Strickland W. Gillilan letters to Gerard Chapman

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Strickland W. Gillilan letters to Gerard Chapman

1908-1909

Contains letters from writer and poet Strickland W. Gillilan to his agent, Gerard Chapman, from 1908-1909.

.05 linear feet

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11656553

Houghton Library

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Chapman, William Gerard, 1877-1945

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William Gerard Chapman (1877-1945), a native of New York, was an American author of Green-Timber Trails and journalist and the owner of the International Press Bureau, a literary agency in Chicago. ...

Gillilan, Strickland W., 1869-1954

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Strickland W. Gillilan (1869–1954) was an American journalist, author, poet, humorist and speaker. He is most famous for the poem The Reading Mother, which remains a popular poem on Mother's Day. He is also recognized as the author of Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes, said to be the shortest poem ever written. Much of his work is public domain and is often reproduced in greeting cards. Gillilan was an Ohio-born descendant of a Nathan Gilliland line which can be traced from Augusta County, V...