Gelett Burgess Papers, [ca. 1873-1951]

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Gelett Burgess Papers, [ca. 1873-1951]

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Pt. I: Pt. II: Pt. III: Correspondence; MSS of novels, stories, poems, articles, plays, etc.; MS of incomplete autobiography; notebooks; genealogical and biographical data; personalia; bibliographies; scrapbooks; clippings. A few papers of his wife, Estelle (Loomis) Burgess also included. 29 letters from Burgess to Oliver Onions, 1948-1951; obituary for Burgess written by Onions; a report on an interview with Onions and Berta Ruck by Prof. James J. Lynch; other related items. On film only (2 reels) Miscellaneous Burgess items including his M.A. thesis for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Number of containers: 6 boxes, 6 cartons, 4 oversize folders (Pt I & II); Microfilm reel: 2 (Pt III)

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Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951

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American author and humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was educated as an engineer and worked briefly for a railroad. He taught topographical drawing between 1891 and 1894 at the University of California, Berkeley until he lost his position after deliberately toppling a campus statue he found to be an eyesore. Burgess founded the Lark, a humour magazine based in San Francisco, published from 1895 to 1897. Burgess created nonsense rhymes and cartoons such as "The Purple Cow: Reflections on a Myt...