Guide to the Jacques-B. Brunius Papers, 1929-1967

Accession number: 1969-0005R



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Descriptive Summary

Creator: Brunius, Jacques-B.
Title: Jacques-B. Brunius Papers, 1929-1967
Accession: 1969-0005R
Extent: 11 cubic feet
Language: Most of the collection is in French.
Repository: Pennsylvania State University, University Libraries, Special Collections Library

Administrative Information

Access

Unrestricted access.

Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Peter Eaton, 1969

Preferred Citation

Jacques-B. Brunius Papers, 1929-1967, Accession 1969-0005R, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections Library, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into seven series: I. BBC materials (subarranged chronologically); II. Clippings (subarranged chronologically); III. Correspondence (subarranged chronologically); IV.Photographs (subarranged chronologically as best as limited date information would allow); V. Translations and Adaptations (subarranged alphabetically by name of the author translated or adapted); VI.Works (subarranged chronologically); and VII. Unidentified, Financial, and Graphic Materials.

Biographical Note

Jacques Henri Cottance was born in Paris on 16 September 1906. As a boy he studied at the Lyceé Chaptal and the Ecole Centrale, then enrolled at the Ecole Aeronautique et d'Automobile, which he left before graduation to pursue a career in the cinema as a critic, technician, actor, and director.

As a young man, Cottance was introduced to film-making by the renowned director René Clair, and within a dozen years of this early apprenticeship he had worked with some of France's most distinguished directors, including Luis Buñuel, Jacques Prévert, and Jean Renoir. Films in which Cottance acted include L'age d'r (Buñuel, 1930), L'affaire est dans le sac (Pierre Prévert, 1932), and Le crime de M. Lange (Renoir, 1935.) By the early 1930s, Cottance had joined the Surrealists and would become the friend and correspondent of André Breton, Robert Desnos, Phillippe Soupault, Antonin Artaud, Yves Tanguy, and E.L.T. Mesens, among others. Cottance's own film, Violon dIngres (1939), is considered a classic of surrealist cinema. From 1926 until his death, Cottance regularly wrote articles on the cinema for French and British periodicals.

On 25 November 1932, Cottance married Colette Therèse Jeannette Halmann, with whom he had a daughter, Laure-Anne, born in 1933. By the mid 1940s, Jacques and Colette had separated; their divorce was finalized on 25 March 1948.

Cottance was called up for military service in the general mobilization of September 1939; in February 1940, he left France for London to work on propaganda films with Alberto Cavalcanti, director of the Crown Film Unit. Soon after, Cottance had joined the Section Française of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), where, under the pseudonym Jacques Borel, he wrote and acted in radio programs such as "Les français parlent aux français" destined for listeners in occupied France. At the end of 1944, as the Section Française began to disperse, Cottance, by then separated from his wife Colette (who had stayed in France during the war), decided to remain in London. Now using the pseudonym Jacques-B. Brunius, from 1943 to 1950 he lived with Mary Kesteven and continued to work for the BBC (and would do so for the next 20 years), served as general correspondent for the French literary revue Fontaine, and contributed articles on the cinema to both La Revue du Cinéma and L'Ecran français. Brunius remained active in British surrealist circles and worked closely with Belgian artist E.L.T. Mesens.

In the early 1950s Brunius made several short documentary films, including Brief City (1951), To the Rescue (1952), and The Blakes Slept Here (1953). In 1954 he published a book on French experimental film called En marge du cinéma français.

In 1951 Brunius married Cécile Chevreau, a French-British actress who also worked for the BBC. The two separated temporarily in 1954; in 1956 their son Richard was born.

As a confirmed internationalist, Brunius was committed to the ideal of making literature available across national and linguistic boundaries. During the 1950s he devoted a great deal of time to translating English literature, especially plays, into French. Of special note are his translation of John Lloyd Balderston's Berkeley Square and Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood. As a result of his high regard for Lewis Carroll, Brunius translated "Jabberwocky" into French and wrote several critical articles on Carroll's work.

In 1959 Brunius met Janet (a.k.a. Jeannette) Edwards, a young Welsh actress who would be his last companion.

During the 1960s Brunius continued to translate English works into French, most notably three plays by Harold Pinter, including Caretaker (Le Gardien), performed in Brussells in 1963, and three plays by James Saunders, including A Resounding Tinkle and Next Time Ill Sing to You. In 1960 Brunius served on the jury of the Festival of Tours. In 1964 he began a film on surrealism with long-time friend and associate Robert Benayoun. The film was never completed.

On 24 April 1967, just before the opening of the surrealist festival he had organized, Jacques-B. Brunius died of a heart attack in Exeter, England.

Scope and Content

The Jacques-B. Brunius Papers include correspondence (1940-1967), original works, translations and adaptations, BBC materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Correspondents include Robert Benayoun, André Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Ferry, J. H. Matthews, E.L.T. Mesens, Jean Paulhan, Simon Watson Taylor, Brunius's family members, and many others. Original works include manuscripts and typescripts of articles, essays, exhibition catalog texts, film reviews, radio scripts, and drawings. Translations and adaptations include works by John Lloyd Balderston, Robert Barr, Lewis John Carlino, Lewis Carroll, Christopher Fry, Henry James, Humphrey Jennings, James Joyce, Thomas Middleton, H.H. Munro (Saki), Bill Naughton, Harold Pinter, William Russo, James Saunders, N.F. Simpson, and Dylan Thomas. BBC materials include World War II intelligence extracts, radio scripts, memos, and official correspondence. Also included in the collection are contracts, book lists, and financial records for the French literary revue Fontaine, for whom Brunius served as general correspondent. The clippings from 1940-1944 relate to the war and are drawn from many different British and French newspapers, including The Manchester Guardian, The Evening Standard, The Sunday Dispatch, The Observer, The New Statesmen, France, and the Daily Telegraph & Morning Post. Included with the arts clippings are exhibition catalogs and articles drawn from British and French literary, film, and arts periodicals. The photographs in the collection are mostly undated personal snapshots and seem to date chiefly from the 1950s and 1960s. The Brunius Papers also include a 1958 broadside from the Front unique and a poster for an exhibit entitled "Anti-Procès" held in 1960 at the Galerie des Quatre Saisons in Paris.

Index Terms

These materials are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Pennsylvania State University. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog under these index terms.

Personal Name Subjects

Brunius, Jacques-B. -- Archives

Corporate Subjects

BBC Radio

Fontaine

Topical Subjects

English literature -- Translations into French

French periodicals

Motion pictures -- Reviews

Surrealism -- Great Britain

Surrealism -- France

World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Radio broadcasting and the war.

Correspondents

Benayoun, Robert, correspondent

Breton, André, 1896-1966, correspondent

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968, correspondent

Ferry, Jean, correspondent

Matthews, J. H., correspondent

Mesens, E. L. T. (Edouard Léon Théodore), 1903-1971, correspondent

Paulhan, Jean, 1884-1968, correspondent

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970, correspondent

Taylor, Simon Watson, correspondent

Translations

Balderston, John L. (John Lloyd), 1889-1954. Berkeley square. French

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in Wonderland. French

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Jabberwocky. French

Naughton, Bill. June evening. French

Naughton, Bill. November day. French

Pinter, Harold, 1930- . Caretaker. French

Pinter, Harold, 1930- . Dumb waiter. French

Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. Under milk wood. French

Form/Genre Terms

Clippings

Correspondence

Exhibition catalogs

Manuscripts for publication

Photographs

Radio scripts

Reviews

Translations

Container List

BBC Materials Series

BBC materials, 1938-1967.

Box 8

Folder 01

"Le Populaire" extracts, 1938

Box 8

Folder 02

BBC materials, 1940

Wartime broadcast; letters from France re: war.

Box 8

Folder 03

BBC materials, 1940

Box 8

Folder 04

BBC and other receipts, 1940-1960

Box 8

Folder 05

BBC and other receipts, 1961-1967

Box 8

Folder 06

BBC intelligence extracts, 1941

Box 8

Folder 07

BBC intelligence extracts, 1941

Box 8

Folder 08

BBC intelligence extracts, 1941

Box 8

Folder 09

BBC materials, 1941-1942

Box 8

Folder 10

BBC and Socialist activities, 1942

Box 8

Folder 11

BBC and Socialist activities, 1942

Box 8

Folder 12

Groupe d'études sociales. Doc. intérieur no. 1, 1942

Box 8

Folder 13

BBC materials, 1943

Box 8

Folder 14

BBC materials, 1943

Box 8

Folder 15

BBC and Groupe d'études sociales materials, 1943

Box 8

Folder 16

BBC and Groupe d'études sociales materials, 1943

Box 8

Folder 20

BBC materials, 1961

Clippings Series

Clippings, 1931-1964, undated.

Box 9

Folder 06

War clippings, 1940-1946

Box 9

Folder 07

War clippings, 1940-1946

Box 9

Folder 08

War clippings, 1940-1946

Box 9

Folder 09

War clippings, 1940

Box 9

Folder 10

War clippings, 1941

Box 9

Folder 11

War clippings, 1942

Box 9

Folder 12

War clippings, 1942

Box 9

Folder 13

War clippings, 1943

Box 9

Folder 14

War clippings, 1943

Box 9

Folder 15

War clippings, 1943

Box 9

Folder 16

War clippings, 1944

Box 10

Folder 01

Arts clippings, 1930s

Includes copies of NRF from summer 1931 with essay on Dada by G. Ribemont-Dessaignes; also, French Who's Who for Nov. 1943.

Box 10

Folder 02

Arts clippings, 1940s

Box 10

Folder 03

Arts clippings, 1940s

Box 10

Folder 04

Arts clippings, 1940s

Box 10

Folder 05

Ruthven, Todd. "Where Are the Surrealists Now?" [tear sheets], 1945-1948?

Box 10

Folder 06

Arts clippings, 1950s

Box 10

Folder 07

Arts clippings, 1950s

Box 10

Folder 08

Arts clippings, 1950s

Box 10

Folder 09

Arts clippings, 1950s

Box 10

Folder 10

Arts clippings, 1950s

Box 10

Folder 11

Arts clippings and publications, mostly undated

Box 11

Folder 01

Arts clippings, undated

Box 11

Folder 02

Clippings on the Ionesco/Tyman controversy, 1950s

Box 11

Folder 03

Arts clippings, 1950s

Box 11

Folder 04

Arts clippings, 1950-1961

Box 11

Folder 05

Arts clippings, 1950s

Box 11

Folder 06

Arts clippings, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 07

Arts clippings, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 08

Arts clippings, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 09

Arts clippings, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 10

Newspaper reviews of books and films, 1964

Box 11

Folder 11

Arts clippings, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 12

Arts clippings and publications, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 13

Arts clippings, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 14

Arts clippings, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 15

Arts clippings and publications, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 16

Arts clippings, 1960s

Box 11

Folder 17

Arts clippings, 1960s

Correspondence Series

Correspondence, 1940-1967, undated.

Box 1

Folder 01

Correspondence, Undated

Box 1

Folder 02

Correspondence and mss. drafts, Undated

Box 1

Folder 03

Correspondence and receipts, 1940

Box 1

Folder 04

Correspondence, 1941

Box 1

Folder 05

Correspondence, 1942

Box 1

Folder 06

Correspondence, 1943

Box 1

Folder 07

Correspondence, 1943

Letter to Peter Watson re: Aragon.

Box 1

Folder 08

Correspondence, 1944

Box 1

Folder 09

Correspondence, 1944

Box 1

Folder 10

Correspondence, 1944?

Denunciation of Toni del Renzio by Brunius, E.L.T. Mesens, and Roland Penrose; draft of letter to A. Breton.

Box 1

Folder 11

Correspondence, 1945

Box 1

Folder 12

Correspondence, 1945

Box 1

Folder 13

Correspondence, 1945

Box 1

Folder 14

Correspondence, 1945

Box 1

Folder 15

Correspondence and papers, 1945-1948

Correspondence and papers re Brunius's divorce from Colette.

Box 1

Folder 16

Correspondence, 1946

Correspondence and papers re Brunius's divorce from Colette.

Box 1

Folder 17

Correspondence, 1946

Box 1

Folder 18

Correspondence, 1946

Box 1

Folder 19

Correspondence, 1946

Box 1

Folder 20

Correspondence, 1946

Box 1

Folder 21

Correspondence, 1947

Three letters from Dell (?) to Brunius.

Box 1

Folder 22

Correspondence, 1947

Two letters from André Breton to Brunius.

Box 1

Folder 23

Correspondence, 1947

Box 1

Folder 24

Correspondence, 1947

Box 2

Folder 01

Correspondence, 1948

Box 2

Folder 02

Correspondence, 1948

Box 2

Folder 03

Correspondence, 1949

Box 2

Folder 04

Correspondence, 1949

Box 2

Folder 05

Correspondence, 1950

Box 2

Folder 06

Correspondence, 1951

Box 2

Folder 07

Correspondence, 1951

Correspondence re: Pastoureau affair.

Box 2

Folder 08

Correspondence and financial papers, 1951-1956

Box 2

Folder 09

Correspondence, 1952

Box 2

Folder 10

Correspondence and tax papers, 1952-1960

Box 2

Folder 11

Correspondence, 1952 or 53?

Letter from Jean Anouih to Brunius.

Box 2

Folder 12

Correspondence, 1953

Box 2

Folder 13

Correspondence, 1954

Box 2

Folder 14

Correspondence, 1955

Box 2

Folder 15

Correspondence, 1956

Box 2

Folder 16

Correspondence, 1957

Box 2

Folder 17

Correspondence, 1958

Box 2

Folder 18

Correspondence, 1958

Re: Brunius's film Violon d'Ingres.

Box 2

Folder 19

Correspondence, 1959

Box 2

Folder 20

Correspondence, 1959-1962

Re: Moving Picture Museum.

Box 2

Folder 21

Correspondence, 1960

Box 2

Folder 22

Correspondence, 1960

Box 2

Folder 23

Correspondence, 1960

Fragment of letter from Brunius to André Breton.

Box 2

Folder 24

Correspondence, 1960-1961

Re: proposed BBC programs on French cinema.

Box 3

Folder 01

Correspondence, 1961

Box 3

Folder 02

Correspondence, 1962

Box 3

Folder 03

Correspondence, 1962

Box 3

Folder 04

Correspondence, 1962

Letter from Bertrand Russell to Brunius.

Box 3

Folder 05

Correspondence, 1963

Box 3

Folder 06

Correspondence, 1964

Box 3

Folder 07

Correspondence, 1965

Box 3

Folder 08

Correspondence, 1966

Box 3

Folder 09

Correspondence, 1967

Box 3

Folder 10

Correspondence, Undated

Brunius's list of names and addresses.

Photographs Series

Photographs, circa 1950-1967.

Box 9

Folder 01

Photographs, undated

Box 9

Folder 02

Photographs, undated

Box 9

Folder 03

Photographs, undated

Box 9

Folder 04

Photographs, undated

Box 9

Folder 05

Photographs, undated

Translations and Adaptations Series

Translations and adaptations, 1942-1967, undated.

Box 5

Folder 02

Balderston, John Lloyd. "Berkeley Square," undated

Translation by Brunius.

Box 5

Folder 03

Balderston, John Lloyd. "Berkeley Square," undated

Translation by Brunius.

Box 5

Folder 04

Balderston, John Lloyd. "Berkeley Square," undated

Translation by Brunius.

Box 5

Folder 05

Balderston, John Lloyd. "Berkeley Square," undated

Translation by Brunius.

Box 5

Folder 06

Barr, Robert. "Medico," 1959

TV script translation by Brunius.

Box 5

Folder 07

Bellow, Saul. "The Last Analysis," 1965

Mimeograph (in English).

Box 5

Folder 08

Begier, Emile. "Quetzalcoatl," undated

Typescript of a novel with manuscript annotations.

Box 5

Folder 09

Breton, André. "Lumiere noire," undated

Translation by Simon Watson Taylor.

Box 5

Folder 10

Breton, André. "Situation du surréalisme entre les deux guerres," 1942

French typescript with fragment of Simon Watson Taylor's translation into English.

Box 5

Folder 11

Cameron, James. "The Inquisitive Giant," 1958

Filmscript translation by Brunius.

Box 5

Folder 12

Carlino, Lewis John. "Cage," undated

English mimeograph with French typescript, translation by Brunius.

Box 5

Folder 13

Carroll, Lewis. Adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, undated

Manuscript.

Box 5

Folder 14

Carroll, Lewis. Materials on "Jabberwocky," 1944

Box 5

Folder 15

Carroll, Lewis. Materials on 50th anniversary of Carroll's death, 1957-1958

Box 5

Folder 16

Carroll, Lewis. Miscellaneous materials on Carroll, 1946-?

Box 6

Folder 01

Cawston, Richard. "Ici la BBC," 1960

Translation by Brunius.

Box 6

Folder 02

Chaplin, Charlie. "Le grand dictateur," undated

Adaptation of "The Great Dictator" by Brunius.

Box 6

Folder 03

Ferry, Jean. "Une étude sur Roussel," 1948

Mimeograph of French typescript.

Box 6

Folder 04

Fry, Christopher. "The Lady Is Not for Burning," undated

Typescript of French translation by Brunius.

Box 6

Folder 05

Gay, John. "The Beggar's Opera," 1952

Typescript in English.

Box 6

Folder 06

Green Desert, commentary, 1967

Box 6

Folder 07

James, Henry. "The Friends of the Friends," undated

Mimeograph of French translation by Brunius.

Box 6

Folder 08

Jennings, Humphrey. "Poème,s, 1945

Translation by Brunius.

Box 6

Folder 09

Joyce, James. "Stephen D.," 1963

Adaptation by Hugh Leonard translation by Brunius.

Box 6

Folder 10

Kennedy, Adrienne. "Funny House of a Negro" and "The Owl Answers," undated

Mimeograph of English typescript.

Box 6

Folder 11

Lewin, Albert. "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman," undated

Mimeograph of English typescript.

Box 6

Folder 12

MacColl, Ewan and Charles Parker. "The Ballad of John Axon," 1958

Mimeograph of English typescript and French translation (manuscript) by Brunius.

Box 6

Folder 13

MacInnes, Colin. "Domaine anglaise," 1953

On Osbert Sitwell.

Box 6

Folder 14

Marivaux, Pierre de. "Les fausses confidences," 1955

Mimeograph of English translation by W.S. Merwin.

Box 6

Folder 15

Middleton, Thomas. "Women Beware Women," undated

Mimeograph of English typescript and French adaptation Brunius (manuscript and typescript).

Box 6

Folder 16

Mitchell, Denis and Roy Harris. "Morning in the Streets," undated

English typescript and French translation (manuscript) by Brunius.

Box 6

Folder 17

Monteith, David. "French Film," undated

Typescript in English.

Box 6

Folder 18

Munro, H.H. "Saumatres: 32 histoires de Saki," 1945

Translation by Brunius (manuscript, typescript, etc.).

Box 7

Folder 01

Naughton, Bill. "Alfie Elkins and His Little Life," 1962

English typescript (mimeograph) and drafts of French translation by Brunius.

Box 7

Folder 02

Naughton, Bill. "June Evening," 1958

Translation by Brunius.

Box 7

Folder 03

Naughton, Bill. "June Evening," 1958

Translation by Brunius.

Box 7

Folder 04

Naughton, Bill. "November Day," 1963

Translation by Brunius.

Box 7

Folder 05

Oswald, Marianne. "La cage vide," 1953

Film synopsis; typescript with manuscript annotations.

Box 7

Folder 06

Pinter, Harold. "The Caretaker," 1966

Translation by Brunius; French and English scripts.

Box 7

Folder 07

Pinter, Harold. "The Dumb Waiter," 1960?

Translation by Brunius; French script.

Box 7

Folder 08

Prévert, Jacques. "La bergère et le ramoneur," 1950

Film découpage.

Box 7

Folder 09

Prévert, Jacques. "La bergère et le ramoneur," 1948

Scripts.

Box 7

Folder 10

Interview with Jacques Prévert, 1959

With texts of Prévert's poems (English and French).

Box 7

Folder 11

Russo, William. "The Island," 1963

Translation by Brunius.

Box 7

Folder 12

Saunders, James. "Look, We've Come Through," undated

English script.

Box 7

Folder 13

Saunders, James. "Next Time I'll Sing It to You," 1961?

French translation by Brunius.

Box 7

Folder 14

Saunders, James. "A Scent of Flowers," 1965?

Translation by Brunius; French and English scripts.

Box 7

Folder 15

Saunders, James. "A Scent of Flowers," 1965?

French typescript.

Box 7

Folder 16

Interview with James Saunders, undated

Manuscript.

Box 7

Folder 17

Simpson, N.F. "A Resounding Tinkle," undated

Manuscript.

Box 7

Folder 18

Smee, Michael . "Birth of a Child," 1966

BBC script.

Box 7

Folder 19

Soupault, Philippe. [Text on Dada], undated

French typescript.

Box 7

Folder 20

Stiles, George. "The Short Life and Long Death of General Bullet," undated

Script.

Box 7

Folder 21

Thomas, Dylan. "Under Milk Wood," undated

Working drafts of French translation by Brunius.

Box 7

Folder 22

Thomas, Dylan. "Under Milk Wood," 1954

French typescript.

Box 7

Folder 23

Thomas, Dylan. "Under Milk Wood," 1954?

Tear sheets.

Box 7

Folder 24

Thomas, W.V. "Dylan Thomas," 1963

Radio script.

Box 7

Folder 25

Notes and clippings on Jules Verne, 1958

Works Series

Works, 1929-1966, undated.

Box 3

Folder 11

Prolégomènes a un troisième manifeste du surréalisme ou non, undated

Typescript.

Box 3

Folder 12

Le théâtre français d'aujourd'hui, undated

Manuscript (5 pages).

Box 3

Folder 13

Notecards on Duchamp, biography, film, etc., undated

Box 3

Folder 14

Reviews (for Critics Choice?), undated

Box 3

Folder 15

Candy, shooting script, undated

Box 3

Folder 16

Review of film "Quatre heures du matin," undated

Manuscript (2 pages).

Box 3

Folder 17

"Charmante famille," undated

Mimeograph (8 pages).

Box 3

Folder 18

"King of Takicardia" découpage, undated

Mimeograph (25 pages).

Box 3

Folder 19

Fragment of a poem transcribed by E.L.T. Mesens, undated

Manuscript (2 pages).

Box 3

Folder 20

Essay on disk jockeys, undated

Manuscript (1 page).

Box 3

Folder 21

Bath Academy of Art, travail d'équipe, undated

Box 3

Folder 22

"Shorts in Tours" (fragment), undated

Manuscript (1 page).

Box 3

Folder 23

"La bourse des valeurs," undated

Translatino of 2 minute exhibition film.

Box 3

Folder 24

"Conversation Henri IV," undated

Manuscript.

Box 3

Folder 25

List of films made in France, 1919-1932, 1932?

Box 3

Folder 26

"Un peu moins de bruit," 1929

Typescript and mimeograph.

Box 3

Folder 27

"Le surréalisme au service de la révolution, 1933

Box 3

Folder 28

"Violon d'Ingres," 1939

Notes on Brunius's film (2-page manuscript).

Box 3

Folder 29

Five essays, 1940-1946

Box 3

Folder 30

"Skull and Cross Bones," undated

Typescript with manuscript revisions (4 pages).

Box 3

Folder 31

"Une belle carrière militaire," 1940?

Box 3

Folder 32

"Le savoir vivre," ca. 1940-1949

Box 3

Folder 33

Writings on WWII broadcasts, syndicalism, 1940-1946

Box 3

Folder 34

Drawing published in France, 1941

Clippings.

Box 3

Folder 35

"La cocotte" (drawing), undated

Box 3

Folder 36

Fragment on Henri Rousseau, 1941?

Box 3

Folder 37

The Rise of de Gaulle, 1942?

French manuscript (24 pages) and English typescript (14 pages).

Box 3

Folder 38

Essay on André Breton, 1942

Box 3

Folder 39

"Histoire du Centre Syndical Français en Grande Bretagne," 1942

Box 3

Folder 40

"Idolatry and Confusion," 1943

Published text and mimeograph (1 page).

Box 3

Folder 41

"Sans Dieu ni Diable" (essay on André Breton), 1943

Manuscript drafts, typescripts, mimeographs.

Box 3

Folder 42

"Sur l'album de Légèrement Masure," 1943

Album includes "Danger de Mort" and "Sans Dieu ni Diable" typescripts with manuscript revisions.

Box 4

Folder 01

Tribune, correspondence to the editor, 1944

Box 4

Folder 02

"Sur La part du diable de Denis de Rougement," 1944

Typescript and manuscript.

Box 4

Folder 03

"Message from Nowhere," 1944

Box 4

Folder 04

"Le livre français en Angleterre," 1944

Typescript.

Box 4

Folder 05

"Revues françaises à travers le monde," 1944

Typescript.

Box 4

Folder 06

"Entretiens imaginaires," 1944

Typescript.

Box 4

Folder 07

Articles and manuscripts, 1944-1945

Box 4

Folder 08

"Deux romans de Julien Gracq," 1945

Manuscript and typescript carbon.

Box 4

Folder 09

"Couleur du tragique," 1946

Manuscript and typescript carbon.

Box 4

Folder 10

"Rise and decline of an avant-garde," 1947

Typescript carbon.

Box 4

Folder 11

Scripts and notes on educational films, 1947

Box 4

Folder 12

"It Always Rains on Sunday," 1948

Film review fragment (manuscript).

Box 4

Folder 13

"Le dernier film de Carol Reed," 1948

In Ici Londres.

Box 4

Folder 14

"Vie du Calife Beckford," 1949

Manuscript and typescript carbons.

Box 4

Folder 15

Surrealist manifestos, 1949-1963

Box 4

Folder 16

Undated stray material, undated

Box 4

Folder 17

Various secondary materials, undated

Box 4

Folder 18

Drawing on mss sheet, undated

Box 4

Folder 19

"The Changing Face of Europe," 1950

Film scripts.

Box 4

Folder 20

"The Changing Face of Europe," 1950

Film scripts.

Box 4

Folder 21

"Les chevaux blancs des collines," 1951

Manuscript.

Box 4

Folder 22

"Les lettres. Cahier spécial Le Romantisme anglais," undated

Manuscript.

Box 4

Folder 23

ICA bulletin, 1954

Box 4

Folder 24

Drawing, 1958?

Box 4

Folder 25

Group manifestos, 1958-1963

Box 4

Folder 26

"Sur les traces du Roi Arthur," 1958

Radio script.

Box 4

Folder 27

French for Sixth Forms, 1959

On Prévert et al.

Box 4

Folder 28

French for Sixth Forms, 1960

On Apollinaire.

Box 4

Folder 29

"Comptines," undated

Typescript carbon.

Box 4

Folder 30

E.L.T. Mesens exhibition catalog, 1960

Box 4

Folder 31

In defense of surrealism, 1960

Controversy with A.G. Lehmann.

Box 4

Folder 32

Art-Anti-Art, 1960

Scripts, correspondence, etc.

Box 4

Folder 33

Radio Times, 1959-1960

Mentions Art-Anti-Art.

Box 4

Folder 34

"Anthologie" BBC scripts, 1959-1961?

Box 4

Folder 35

French for Sixth Forms, 1962

With adaptation by Brunius of Ionesco.

Box 4

Folder 36

Answers to questionnaire on surrealism, 1962-1963

Box 4

Folder 37

"Artaud le taraud," 1963

Typescript.

Box 4

Folder 38

On Frederic Delanglade, 1963

Box 4

Folder 39

On E.L.T. Mesens' collages, 1963

Exhibition catalog and manuscript fragment.

Box 4

Folder 40

Critic's Choice, 1963-1965

16 scripts.

Box 4

Folder 41

Review of Roger Vitrac's "Victor, ou les enfants au pouvoir," 1964

Manuscript and typescript.

Box 4

Folder 42

Journal J. Brunius, 1964

Diary from 6-28 August 1964.

Box 4

Folder 43

Review of A. Robbe-Grillet's "The Erasers," 1965

Typescript.

Box 4

Folder 44

Grammar of Jazz script, 1965

Box 4

Folder 45

"Merry-Go-Round: Making Shadow Puppets," 1966

Box 4

Folder 46

Notes on films, plays, etc., 1966

Box 4

Folder 47

"Réponses aux questions de BIEF," undated

1-page manuscript.

Unidentified, Financial, and Graphic Materials Series

Unidentified, financial, and graphic materials, 1943-1960, undated.

Box 5

Folder 01

Unidentified materials, various dates

Box 8

Folder 17

Fontaine financial records, 1943-1947

Box 8

Folder 18

Fontaine contracts and book lists, 1945-1946

Box 8

Folder 19

Critic's Circle materials, 1948-1954

Map Drawer 15

Folder 08

Poster and Broadside, 1958-1960

Poster: Anti-Procès. Manifestation collective...29 Avril au 9 Mai 1960, Galerie des Quatre Saisons, Paris; Broadside: Front Unique, N. 6 Juillet 1958, Paris.