Sonia H. and Nathaniel A. Davis papers (MS.2012.003)
Brown University Library
Box ABrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu
Collection Overview
| Title: | Sonia H. and Nathaniel A. Davis papers |
| Date range: | 1879-1972, (bulk 1930-1965) |
| Creator: | Greene, Sonia H. (Sonia Haft), 1883-1972 |
| Extent: | 7.0 Linear feet |
| Abstract: | Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, personal and administrative records, printed materials, photographs, ephemera, and a few artifacts belonging to or associated with Nathaniel A. Davis (1866-1945) and his wife Sonia H. Davis (1883-1972). Mr. Davis, of Jewish and Portuguese heritage, was writer, editor, educator, social activist, entrepreneur, world traveler, publisher, journalist and founder of Planetaryan, a humanitarian organization devoted to world peace. Mrs. Davis, of Jewish and Ukrainian heritage, was a business woman, milliner, writer, editor, amateur journalist and publisher. She was married briefly to H.P. Lovecraft with whom she collaborated on several literary projects. This collection, dating from 1879 to 1972-- the bulk of which ranges from 1930 to the early 1940s--is a good source of documentation for anyone interested in U.S. social, political and religious history, especially around the period of World War II. It is also a good source for those who are interested in American literature, especially in religious poetry and didactic literature. It is also a good secondary source of biographical information about Lovecraft due to Mrs. Davis' previous marriage to him; it does not include any primary source materials originating from Lovecraft himself, nor does it contain much by way of direct documentation about him except for a published memoir of him written by Mrs. Davis ( Books at Brown, vol. XI, nos. 1-2), a copy of which is included in this collection. |
| Language of materials: | English. |
| Repository: | John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts |
| Collection number: | MS.2012.003 |
