Anecdotes
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Found: Kennedy, X.J. The Longman dictionary of literary terms, c2006 (Anecdote. A short narrative usually consisting of a single incident or episode. Often humorous, anecdotes can be real or fictional. When they appear within a larger context, as an author's digression or a brief story told by one character to another, they tend to reveal something meaningful to the work as a whole.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Gail S. Halvorsen collection of quotations and anecdotes, 1964-2016
File — Box 70: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239238832], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
John Held, Jr.'s Enchanted farm / by Margaret Held, approximately 1970s
Item — Box 11: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239134205], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 9064 Series 3
Dates:
approximately 1970s
Merian C. Cooper and Eddie Lockett collection of anecdotes about Claire Lee Chennault, 1958
File — Box 15: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197238104282], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Series 2
Orson F. Whitney collection of poetry written by other authors, date of production not identified
File — Box 3: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231038438], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 2 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents
Materials include transcripts, original reprints, and copies of poetry (probably collected by Whitney in his scrapbook) written by other authors who were famous or personally known to Whitney. Most of it is romantic poetry and features themes of religion, nature, history, and other similar themes. Date of production not identified.
Dates:
date of production not identified