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Robert Briffault
Series 1
Research materials series. -- [1958?-1967?]. -- 14 cm of textual records.
-- Title based on content of series.
Box 1
Note: Files 1-5 contain photocopies of correspondence, articles, and notes
collected by Lawrence F. Koons and William F. Hixson, arranged in chronological
order by reference to Briffault's life. Includes photocopies of correspondence
between V. F. Calverton and Samuel D. Schmaulhausen.
F.1 Robert Briffault's life, 1872-1923
F.2 Robert Briffault's life, 1927-1932
F.3 Robert Briffault's life, 1933-1939
F.4 Robert Briffault's life, 1949-1948
F.5 Research notes
F.6 Research notes
F.7 Research notebook
F.8 Research materials on apes
F.9 Interview notebook
F.10 Obituaries, will, death certificate
F.11 Bibliography
Series 2
Correspondence series. -- 1938-1993. -- 16 cm of textual records. -- Title
based on content of series.
F.12 Briffault-V. F. Calverton, 1929-1932. Photocopies from New York Public
Library.
F.13 Briffault to his two daughters, [1914-1918]. Typed copies of original
letters which were written during World War I. The originals are at the
British Library. Also article by Arthur Searle about the letters.
F.14 Extracts from various Briffault letters. Typed copies.
F.15 Herma Briffault mainly to William F. Hixson; a few letters are to
L. F. Koons, 1957-1973.
F.16 Herma Briffault to Hixson and Koons, 1957-1964. Includes letters to/from
others.
Box 2
F.1 L. F. Koons-William F. Hixson, 1957 to [1971?]
F.2 Koons-Hixson, 1958-1993
F.3 Joan Hackelberg to Koons, 1958-1993. 2 draft letters from Koons.
F.4 Hixson and others, 1958-1967. Includes correspondence with libraries,
publishers and individuals including Stanley Unwin of George Allen &
Unwin, Kyle Crichton, Huntington Cairns, Jerome Kilty, A. H. Askanasy,
Pat Sloan.
F.5 Koons with European contacts, 1959-1960. Includes one brief letter
from Stanley Unwin.
F.6 Koons re Briffault's education in New Zealand, 1958-1959.
F.7 Koons, Hixson and others. Includes 1 letter from Bertrand Russell
to Koons, 1958; letters to and from Ashley Montagu, 1957-1958; 2 letters
from Briffault to George Seldes, one dated 1938; 2 letters from Seldes
to Koons, 1960-1964; letters to and from Kyle Crichton.
F.8 Koons, handwritten copies of various letters to and from him
See also microfilms.
Series 3
Photographs series. -- 1934-1959. -- 34 photographs. -- Title based on
content of series.
F.9 16 b&w photographs of Briffault's grave taken in 1959; 6 photographs
of Briffault's grave, pasted on paper
6 b&w photographs of Briffault pasted on paper, 1 b&w photograph
of Herma Briffault, 1951, pasted on same sheet of paper
1 b&w photograph of Briffault, in Vienna, 1934, given to Hixson by
Herma Briffault
1 b&w photograph of Herma Briffault in Paris, 1938
1 b&w photograph of Joan Hackelberg
1 colour photograph of Lister Briffault
1 colour photograph of a portrait of Robert Briffault at age 14.
Series 4
Microfilms series. -- [1958?-1967?]. -- 8 microfilms. -- Title based on
content of series.
5 microfilm reels of The Troubadours (English translation by
Koons)
1 microfilm of La Democratie
1 microfilm reel of Briffault's correspondence with Kyle Crichton, 1935-1939
1 microfilm of contents of Box 3, F.7
Box 3:
Series 5
Published materials by and about Briffault series. -- 1929-1974. -- 20
cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
F.1 Notebooks containing translations done by Koons of three pamphlets
published by Briffault in France during the occupation: "L'Angleterre
et l'Egypt", "La Fable anglaise", "La Troisième Guerre Mondiale".
F.2 "L'Angleterre et l'Egypt", ts. translation by Koons.
F.3 "La Troisième Guerre Mondiale", ts. translation by Koons.
F.4 Articles by Briffault
F.5 Periodicals containing articles by Briffault
F.6 Reviews and letters to the editor by Briffault
F.7 Briffault lectures at Dartmouth, 1929, photographs of newspaper reports
F.8 Articles about Briffault
F.9 Periodical containing article about Briffault
F.10 Ts. of book about Briffault by Edward Katz, ca. 1974.
F.11 Reviews of Briffault's works
F.12 Notes about books by Briffault
F.13 Miscellaneous printed materials
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