Jesse Stuart collection of papers, 1986.

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Jesse Stuart collection of papers, 1986.

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The Jesse Stuart Collection of Papers consists of five documents from the Jesse Stuart Foundation. These include the foundation's 1986 membership print, "The Thread that Runs So True," and corresponding brochure and letter. Jesse Stuart is a significant mid-Twentieth Century Appalachian author from Kentucky, and this collection illustrates the fundraising and public relations technique used by the foundation which manages Stuart's literary estate.

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Appalachian State University, ASU

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Appalachian State University, ASU

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Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives.

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Jesse Stuart Foundation

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Jesse Stuart (1906-1984) was born in Greenup County, Kentucky and set most of his stories in Appalachia. His works include the poetry book Man with a Bull-Tongue Plow (1934), novels Trees of Heaven (1940), Taps for Private Tussie (1943), and the collection of short stories Tales from Plum Grove Hills. The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc. was chartered in 1979 in Louisville, Ky., as a non-profit organization. It controls the rights to Stuart's published and unpublished literary works. It also functi...

Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984

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Jesse Stuart was a famous Kentucky novelist, short-story writer, poet, and teacher. From the description of Broadside, ca. 1950. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49342685 Chuck Hand, antiques dealer and teacher, was a personal friend of Jesse Stuart. His interest in Jesse Stuart began in 1966. He earned an MA in geography from EIU in 1973 and taught in Paris, IL from 1967-1999. Chuck became a rare book dealer in 1989, specializing in Abraham Lincoln. ...