Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven papers

The papers cover the period from 1917 to 1933 and consist of manuscripts, drafts, notes, correspondence, drawings, and photographs. Most of the correspondence consists of Freytag-Loringhoven's letters to other people; there are few replies in the collection. The majority of the manuscripts and drawings were never published during Freytag-Loringhoven's life. Many of the drawings were done as an accompaniment to poems and can be found throughout Series III, although there are also drawings on the verso of correspondence in Series II. There are a few sketches in a separate folder (Series I, Box 1, Drawings).

The series consists of notes and drafts of an autobiography written by the Baroness as well as the notes and drafts of Djuna Barnes on the autobiography. Barnes's notes, draft, and typescript of the autobiography are followed by the holograph manuscript, drafts, and notes of von Freytag-Loringhoven.

Digitized from the microfilm edition of the papers of the Baroness; select items digitized in color from originals.

This series consists of letters and drafts of letters, most of them written by the Baroness. Virtually all of the letters dated before 1923 were written in the United States. Later letters date from the time the Baroness was living in Europe between 1923 and 1927. It also contains a few drawings and sketches that might have been made by her or by artists for whom she modeled. Drawings appear on the versos of correspondence with Sarah Freedman and Peggy Guggenheim. The series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Digitized from the microfilm edition of the papers of the Baroness; select items digitized in color from originals. There are no digital surrogates of the following materials in Series 2: correspondence by others written to the Baroness and drawings and sketches on the backs of the Freedman and Guggenheim correspondence. Researchers must consult the original manuscripts in order to gain access to them.