Letters, primarily from Mitchell Kennerley, and works, 1931-1950.

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Letters, primarily from Mitchell Kennerley, and works, 1931-1950.

Comprise correspondence, postcards, a telegram, unfinished typescript manuscripts, and printed materials ranging in date from 1931 to 1950. The bulk of the materials consists of letters from book dealer Mitchell Kennerley to Gordon, reflecting their business dealings and personal relationship, and letters to Kennerley collected by Gordon. Other correspondents include Benjamin W. Huebsch and Charles Erskine Scott Wood. Also present are essays by Dorothy Gordon and a collection of printed materials relating to literature and books.

1 box (.42 linear feet).

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Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944

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Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852-1944) was a U.S. Army officer, lawyer, and author. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1874, he became an aide to General O.O. Howard in 1877, serving with him in thePacific Northwest during the Bannock and Paiute and Nez PerceĢ Indian wars. He later attended Columbia University, obtained his law degrees, and established a practice of maritime and corporation law in Portland, Oregon. In addition to his successful law practice, Wood painted, wrote, ...

Kennerley, Mitchell, 1899-1950

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Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964

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Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Ben W. Huebsch : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740245 From the description of B. W. Huebsch papers, 1893-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981210 American publisher. From the description of B. W. Huebsch records, 1909-1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102541 Bi...

Gordon, Dorothy, 1895-

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American author and poet. From the description of Letters, primarily from Mitchell Kennerley, and works, 1931-1950. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145406129 Dorothy Webster Gordon was born of American parents in Berlin in 1895. She studied in the United States and married John Gordon, a professor, with whom she spent two years in France and fourteen in England, eventually moving to New Haven, C...