Augustus Thomas papers, ca. 1880-ca. 1930 [manuscript].

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Augustus Thomas papers, ca. 1880-ca. 1930 [manuscript].

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Manuscript versions of 75 of Thomas's plays, only some of which were published. Also included are miscellaneous writings, speeches, eulogies, essays, letters, clippings of Thomas's cartoons, articles about his career, numerous reviews of his plays, telegrams sent to Lisle Thomas on her husband's death, a typescript copy of Lisle Thomas's "A Well-known Playwright's Wife," and "An Annotated Calendar of the Augustus Thomas Collection in the University of North Carolina Library," by Jim Gayle Lewis. Correspondence consists mainly of letters from Augustus Thomas to his son Luke, September 1910-June 1914, chiefly concerning daily activities and the health of family members. Also included are a sketch book, including at least two sketches by Frederic Remington; the program from a 1909 "Lambs Club" fund-raising event; and a copy of the privately published honeymoon diary of Thomas's daughter, Glory Thomas Elliott, describing her trip to England and France in 1924.

About 3,000 items (24.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7168078

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909

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Frederic Remington was born October 4, 1861 in Canton, New York. He was educated at the Vermont Episcopal Institute and attended Yale University. He worked as a cowboy, scout, and ran a sheep and mule ranch in the west. He married Eva Caten on October 1, 1884. Remington was a painter, sculptor and illustrator of Indians, cowbnoys and the American soldier at war. His travels took him to Germany, Russia, North Africa, Cuba and all over North America. Frederic Remington died December 26, 1909 in Ne...

Elliott, Glory Thomas.

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Thomas, Lisle.

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Thomas, Luke

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Lewis, Jim Gayle

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Thomas, Augustus, 1857-1934

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American playwright. From the description of Letter, 1922 Feb. 27, to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904560 Playwright. After early years as a journalist, Thomas wrote popular plays, such as "Alabama" and "Arizona," during the 1890s and the first fifteen years of the twentieth century. In all, he wrote or adapted more than one hundred plays. In addition, Thomas was a leader in dramatic organizations, was active in the Democratic Party, and p...