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Joseph Palmer Knapp and the Mackay Island National Refuge : some historical notes / by Allan R. Miller, 1987

Title: Joseph Palmer Knapp and the Mackay Island National Refuge : some historical notes / by Allan R. Miller 1987

Joseph Palmer Knapp and the Mackay Island National Refuge : some historical notes The Clansman consists of three typed pages about Joseph Palmer Knapp and his home on Mackay Island, Currituck County, N.C. The notes include details about Knapp, his family and life in Currituck County. The notes also contain references to author Thomas Dixon. Allan R. Miller (1952 - 1994) received his bachelor's (1975) and master's (1977) degrees from North Carolina State University. Publisher, financier, and philanthropist Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864 - 1951) was the director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and publisher of numerous magazines, including and . He first came to Currituck County, N.C., in 1916, and purchased Mackay Island and a hunting club from author Thomas Dixon soon thereafter. Beginning in 1920, he and his family spent most of their time in North Carolina. In 1923, Knapp began donating money to the educational system in Currituck County, N.C.. Through the Knapp Foundation, Inc., he continued to donate money to North Carolina schools for the rest of his life. The Knapp Foundation's biggest contribution, funding to construct the Insitute of Government Building at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, occurred after Knapp's death. Collier's The Women's Home Companion

ArchivalResource: 3.0 pages

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/findingaids/mss00191 View

Winter, William, 1836-1917,. Typescript letter from William Winter to William H. Thompson, Detroit, Michigan [manuscript], 1907 March 24.

Title: Typescript letter from William Winter to William H. Thompson, Detroit, Michigan [manuscript], 1907 March 24.

Winter discusses his opinion of Rev. T. Dixon's play, The clansman, and advises Thompson to permit the performance of the play in Detroit. Addressed to William H. Thompson, Executive Office, Detroit, Michigan. Winter's own file copy, unsigned.

ArchivalResource: 3 leaves ; 28 x 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/592756054 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Pagan New York: literary manuscript, undated.

Title: Pagan New York: literary manuscript, undated.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79423966 View

White, John Chester, 1841-1921. John Chester White : papers, 1822-1919.

Title: John Chester White : papers, 1822-1919.

Papers include typed manuscript of John Chester White's "The War of the Union against Secession, 1861-1865," an unpublished month-by-month narration of the "War between the States" in five volumes (completed circa 1919). Papers also include a folder of memoranda about the manuscript (Box 1, folder 1), as well as two boxes of additional papers (boxes 14, 15) including biographical sketches of Confederate and Union officers, illustrative material, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous printed matter, including a memo from the U.S. War Department (1905) on the general officers appointed by the President in the armies of the Confederacy.

ArchivalResource: 5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49377359 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Papers, 1926-1933.

Title: Papers, 1926-1933.

Two letters and a copy of the Western North Carolina Development Edition of The Asheville Advocate announcing the development of Dixon's plans for Wildacres, a new community that would serve as a summer assembly meeting place for the Mount Mitchell Association of Arts and Sciences.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40329103 View

Robert Green Ingersoll Papers, 1826-1940, (bulk 1866-1899)

Title: Robert Green Ingersoll Papers 1826-1940 (bulk 1866-1899)

Lawyer and lecturer. Diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, writings, lectures, scrapbooks, family papers, and miscellaneous financial, legal, and personal material relating to Ingersoll's involvement in politics and law and as a lecturer and writer on agnosticism and religion.

ArchivalResource: 15,000 items; 61 containers plus 1 oversize; 24 linear feet; 36 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010223 View

Autograph File, D, 1586-1975.

Title: Autograph File, D, 1586-1975.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 9.5 boxes (4.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01427/catalog View

Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990

Title: Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts 1666-1990

This collection contains letters, manuscript fragments, autographs, and other documents by famous authors. The material dates from 1666 to 1990. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by the authors to various friends with some letters to editors or critics. There is an even mix of American and European authors present.

ArchivalResource: 23 Linear feet

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/FLP_FLPRBDLITERARY View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Letter : Elmington Manor, Dirondale, Va., to the Editor of The Independent, n.y., July 16.

Title: Letter : Elmington Manor, Dirondale, Va., to the Editor of The Independent, n.y., July 16.

Dixon asks if the editor will publish Dixon's reply to a criticism of one of his novels on moral grounds.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32959857 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Comrades, 1908.

Title: Comrades, 1908.

Bound holograph manuscript of Comrades, a romantic novel with anti-socialism themes. Written in pencil, it contains Dixon's corrections. The first page of this manuscript is signed; the last page concludes with the date, "Sat. Eve., Dec. 5, 1908."

ArchivalResource: 436 leaves ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29547102 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Photograph : of Thomas Dixon Jr., n.d. [manuscript].

Title: Photograph : of Thomas Dixon Jr., n.d. [manuscript].

Autographed photograph of Thomas Dixon, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph : sepia; 14 x 10 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647835574 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Thomas Dixon papers, 1901-1905.

Title: Thomas Dixon papers, 1901-1905.

The collection contains one folder of correspondence (1901-1905), which includes thirteen detailed letters from Thomas Dixon to publishers. They pertain to Dixon's books THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS and THE ONE WOMAN: A STORY OF MODERN UTOPIA. He discusses the books' promotion and reviews, he evaluates publishers, and he mentions plot development for his book THE CLANSMAN, which was later made into the motion picture BIRTH OF A NATION. Four letters (1903-1905) are from Dixon's first wife, Harriet, to Cathcart regarding personal and publishing matters. The collection also contains photos of Thomas and Harriet Dixon, a brochure for Dixon's lecture tour, and a typescript of THE ONE WOMAN.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173862937 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Letter : New York, to Mr. Peck, 1903 Aug. 17.

Title: Letter : New York, to Mr. Peck, 1903 Aug. 17.

Thanks Peck for calling his attention to the "misquotation from Tennyson"; corrections will be made in the 60th thousand, just about to go to press.

ArchivalResource: 1 item. 1 p. Holograph signed.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122547524 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. The foolish virgin [manuscript].

Title: The foolish virgin [manuscript].

Letter, 1905 March 6, New York, to Mr. Brook, mentioning Alfred Moore Waddell's comments on Dixon's novel The clansman, 1905 [2 l. holograph signed. 23.4 cm.].

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647940048 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Letter to the Editor of the Independent [manuscript], n.y. July 16.

Title: Letter to the Editor of the Independent [manuscript], n.y. July 16.

Dixon, Elmington Manor, Dirondale, Va., asks if the editor will publish Dixon's reply to a criticism of one of his novels on moral grounds.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647846111 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. The clansman : typescript, 1909.

Title: The clansman : typescript, 1909.

Mimeograph of an adaptation of the play by Thomas Dixon Jr. from his two novels, "The Leopard's Spots" and "The Clansman", with synopsis of acts and stage diagrams; forms part of the inventory of the Chicago Manuscript Company, later owned by theater manager, Robert L. Sherman of Chicago.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (66 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84680725 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. The traitor : dramatic version, first draft.

Title: The traitor : dramatic version, first draft. [between 1905 and 1920]

ArchivalResource: [267] leaves ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53084469 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Papers, 1892-1959.

Title: Papers, 1892-1959.

Correspondence, literary manuscripts and proofs, legal and financial papers, pictures, and miscellaneous papers of Dixon and his second wife, Madelyn Donovan Dixon. Topics include race relations in the United States, the Mt. Mitchell Association of Arts and Sciences, the publication of Dixon's works, and Madelyn's religious beliefs. Correspondents include Jerome Dowd, George Washington Paschal, Edward Shenton, and Edwin Yates Webb.

ArchivalResource: 239 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19536414 View

Jones, Sam P. (Sam Porter), 1847-1906. Sam P. Jones papers, 1859-1961.

Title: Sam P. Jones papers, 1859-1961.

The collection consists of the papers of Sam Jones from 1859-1861. The papers include letters, diaries, appointment books, lecture notes and texts, newspaper clippings and miscellany relative to Jones' life and career. There are approximately 117 letters and postcards written by Jones to his wife and children, especially Laura (Mrs. B.C. Sloan) and Julia Baxter. In the letters to his wife, of which seven were written during the last months before their marriage in 1868, 62 between 1881 and 1885, and six at various other times, he tells of the progress of the revivals and meetings, of his religious sentiments, refers to domestic affairs, and reveals a warm and tender affection. On January 18, 1884 he wrote of visiting a Negro College in Memphis. The brief letters to his children, written 1901-1906, are expressive of his feeling and hopes for them. The other 25 letters from various people to Jones or other members of the family refer to Jones' evangelical activities and domestic activities. The small pocket diaries and appointment books tell of his activities during 1884, 1895, 1898, 1902, 1905 and 1906. There is a folder of sermon notes and texts of seven of his lectures. Seven scrapbooks and fourteen folders contain clippings of his columns and press notices about his meetings and other activities.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. : (4 boxes and 2 OBV)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122385927 View

Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. The clansman : galley proofs, 1905.

Title: The clansman : galley proofs, 1905.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (105 leaves) ; 62 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38329891 View

Daugherty, H. M. (Harry Micajah), 1860-1941. Papers 1920-1939.

Title: Papers 1920-1939.

Correspondence of Harry M. Daugherty and President Warren G. Harding, 1921-23. Most of the letters concern patronage; many are routine letters of transmittal, letters acknowledging receipt of materials, and letters of introduction. Also includes two book manuscripts: Daugherty and Thomas Dixon, "Inside the Harding Tragedy," and J.A.M., "Harry Daugherty and Our Text Books, " ca. 1939, and miscellaneous correspondence, a few speeches, and newspaper excerpts. Contact repository for more information.

ArchivalResource: .75 cubic foot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6051033 View

Noblin, Stuart. Stuart Noblin papers relating to L.L. Polk, 1937-1940 [manuscript].

Title: Stuart Noblin papers relating to L.L. Polk, 1937-1940 [manuscript].

The collection includes Noblin's correspondence, 1937-1940, documenting his search for biographical material on L.L. Polk (1837-1892), North Carolina's first commissioner of agriculture, founder of the "Progressive Farmer," and president of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union; and copies of some Polk papers, 1891-1892. Among the correspondents are Alex M. Arnett, Samuel A. Ashe, H.E.C. Bryant, P.A. Carter, Josephus Daniels, R.A. Doughton, Thomas Dixon, John D. Hicks, Francis Joyner, J.J. Lane, James C. Malin, W.F. Marshall, Thomas Bedford Moseley, Edward A. Oldham, Carl C. Taylor, R.T. Vann, William Allen White, and P.M. Wilson. The copies of Polk items include typed transcripts of seven items from the Donnelly Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society, consisting of four letters from Polk to Ignatius Donnelly, one letter from Polk to A.L. Stomberg, and two letters from H.E. Taubeneck to Ignatius Donnelly.

ArchivalResource: 51 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25507448 View