urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00708
Princess Dilkusha de Rohan:
An Inventory of Her Correspondence at the Harry Ransom Center
Finding aid created by Kelsey Handler,
Harry Ransom Center,
2012
Finding aid encoded by Joan Sibley, 5 June
2012
Finding aid written in English.
Collection Summary
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Rohan, Dilkusha, princess de,
1899-
Princess Dilkusha de Rohan
Correspondence
1927-1961, undated
1 box (.21 linear feet)
Consists mainly of letters written to
the wife of Prince Carlos de Rohan (1895-1931), the former Alis Dilkusha Wrench, who
became a couturier and was friends with many artists and writers in London and
Paris. Included are letters from Janet Flanner, Dora Maar, Anna Pavlova, Pavel
Tchelitchew, Antonina Vallentin, Dolly Wilde, and others. A few of the letters are
written to Dilkusha's partner, the Russian dancer Catherine Devillier.
English, French, and Russian
Manuscript Collection MS-3593
Acquisition:
Purchase, 1966 (R3103)
Access:
Open for research
Processed by:
Kelsey Handler, 2012
Container List
Rohan, Dilkusha, princess de:
1.1
Outgoing correspondence, ALS to unidentified recipient Darling,
undated, in French. On letterhead of de Rohan, Ltd.; also signed by
Willy (pet?); possibly written to Catherine Devillier.
Incoming correspondence:
1.2
Unidentified author Gilberto. ALS, 16 May 1954.
1.2
Blum, Suzanne, 1898-1954. ALS, 12 May 1959, in
French.
1.2
Bonnet, Clemence. ALS, 17 April 1961, in French.
1.2
Flanner, Janet, 1892-1978. ALS, 28 August 1961.
1.2
Kimbrough, Emily, 1899-1989. ALS, TLS, 26 September no year,
22 October no year.
1.4
Maar, Dora, 1907-1997. 11 ALS, 2 Christmas cards, 1954-1960,
in French.
1.3
Montagu, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Susan), 1909-2002. ALS, 16
April 1954.
1.3
Rose, Francis, Sir, 1909-1979. ALS, Christmas card, 27 April
no year, undated.
1.3
St. Mechtilde, M., Sister. ALS, 7 December 1953.
1.3
Settle, Alison, 1891-1980. ALS, 3 November 1960.
1.3
Stirling, Marygold. 2 ALS, 1961.
1.3
Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957. ALS, 1 July 1929.
1.5
Vallentin, Antonina, 1893-1957. 18 ALS, undated, in
French.
1.3
Wilde, Dolly, 1895-1940. 2 ALS, 1926-1929, partially in
French.
Devillier, Catherine Katusha:
Incoming correspondence:
1.6
Goncharova, Natalia, 1881-1962. ALS, 18 March 1952, in
Russian.
1.6
Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich, 1881-1964. ALS, 18 March 1952,
in Russian.
1.6
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931. ALS, telegram, 1928, undated, in
French.
1.6
Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957. 4 ALS, 1927-1953, undated, in
Russian.