Series 2 : Writings , 1906-1978, undated
Writings, art work, miscellaneous items, and photographs were received from the Estate of Sally Kent Gorton in 2001. Although not physically integrated with the main portion of the collection, this addition to the Rockwell Kent papers is described with the appropriate series in the online edition of the finding aid.
Writings consist of Kent's continuation of his autobiography It's Me, O Lord! (1995). The unpublished 185 page manuscript written between 1955 and 1971 recounts the artist's travels, exhibitions, and political activities during the 1950s and 1960s. Among the art work there are many drawings and sketches in pencil and ink, of miscellaneous subjects and various projects circa 1920-1939 including figure studies, landscapes and illustrations for various books by Kent. Also included are a color lithograph study for a war poster, circa 1941, and Kent's 1968 costume and set designs for Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes , along with a recording of Peter Grimes and its libretto. Photographs of people include formal and informal portraits of Rockwell Kent, Kent with others, and each of his wives; other individuals portrayed are Ted R. Lambert and Eugene Vuchatich. Other subjects include views of Asgaard Farm, the rebuilt Kent house at AuSable Forks, NY, and Kent's grave.
Kent presented the manuscripts for most of his books to the USSR, along with the Kent Collection. Included in this series are drafts, notes, and completed manuscripts for monographs, articles, speeches, book reviews, catalog texts and introductory essays, and miscellaneous writings (often unidentified) by Kent. Manuscripts are arranged chronologically, with undated items arranged alphabetically by title. Also included at the end of the series are a small number of manuscripts by other authors.
The unpublished continuation of Kent's autobiography It's Me, O Lord! was received from the estate of his widow, Sally Kent Gorton, 2001.
See Appendix for an itemized list of writings from Series 2.
The bulk of this series has been scanned. Poems and political statements written by other authors have not been scanned.
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Writings by Kent
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Writings, 1906-1912
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Writings, 1914
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Writings, 1919
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Writings, 1934-1935
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Writings, 1941, cont.
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Writings, circa. 1955-1971
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Writings, [1965]
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Writings, undated
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Writings by Sara Holgate Kent (mother), 1941
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Writings by Sally Kent Gorton
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Writings, 1950
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Writings, 1971
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Writings by Others about Kent
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Writings, 1931-41
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Writings, undated
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Writings by Others, Poems and Political Statements and Miscellaneous Items, 1932-1950, undated
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Unidentified Writings, "Pets and Paradise" and Miscellaneous Notes, undated
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