Maury Simmons collection, 1843-1939.

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Simmons, Maury. Maury Simmons collection, 1843-1939.

Maury Simmons collection, 1843-1939.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/361552420

Collection of Maury Simmons, a resident of Shreveport, La., consists of pamphlets, advertising circulars, sales catalogs, tourist literature, pictures of historical and literary figures from popular magazines and newspapers, almanacs, and issues of Louisiana newspapers. Included are instructional materials and booklets from correspondence schools offering courses in art, letter-writing, and radio engineering; assorted almanacs; fashion and cosmetics advertising circulars; Confederate paper money and other foreign currency; a collection of autographs of public officials and minor celebrities, including Arkansas Governor Tom Jefferson Terral; flower and seed catalogs; tourist materials about Shreveport, La., and environs; the text of a speech by Huey Long, "Doom of the American dream," delivered before the U.S. Senate and printed in the Congressional record; religious literature and membership directories for Protestant churches in Shreveport; and newspaper and magazine photographs of William Jennings Bryan, Mark Twain, and others. Also included are numerous copies of American progress, Huey P. Long's newspaper and the official organ of the Share Our Wealth Society, and other newspapers, among them Voice of the people (New Orleans, La.), Southern farmer (Montgomery, Ala.), and Evening truth (Baton Rouge, La.). A three volume inventory of the collection created by Simmons is also included.

367 items.

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