Dos Passos, John (John Roderigo), 1896-1970

Scope and Contents The Richard Layman collection of John Dos Passos contains both primary and secondary materials gathered or produced by Richard Layman in his extensive study of the artist and author Dos Passos. John Dos Passos, born in Chicago in 1896, was an influential writer in the first half of the 20th century. After his graduation from Harvard in 1916, he served as a volunteer ambulance driver in France and Italy during WWI, eventually joining the United States Army Medical Corps. He would later travel...

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This small collection contains photographs and negatives of John Dos Passos owned by Virginia Spencer Carr.