Theodore Dreiser collection, 1921-1991.

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Theodore Dreiser collection, 1921-1991.

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The Theodore Dreiser collection includes a variety of primary and secondary materials used by Dr. Vera Dreiser in her own research and writing on her uncle, the novelist Theodore Dreiser. Among the papers are nine letters written by Theodore Dreiser (1924-1944), correspondence to and from other family members, as well as Vera Dreiser's own research correspondence. Also present are numerous photographs of Dreiser (ca. 1889-1946) and the Dreiser family, as well as clippings and other printed material related to Dreiser's life and work. The collection also includes some of Vera Dreiser's own writings (some of which relate to her uncle), research materials collected by her, sheet music, tapes of Richard Lingemann's 1982 interview of her, and a death mask of Theodore Dreiser.

4 linear ft. : (8 boxes, 5 OP, and 1 OBV)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927066

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Lingeman, Richard R. 1931-

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Johns, Orrick, 1887-1946

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Author and activist Orrick Johns was born in St. Louis, where he worked as a journalist and critic. In 1919 he moved to New York and worked in advertising, and wrote a play; he travelled throughout Europe in 1926-1929. Johns became involved in labor unions and the Communist Party in California, and wrote for the Daily Worker in New York, although he later left the party and supervised the WPA Writer's Project. He published several books of poems, a novel, and a memoir. He committed suicide in 19...

Dresser, Paul, 1858-1906

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Song writer. From the description of Papers 1897-1904. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 702670236 Paul Dresser, a native of Terre Haute, Ind., was the older brother of novelist Theodore Dreiser. In 1873 he changed his surname. Dresser held a number of jobs, including working for minstrel shows, but found some success as a songwriter. He is best known as the author of the state song of Indiana, "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away." From the description ...

Alberts, S. S. (Sydney Seymour)

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Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945

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Theodore Dreiser was an American literary naturalist and author of two of the most significant works of early twentieth-century American fiction, SISTER CARRIE (1900) and AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1925). From the description of The mercy of God : manuscript, [1900-1945?] / by Theodore Dreiser. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 63051908 Editor and author. From the description of Theodore Dreiser papers, 1910-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009534 ...

Dreiser family.

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