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Authors, American -- Correspondence

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Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

Lew Wallace letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292017]
Identifier: Vault MSS 637
Scope and Contents

Three handwritten and signed letters. One is an introduction for John M. Judah to the U. S. Consul in Paris, France, sent to Judah with a brief note. Another is a request from Wallace et al. to refuse Henry M. Talbot membership in the Meridian Club.

Dates: 1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lew Wallace letters

William Louis Abbott letter, 1920s?

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233283131], Folder: 7-8
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, composed on "New York Journal, W. R. Hearst" stationary, and dated June 26 of an unspecified year. Abbott writes to a "Mr. Walker," perhaps the American editor, John Brisben Walker (1847-1931). Abbott invites Walker to meet "a friend of mine, Clarence S. Darrow," at a luncheon when Walker is next in New York City. Abbot also comments on authors. "Hawthorne on the Indian plague is grimly fascinating, but Le Gallienne has not outdone Fitz Gerald."

Dates: 1920s?
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 2, Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection

Clem Yore letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312156]
Identifier: MSS SC 1522
Scope and Contents

Typed and signed letter by Clem Yore to Bill James on 14 January 1929. Yore thanks Bill for some compliments and talks about Indian trouble in Sonora.

Dates: 1929 January 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Clem Yore letter

Zane Grey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 507
Scope and Contents Includes 35 literary manuscripts of published and unpublished Western romances and sports writings. The bulk of the items are first draft pencil holographs written on one side of legal sized paper. Of those in print their publication dates range from 1912 to 1963. Some of these titles include "Desert Gold," "The Rainbow Trail," "The Border Legion," "To the Last Man," "Tappan's Burro," "The Shepherd of Guadaloupe," and "Robbers' Roost." The collection also includes some minor...
Dates: 1912-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Zane Grey papers

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