Lot 268
1933 Harvard "Red Book," including a future Nobel Prize winner and a young student who became one of the most distinctive "outsider" artists of his generation The Harvard Freshman Red Book of the Class of 1933. Cambridge: Harvard University, n.d. The comprehensive record of the [future] Class of 1933, including individual photos with thumbnail biographies; class committees; athletics (including team photos and rosters for football, hockey, crew, baseball, track, soccer, basketball, wrestling, fencing, squash, lacrosse, track, and polo); musical organizations and clubs; other activities; and advertisements. Among the students pictured are at least three of particular note. William Howard Stein (1911 - 1980) became a biochemist and shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work related to the activity of the ribonuclease molecule. Malcolm McKesson (1909 - 1999), born to a wealthy family, studied at art history at Harvard. After a long career in his family's pharmaceutical firm, McKesson retired in 1961, enjoying what to all appearances seemed a conventional, comfortable middle-class life with his wife. Free from the burden of employment, however, McKesson fully devoted his efforts to his "secret" avocation, the writing of elaborate, imaginative erotica incorporating themes of transvestitism and sado-masochism, realized most fully in his novella Matriarchy: Freedom in Bondage. McKesson supplemented his prose with distinctive, enigmatic drawings of human figures, carefully modeled from repeated, overlapping spirals and strokes in ballpoint pen, examples of which are now highly prized by collectors of outsider art. Edward Rowe Snow (1902 - 1982) was an American author and historian. Snow is widely known for his stories of pirates and other nautical subjects; he wrote over forty books and many shorter publications. In all, he was the author of more than 100 publications, mainly about New England coastal history. Mr. Snow was also a major chronicler of New England maritime history. With the publication of The Islands of Boston Harbor in 1935, he became famous as a historian of the New England coast and also as a popular storyteller, lecturer, preservationist, and treasure hunter. Forty years later, he was still publishing. He is also famous for carrying on the tradition of the "Flying Santa" for over forty years (19361980). Every Christmas he would hire a small plane and drop wrapped gifts to the lighthouse keepers and their families. Please ask specific questions on details, condition, and shipping prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, and bidder will be responsible for payment. We box and ship what we can to keep costs low, and use USPS and UPS. Large items, extremely fragile, and high value items will be packed by UPS. Quotes available on request.
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Dimensions:
- 8" x 10.25" Condition:
- Good Condition with a stain on the bottom of the book (see pics)
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