• Charles Beaumont -
  • Robert Lowry - upload self-portrait? talk page
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley - upload letter to editor 1951? re 'matriarchy' & women needing a 'swift kick to the pants' by men
  • Lucius Beebe
  • Yon Noguchi
  • Robert L. Ephraim: 'impassioned exponent of the 'New Negro' school of thought, dedicated to the growing movement among Negroes for the establishment of a national home. After graduating from Harvard, Mr. Ephraim studied political science and law at the University of Chicago. On the way home from the Colonial Exposition in Paris, where he negotiated with the chiefs of 40 African tribes, he discussed the emigration of Negroes from the Western hemisphere.' From 'America as Americans See It'/ The Literary Guild 1932. Article by Ephraim follows this intro: mention of the American Negro Colonization Society, Bishop H. M. Turner, the Universal Negro Improvement Association (Marcus Garvey), the Negro World Federation, the American Negro Nationalist Association.
  • Muriel Draper 1886-1952: born to affluence (her father was one of the earliest investors in ATT) married aspiring opera singer Paul, lived internationally, entertained John Singer Sargent, Henry James, Rubenstein, Casals, etc. After Paul gambled the money away and couldn't find work due to alcoholism he abandoned her in London with 2 children. She made it to New York and began writing (Harpers, Town & Country, Vogue) plus 1929 memoir 'Music at Midnight'. Once again entertained the artist community including Lincoln Kirstein, Max Ewing, Walter Lowenthals, others. Got involved with Gurdjieffs, visited Soviet Union 1934 and became a Communist/advocating for Soviets; visited Spain during Civil War 1937 and advocated for Loyalist causes; helped organize the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and Council of American Women, visited the Soviet Union at least twice - 1946 and 1949, lectured on Soviet peace proposals. The Council of American Women was investigated by HUAC 1949, dissolved 1950. Draper died in 1952. From the Beineke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Muriel Draper papers. [1]