Rex Stout papers, 1941-1978.

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Rex Stout papers, 1941-1978.

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Letters (3) from Rex Stout to Jane Sommerich, 1941-1947, and Edith Sommerich (1), n.d., together with carbons of Jane and Edith Sommerich's outgoing correspondence to both Stout and his wife, Pola, 1947-1978. Also one letter from William W. Bradbury to Edith Sommerich, 1972. Photographs (5) of Stout and his family (2 by Rudolf H. Hoffman [1931-1944?] & n.d.), and two prints of multiple images taken on the occasion of a celebration for Stout, 1 Dec. 1961, by Nickolas Muray.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stout, Rex, 1886-1975

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Rex Stout was an American author best known for his detective fiction. He was born December 1, 1886 in Noblesville, Indiana, the sixth of nine children. In 1887 his parents, John and Lucetta Stout, bought a forty-acre farm south of Topeka, Kansas, where Stout grew up. As a young man, Stout tried several trades, including bookkeeping (with a stint in the Navy as a bookkeeper on Theodore Roosevelt's yacht), ushering at an opera house in Topeka, studying law, and working as a cigar store clerk....

Sommerich, Jane.

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Bradbury, William F. (William Frothingham), 1829-1914

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William Bradbury served in the first World War with the 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli and in Egypt. He was killed in action 31 Oct. 1917. From the description of Diary [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225765057 ...

Authors' Guild (U.S.)

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Muray, Nickolas, 1892-1965

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Portrait photographer. Born in Hungary. Began as professional photographer around 1921. In the 1930s, he established one of the first color labs in the United States and became a master of the carbro process. He also wrote reviews for DANCE magazine, flew airplanes, and in 1928 and 1932, he represented the United States as a member of the Olympic Fencing Team. From the description of Nickolas Muray papers, 1911-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122390183 ...

Hoffmann, Rudolf H.

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Lewis, Rod

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