Horatio Alger ephemera. 1964-1984

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Horatio Alger ephemera. 1964-1984

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Items from the Herbert Risteen collection of Horatio Alger. Includes Horatio Alger Society membership roster for 1982, a 6" square white membership tile for the Horatio Alger Society, small bronze figure on wooden base given to charter members of the Horatio Alger Society, Mendota, Illinois, in 1965. Includes also a list of the Dick Seddon Alger collection for an auction by the Alger Society in 1984, an article by Risteen, "Strive & succeed (Horatio Alger & his times) from Good Old Days, Oct. 1970, a photograph of Alger's birthplace in Revere, Mass., article by Thomas Meehan, "A forgettable centenary--Horatio Alger's," The New York Times magazine, June, 28, 1964.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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Horatio Alger Society

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Risteen, Herbert L.

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Seddon, Dick.

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Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899

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American author From the guide to the Horatio Alger letter, 1888, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American clergyman and author. From the description of How Johnny bought a sewing machine : autograph manuscript signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132586 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Elsie Leslie, 1890 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131643 From the descri...