Wallace Irwin papers, [1917-1959 ca.]

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Wallace Irwin papers, [1917-1959 ca.]

Some letters from family, friends, agents and publishers; manuscripts of short stories, novels, plays, poems, etc.; manuscript of his unpublished autobiography; clippings; scrapbooks; publishing agreements; photographs and snapshots; drawings; personalia. Manuscripts of writings of his wife, Laetitia M. Irwin, also included.

3 boxes, 8 cartons.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7148859

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Irwin, Wallace, 1875-1959.

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Biography Wallace Irwin -humorist, author and journalist -was born in Oneida, New York, March 15, 1875. When he was five the family moved to Leadville, Colorado. Both he and his brother Will (who also became a noted author and journalist) attended Stanford University and there earned reputations that, according to Wallace, "savored of brimstone." Editing two of the campus publications, Wallace brought down on his head the ire of certain facul...

Irwin, Laetitia McDonald, 1890-1965.

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