Papers of Djuna Barnes,
Series 7, Box 2, Item 1.90 |
Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries |
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Djuna Barnes Library
Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) was an American author of fiction, poetry, and plays, who began her career as a freelance journalist and illustrator in New York in 1913. Her talent and her connections with the artistic community in Greenwich Village soon led to the publication of her poetry and to the production of several of her plays by the Provincetown Players. Assignments from magazines took her to Europe in 1921 where lived until 1939. During that time she published several book-length works, including the novel Nightwood, which is considered her masterpiece. In 1940 she moved to Greenwich Village, where she lived for the remainder of her life. Her verse play, The Antiphon, was published in 1958. She continued to write poetry until her death, most of which was not published until after her lifetime.
The cataloged portion of the Djuna Barnes Library contains nearly 400 titles which can be searched and browsed using the University of Maryland Libraries' online catalog. This same search can be reproduced by visiting the University of Maryland Libraries' online catalog, clicking the "Advanced Search" link, and then limiting a search by "Marylandia and Rare Books -- Barnes" from the "Location" pull-down menu. The library was part of the collection purchased from Miss Barnes in 1973 and 1977, along with her personal and family papers, correspondence, writings, printed matter, and serial publications. There are also nearly 800 additional uncataloged books in the Djuna Barnes Library accessible to researchers. The Libraries continue to augment these Barnes holdings through purchase and donation.
Researchers may not make photocopies from Barnes Library materials. Copies (at $0.25 a page) may be requested by completing a "Duplication Form" and submitting it to the Maryland Room Reference Desk staff.
A finding aid for the personal papers of Djuna Barnes can be viewed in Archives UM; those papers and other Barnes-related manuscript collections can be consulted in the Maryland Room.
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