Collection, 1841-1955.

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Collection, 1841-1955.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32550600

A collection of late 19th-century American and British literary papers assembled by James A. O'Neill. The collection includes holograph and typescript manuscripts and tear sheets of sentimental prose fiction and children stories written by William T. Adams, Charlotte M. Brame, Abbie Farwell Brown, May Agnes Fleming, Bracebridge Hemyng, Mary Jane Holmes, Owen Wister, and Mrs. Henry Wood. Also included are a number of letters from literary and scholarly figures and the personal papers of Amos R. Wells, an American journalist who published a children's periodical titled THE GOLDEN RULE and a general periodical titled CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. The Wells papers include Wells's correspondence with prominent figures in the temperance and women's suffrage movements, along with various contributors to his journals. Also included in the Wells papers are some manuscripts of William H. Hamby, a San Diego based writer.

4.8 lin. ft. (12 archive boxes)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7343050

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Hamby, William A.,

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Adam, J. G. B., Captain,

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Low, Seth, 1850-1916

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