Papers, 1901-1958.

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Papers, 1901-1958.

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Contains carbon typescripts of the uncut version of Islandia and "Islandia: History and Description," purportedly written by Jean Perrier, first French consul to Islandia; together with preliminary sketches, promotional material and correspondence concerning the publication and reception of Islandia, including letters from Leonard Bacon, Elmer Davis, and Maxwell E. Perkins. Also includes a volume of manuscript poems, Dreams and Other Verses; and college writings by Wright. Also contains 44 letters to John Kirtland Wright and 2 letters to Mary Tappan Wright.

11 v., 1 box (2.1 linear ft.)

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Bacon, Leonard, 1887-1954

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American poet. From the description of Quotation n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56906054 From the guide to the Leonard Bacon letter, 1930, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Pulitzer Prize winning poet (1941); resident of Peace Dale, Rhode Island. From the description of Collection, 1887-1946. (University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston). WorldCat record id: 41939671 Biographical ...

Wright, John Kirtland, 1891-1969

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Wright graduated from Harvard in 1913, and briefly taught military science and history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of John K. Wright, 1916. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973231 Wright was an American geographer. He was director of the American Geographical Society (1938-1949) From the description of Diary and letters, 1911. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612376621 ...

Wright, Austin Tappan, 1883-1931

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Austin Tappan Wright (1883-1931), Harvard Class of 1905, was a lawyer and law professor at the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania. In secret he wrote a lengthy utopian fantasy, Islandia, which was published posthumously in 1942 in a shortened version by Farrar & Rinehart. From the guide to the Austin Tappan Wright papers, 1901-1958., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Wright, Harvard class of 1905, was a lawyer and la...

Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947

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Editor at and vice-president of Charles Scribner's Sons. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1938-1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122629156 Maxwell Evarts Perkins was one of the most importnat editors in American literary history. Belinda Dobson Jelliffe, born in Asheville, N.C., became a friend of Thomas Wolfe in 1933. In 1935, Charles Scriber's Sons published her only book, a semi-autobiographical work titled Fo...

Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958

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Author, journalist, news analyst, and government official. From the description of Elmer Holmes Davis papers, 1865-1957 (bulk 1946-1957). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74986273 American journalist and author. From the description of Then came war : 1939 : sound recording, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122446694 Writer. From the description of Reminiscences of Elmer Holmes Davis : oral history, 1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1224...

Farrar & Rinehart.

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Wright, Mary Tappan, 1851-1916

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Mary Tappan Wright was an American novelist and short story writer. From the description of Letters, 1822-1916. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78435053 From the guide to the Mary Tappan Wright letters, 1822-1916., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Mary Tappan Wright was an American novelist and short story writer. Her husband, John Henry Wright, was a professor of Greek and a Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences a...