Letters, 1920 Nov. 2 and 16, Terre Haute, Ind., to [Louis Untermeyer, New York?]

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Letters, 1920 Nov. 2 and 16, Terre Haute, Ind., to [Louis Untermeyer, New York?]

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Sends holograph letters from E. V. Debs written while in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia. The enclosure with the Nov. 2 letter (note to "My dear Comrade" [i.e., M. D. Curry] ([n.d.], [2] p. on 1 leaf)) asks her to convey his appreciation to Untermeyer for his poem honoring him which was published in The liberator. The enclosure with the Nov. 16 letter is a note to [Curry] ([n.d.], [2] p. on 1 leaf) acknowledging the gift of a book of poems [i.e., A miscellany of American poetry, 1920. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920] which includes Untermeyer's The garland for Debs, and requesting that she send his enclosed letter to Untermeyer (1920 Nov. 10, [3] p. on 1 leaf) in which he thanks him again for the poem in The liberator and praises his poem "Caliban in the Coal Mines."

2 items. Holographs signed, with envelopes.

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University of Michigan

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Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926

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Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. Early in his political career, Debs...

Curry, Mabel Dunlap.

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Associate of Eugene V. and Theodore Debs. From the description of Letters, 1920 Nov. 2 and 16, Terre Haute, Ind., to [Louis Untermeyer, New York?] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364365 ...

Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977

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Louis Untermeyer was a noted author, editor, and translator. His tastes were eclectic, and his friendships many; he produced more than one hundred books, and volumes of letters. His numerous poetry anthologies have helped introduce verse to generations of schoolchildren. From the description of Heinrich Heine, paradox and poet, 1936. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550722 From the description of Louis Untermeyer letter to Judith Wright McKinn...