Correspondence and papers regarding Julius J. Lankes : [multimedia], ca. 1911-1978.

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Correspondence and papers regarding Julius J. Lankes : [multimedia], ca. 1911-1978.

Items in the collection include correspondence between J.J. Lankes and H.L. Mencken, Floyd Dell, Robert Frost, Louis Isaac Jaff-e, editor of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, W.M. Stone, and I. Walke Truxton, Norfolk city manager; articles and newspaper clippings by and about J.J. Lankes and Robert Frost; and two essays regarding Lankes by Robert Peter Tristram Coffin. In addition, the collection contains a cassette recording, Synthetic Music Musings, by Julius Bartlett Lankes; a chronology of Lankes's life by J.B. Lankes; lists of Lankes's letters and newspaper articles; copies of several Lankes sketches and woodcuts, including one of Walter Gieseking performing; and color photographs of two Lankes paintings of Robert Frost's farm.

1 sound cassette (90 min.)2 photographs : col.28 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7306057

University of Virginia. Library

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Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Lankes, Frank J. (Frank James), 1895-

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West Seneca, N.Y. historian and author. From the description of Frank Lankes articles and notes, 1944-1953. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 71334019 Training camp in Hempstead, N.Y., used by the American army during World War I. From the description of Camp Mills miscellany, 1917-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155553714 ...

Lankes, Julius Bartlett, 1915-

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Newton Arms Company (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Stone, Wilbur Macey

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Born Winona, Minnesota Nov. 30, 1862; collector of children's books; studied at Stevens Institute; est. office in New York as patent attorney and mechanical engineer; designer of bookplates. From the description of Letter : New York, to Frank Chouteau Brown, Boston, 1901 Nov. 22. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 58534356 American collector of children's books. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : East Orange, N.J., to Mrs. Amos L...

Jaffe, Louis I. (Louis Isaac), 1888-1950

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Editor of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. From the description of Editorial correspondence files, S-V, of the Virginian-Pilot, 1907-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135349 From the description of Editorial correspondence files, M and N, of the Virginian-Pilot [manuscript], 1918-1954. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647846337 From the description of Editorial correspondence files, H-L, of the Virginian-Pilot [manuscript], 1917-1950. (U...

Gieseking, Walter

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German pianist. From the description of Autograph postal card signed, dated : Hanover, 16 July 1921, to Breitkopf & Hàˆrtel (Raabe & Plothow), 1921 July 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577858 ...

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...

Truxton, I. Walke,

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Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960

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Woodcut artist; Durham, North Carolina. From the description of Letter : Durham, North Carolina, 1955-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122539131 Julius J. Lankes was a maker of woodcuts whose work was represented at the Weyhe Gallery. Carl Zigrosser admired his work and promoted his career. As with many American artists of his generation, Lankes' career was never financially stable, and he also worked as an illustrator, an art educator and as a technical artist for the F...

Coffin, Robert P. Tristram (Robert Peter Tristram), 1892-1955

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Robert Peter Tristram Coffin grew up in Maine and attended Bowdoin College, Princeton University, and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He taught at Wells College in Aurora, New York, and was Pierce Professor of English at Bowdoin College from 1935 until his death. Winner of the 1936 Pulitzer prize in poetry, Coffin authored more than forty books of prose and verse. He was a founder and a faculty member of the Towle Writers' Conference at the University of New Hampshire. ...

Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969

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Editor, playwright, novelist. From the description of Letters of Floyd Dell [manuscript], 1924, 1935. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810834 Author Floyd Dell was raised in impoverished circumstances in Illinois, developing ideals under the influence of his school-teacher mother. Although a high school dropout, a combination of intelligence, talent, and will contributed to his early success writing for periodicals. His book reviews were a revelation, and led...