Papers, 1892-1959.

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Papers, 1892-1959.

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Willa Cather's letters, 1892-1894, to Louise Pound concern personal and social matters. There is also a manuscript of Cather's poem, "After-glow to Edna Earlie Lindon," and a photograph of Miss Lindon. Letters from Dorothea Francis (Canfield) Fisher comment on Mrs. Fisher's writing, World War I, Roscoe Pound, Rudyard Kipling, and France. Letters, 1917-1947, from H.L. Mencken discuss literary and editorial affairs; his books; Miss Pound's writings; the United States Supreme Court; and the faculties of Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College. Letters from Louise Pound and her sister, Olivia Pound, comment on Cather and Mencken and concern the deposit of these papers at Duke University.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. Eleanor Roosevelt named her one of the ten most influential women in the United States. In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the U.S., she presided over the country's first adult education program and shaped literary taste...

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Pound, Olivia.

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Pound, Louise, 1872-1958

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American folklorist who taught at the University of Nebraska. From the description of Folklore collection, 1908-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536724 From the guide to the Louise Pound folklore collection, 1908-1953, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Louise Pound was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 30, 1872. She earned a B.A. in 1892 and a M.A. in 1895 from the University of Nebraska. She matriculated at Heidelberg University where she received her Doctor ...

Johns Hopkins University

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Goucher College

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