Letters, 1922-1936.

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Letters, 1922-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145435098

This collection consists of letters written to Yore. The writers include some important authors and other correspondents like Walter Prescott Webb 1888-1963, Andy Adams 1859-1935, J. Frank Dobie 1888-1964 (5 letters), Rex Beach 1877-1949 (2 letters), William MacLeod Raine 1871-1954 (6 letters), Jim Tully 1888- (8 letters), Henry Herbert Knibbs 1874-1945 (3 letters), and Opie Percival Read 1852-1939 (25 letters). The content of the letters ranges from personal matters to opinions on books and authors.

7 folders (2 linear inches).

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6835384

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Webb, Walter Prescott, 1888-1963

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Walter Prescott Webb (April 3, 1888 in Panola County, Texas – March 8, 1963 near Austin, Texas) was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he launched the project that produced the Handbook of Texas. He is also noted for his early criticism of the water usage patterns in the region. In 2012, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy &#38 Western Heritage Museum. Webb w...

Read, Opie Percival, 1852-1939

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American novelist and humorist. From the description of Papers of Opie Percival Read [manuscript], 1885-1917. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817281 Opie Percival Read was an American author and journalist, best known for his humorous novels. Born and raised in Tennessee, he apprenticed with a newspaper and attended Neophagen College, later travelling around the country before settling in Chicago in 1887. He worked as a journalist and typesetter, before foun...

Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964

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J. Frank Dobie was a noted Texas author and English professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was also editor of the Texas Folklore Society's publications during the 1930's and 1940's. From the description of Letter : to W.A. Philpott, 1938 April 12. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22699684 Historian, author, folklorist. Born in 1888 on a ranch in Live Oak County, Texas, Dobie was awarded his B.A. by Southwestern University (1910), M.A. by Co...

Adams, Andy, 1859-1935

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Western correspondent and author. From the description of Andy Adams collection 1935-1939. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52421649 ...

Beach, Rex, 1877-1949

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American author. From the description of Letter : to "Dear Henry," 1912 Mar. 30. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122385666 Rex Ellingwood Beach (1877-1949) was an American novelist and playwright. Born in Michigan, he studied law before following the Klondike Gold Rush to Alaska, but after a few years gave up prospecting and turned to writing. He wrote a number of historical and so-called "pot-b...

Yore, Clement.

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American author. From the description of Letter, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645080 Yore was an important writer of Western fiction. From the description of Letters, 1922-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435098 ...

Raine, William MacLeod, 1871-1954

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Writer, Denver, Colo.; wrote western novels and non-fiction from 1900s to 1940s. From the description of Book sales record 1916-1933. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 37152405 Raine was a journalist and writer of adventure stories, especially westerns. For his works available in the Kansas Collection, see the KSRL card catalog. From the guide to the Letters, 1934-1938, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Libr...

Tully, Jim

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Tully was born on June 3, 1891 near St. Marys, OH; worked successively as a farm laborer, link heater, tramp, circus roustabout, chainmaker, profesional pugilist, reporter for the Akron press and Beacon journal, and tree surgeon; he tramped across the US three times; first verse appeared in the Cleveland plain dealer, 1911; became novelist, and a chronicler of the Hollywood scene; publications include Emmett Lawler (1922), Life of Charlie Chaplin (1926), Shanty Irish (1928), Beggars abroad (1930...

Knibbs, Henry Herbert, 1874-1945

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Writer of "western fiction." Born in Canada in 1874 and emigrated to California in 1910. Knibbs' novels are set in the West and in revolutionary Mexico. Died in 1945. From the description of Henry Herbert Knibbs papers, 1906-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462018779 Biography Writer of "western fiction." Born in Canada in 1874 and emigrated to California in 1910. Knibbs' novels are set in the West and in revolutionar...