William Whittingham Lyman memoirs : typescript, [ca. 1969-].

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William Whittingham Lyman memoirs : typescript, [ca. 1969-].

A series of reminiscences relating to various topics: the Lyman family and other families settling in Napa Valley and the Lyman ranch; his wife, poet Helen Hoyt; his student days at the University of California, class of 1906; his teaching career at the University and at Los Angeles City College; friendships with authors and other well known people, including Ella Young, Jesse Stuart, Robinson Jeffers, Witter Bynner, Sara Bard Field and C.E.S. Wood, Vernon Patterson, David Greenhood, A.E. (George William Russell), Clark Ashton Smith and others.

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