Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1921-1950.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1921-1950.

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Letters and other writings of Christopher Morley. Includes one letter dated 15 January 1921 to Horace R. Hayday; 3 letters (1929-1930) to Morley from Dorothy Bemis, a Philadelphia librarian, with a reply from Morley and a typed transcript of that reply; a letter of 1 December 1949 to Professor Percy V.D. Shelly (returned to Morley due to Shelly's death); a letter of 15 December 1949 to the University of Pennsylvania Press, in which Morley encloses his returned letter to Shelly; a postal card dated 10 January 1950 to Phelps Soule of Penn Press; and a University Library internal routing slip, apparently pertaining to Morley's correspondence with Soule. Also includes a typescript of the preface to The House of Dooner: the last of the friendly inns, by Christopher Morley & T.A. Daly (Philadelphia: David McKay company, 1928). It is addressed to "Tom" (probably Tom Daly) and is hand-dated 18 April 1928.

10 items (15 leaves)

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University of Pennsylvania. Press

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Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...

Soule, Phelps, 1883- .

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Hayday, Horace R.

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Bemis, Dorothy.

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Shelly, Percy Van Dyke, 1883-1943

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Daly, T. A. (Thomas Augustine), 1871-1948

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Thomas Augustine Daly was an American author and lecturer, best known for his humorous verse. Born in Philadelphia, he became a journalist, and used his ear for language to publish humorous verse and jokes in Italian and Irish dialects. He also wrote other columns and lectured extensively, and managed the Catholic Standard. His humor was generally rather gentle and old-fashioned, but he remained popular for more than forty years by appealing to a wide audience. From the description o...

Dooner's Hotel (Philadelphia)

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