Note: Additional photographs have been added (and will continue to be added) to yesterday’s post about the opening reception for “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration” at The Society of illustrators
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And now onto what will surely be a fun exhibit at The New York Public Library…
From this article found at The City Life Org, A Century Of The New Yorker To Open At The New York Public Library we finally have more information about what to expect to see at The NYPL’s soon-to-open (February 22, 2025) celebration of The New Yorker‘s 100th anniversary:
- The prospectus forThe New Yorker (1924);
- Original artwork for the first issue of The New Yorker by Rea Irvin (1925);
- W.H. Auden’s handwritten draft of “Refugee Blues” (1939);
- John Updike’s handwritten assignments for Talk of the Town (1940s);
- Original signed art by Helen Hokinson (1941): [if this is the Hokinson on exhibit — it’s included in a Time Out piece on the exhibit — this date is incorrect. It appeared in The New Yorker, Feb 19, 1938, p. 27]
- The New Yorker type identification and style guide (1981);
- Correspondence between William Shawn and John Hersey related to “Hiroshima” (1946);
- The typescript draft of “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote, with revisions and deletions by William Shawn (1965);
- Hannah Arendt’s original typescript manuscript of “Eichmann in Jerusalem” (1963);
- Cynthia Ozick, “The Fallibility Rag,” poem dedicated to New Yorker grammarian Eleanor Gould (1987);
- A mock-up of the first New Yorker website and other 21st-century artifacts; and
- Original film featuring current and recent writers, editors, and staff exploring the history, legacy, and future of The New Yorker.
- Dorothy Parker’s manuscript list of “Unattractive Authors Whose Work I Admire”;A memo from Katharine White to Harold Ross about discontent among administrative staff (1944);Vladimir Nabokov’s copy of 55 Short Stories from The New Yorker (1949), with his handwritten grades for each story;
- Twin typewriters used by Lillian Ross and William Shawn;Reader responses to James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in my Mind” (1962)
- Saul Steinberg’s caricature of Tina Brown (1990s);
- Kara Walker’s preparatory drawings for “Quiet As It’s Kept,” the 2019 cover honoring Toni Morrison;
- Kadir Nelson’s “Say Their Names,” an interactive cover revealing the ongoing violence inflicted on Black Americans (2020).
- Select objects will be accompanied by an audio experience featuring New Yorker writers and editors.