, undated; autograph books kept by Moricand in France, with signatures and addresses of authors, artists, musicians, and others, 1928-1931; clippings and other printed material, 1935-1957, some relating to Le Goéland, a literary journal edited by Théophile Briant; passports and other identification documents, 1909-1947 and undated; and documents relating to travel to the United States, 1947.

The collection provides evidence of the personal and professional life of Joel Barlow between 1780 and 1813. Most notably the collection contains Barlow's continuing work on his epic poem The Vision of Columbus (1787), which he ultimately expanded and republished as The Columbiad (1807). The collection contains a printed version of The Vision of Columbus (Paris, 1793) with revisions and additional material, such as a list of subjects for illustration, estimates of printing costs, and preface. A letter to Barlow from Robert Fulton concerning copies The Columbiad found in a publisher's warehouse can be found in the correspondence series. The collection also includes autograph manuscript writings such as a chapter on "Means of Subsistence" from a larger work and a speech in response to the Republicans of Connecticut given at a political dinner.