- Additional Authors
- Plimpton, George
- Description
- 122.13 linear feet (282 boxes, 4 volumes)
- Summary
- Jean Stein (1934-2017) was an American author, oral historian, editor, and philanthropist. She worked as an editor at The Paris Review, under George Plimpton, and co-edited the literary and visual arts magazine Grand Street with Walter Hopps. She was married to William vanden Heuvel and Torsten Wiesel. The Jean Stein papers (1916-2016) document Stein's career and life. The works most extensively represented are Stein's oral history biography of the American actress and Andy Warhol muse, Edie Sedgwick, Edie: An American Biography, (1982); and the oral history West of Eden: An American Place, which focused on five families and individuals Stein considered essential to the history of Los Angeles. Personal files, which include letters Stein received from novelist William Faulkner, document Stein's childhood of wealth and privilege as a the daughter of talent agent and MCA founder, Jules Stein; and her adult life as a member of New York's intellectual elite.
- Subjects
- Motion picture producers
- Video recordings
- Transcripts
- Sound recordings
- Photographs
- Oral Histories (literary works)
- Motion pictures (visual works)
- Interviews
- New York City history and culture
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Vanden Heuvel family
- Motion pictures
- Los Angeles (Calif.) > History
- Literature > Periodicals
- Actors > United States
- Grand Street
- Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978
- Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987
- Stein, Jules C., 1896-1981
- Southern, Terry
- Sedgwick, Edie
- Jones, Jennifer, 1919-2009
- Garland, Jane, 1933-2009
- Faulkner, William
- Doheny, Edward L (Edward Laurence), 1856-1935
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Motion pictures (visual works)
- Oral Histories (literary works)
- Photographs.
- Sound recordings.
- Transcripts.
- Video recordings.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Sound recordings, video recordings, and films are currently unavailable pending digitization.
- Provenance (note)
- Bequest from the Estate of Jean Stein, 2018, 2019.
- Call Number
- MssCol 24576
- OCLC
- 1120723907
- Author
Stein, Jean, creator.
- Title
Jean Stein papers.
- Production
1916-2016.
- Type of Content
text
still image
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
sheet
volume
- Restricted Access
Advance notice required. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Sound recordings, video recordings, and films are currently unavailable pending digitization.
- Provenance
Bequest from the Estate of Jean Stein, 2018, 2019.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Motion picture producers.
- Added Author
Plimpton, George, contributor.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 24576