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Swanson, Mary Elizabeth. Living North Carolina poets, 1923.

Title: Living North Carolina poets, 1923.

The collection consists of the unpublished manuscript of Mary Elizabeth Swanson's senior thesis from Elon College, titled "Living North Carolina Poets" and dated 15 May 1923. The work includes biographical information that Swanson collected from correspondence with poets and writers living or born in North Carolina. The final section of the volume lists the names of North Carolina poets, but does not provide any biographical information about them.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/693601075 View

Peattie, Robert. Papers.

Title: Papers. no date.

Carbon copy of a letter from Robert Peattie to his son containing bibliography of Elia Peattie's works. Also includes a second bibliography of Elia W. Peattie's works compiled by Robert Price.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10685768 View

Peattie, Elia Wilkinson, 1862-1935. Typed letter signed Elia W. Peattie to: Dear Mr. Fullerton August 14, 1925.

Title: Typed letter signed Elia W. Peattie to: Dear Mr. Fullerton August 14, 1925.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70816708 View

Turnbull, Edwin Litchfield, 1872-1927. Edwin Litchfield Turnbull papers 1881-1971.

Title: Edwin Litchfield Turnbull papers 1881-1971.

The collection spans the years, 1881-1971, and includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, juvenile notebooks, and 13 scrapbooks of clippings collected by Edwin Litchfield Turnbull. Later material includes a few letters to his wife, Rebecca Trueheart Turnbull. Of particular interest are the letters and autographs of European musical celebrities.

ArchivalResource: 2.1 linear ft. (5 document boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49311042 View

Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. Autographs collected and letters received by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922).

Title: Autographs collected and letters received by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922).

The letters consist primarily of social notes to Mrs. Ward from authors, some artists, and musicians. Some concern her work for the committees on literature for children, and children's day at the Chicago World's Fair. Susan B. Anthony, Hamlin Garland, George F. Root, and Jane Addams are mentioned. Letters, works in progress, philanthropies, and family news are common topics. The collection contains a facsimile of a 1705 September 14 letter from Isaac Newton to Dr. Sloane. Also, a manuscript of "The Tower of Flame" by Richard Watson Gilder is included, as are autographs and letters collected by Mrs. Coonley Ward.

ArchivalResource: 294 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647833840 View

Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988

Title: Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988

Richard Gaither Walser (1908-1988) was a professor of English at North Carolina State University in Raleigh and author of numerous works, chiefly relating to North Carolina's literary heritage. The collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials chiefly relating to North Carolina' literary heritage. Files on individual authors and literary subjects dominate, with special emphasis on the life and works of Thomas Wolfe. Other authors represented in the collection include Doris Betts, Helen Bevington, James Boyd, Richard Chase, Jonathan Daniels, Wilma Dykeman, Charles Edward Eaton, John Ehle, Paul Green, Bernice Kelly Harris, George Moses Horton, Gerald W. Johnson, Frederick H. Koch, Guy Owen, Robert C. Ruark, Wilbur D. Steele, Hardin E. Taliaferro, and Jonathan Williams. There is also material on North Carolina folklore and other topics not directly connected to literature. A small number of items relate to Walser's life as a student at the University of North Carolina and to his service with the United States Naval Reserve during World War II.

ArchivalResource: About 27,800 items (32.5 linear feet)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04168/ View

Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Title: Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Letters from various correspondents to American editor and diplomat Walter Hines Page concerning his editorial work and his interest in education in the South.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01471/catalog View

Peattie, Elia Wilkinson, 1862-1935. Elia Wilkinson Peattie papers, 1896-1989 (bulk 1923-1929).

Title: Elia Wilkinson Peattie papers, 1896-1989 (bulk 1923-1929).

Chiefly autobiographical and biographical writings by Peattie, her husband Robert Burns Peattie, and their son Donald Culross Peattie. Elia Peattie's autobiography concerns her childhood on a farm in southwestern Michigan, journalism career, involvement in the women's club movement, and family. Robert Peattie's autobiography describes his childhood in Chicago, the Chicago fire, his journalism career, and Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Includes biographical material on Donald Culross Peattie; Olive Child pertaining chiefly to her childhood in Saratoga, N.Y., during the early 19th century; and Alfred Payne concerning his career as a portrait painter.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.1 container.0.4 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71132897 View

Peattie, Elia Wilkinson, 1862-1935. Elia Wilkinson Peattie letter to Whittaker & Ray : Chicago, Ill. : LS, 1902 June 21.

Title: Elia Wilkinson Peattie letter to Whittaker & Ray : Chicago, Ill. : LS, 1902 June 21.

Writing as literary editor of the Chicago Tribune, requesting an opinion on an article by Emerson Hough on the subject of publicity in book publishing.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26239533 View

Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929. Henry Blake Fuller papers, 1874-1940, bulk 1874-1929.

Title: Henry Blake Fuller papers, 1874-1940, bulk 1874-1929.

Some outgoing correspondence, but primarily incoming correspondence, and manuscript and published copies of Fullers works, 1874-1929.

ArchivalResource: 12 cubic ft. (23 boxes and 1 oversize box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44078329 View

Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. Autographs collected and letters received, O-Z, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922).

Title: Autographs collected and letters received, O-Z, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922).

The letters consist primarily of social notes to Mrs. Ward from authors, and some artists and musicians. Some concern her work for the committee on literature for children, and children's day at the Chicago World's Fair. Susan B. Anthony, Hamlin Garland, George W. Root, and Jane Addams are mentioned. Letters, works in progress, philanthropies, and family news are common topics. A manuscript of The Tower of Flame by Richard Watson Gilder is included as are autographs collected by Mrs. Coonley Ward.

ArchivalResource: 294 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30793778 View