Corra Harris correspondence, 1905-1935.

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Corra Harris correspondence, 1905-1935.

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The collection consists of correspondence of Corra Harris from 1905-1935. The family correspondence (1905-1935) contains mainly letters between Harris and her daughter Faith. Other family correspondees include her husband Rev. Lundy Harris, her father Tinsley Rucker White, and her sister Hope Harris. The Faith Harris and Harry Leach correspondence includes letters between Faith and Harry as well as some letters to others. The letters begin in 1908 (before their marriage in 1910) and continue up to Faith's death in 1919. Much of the general correspondence (1906-1935) relates to Harris' writing, including letters to editors, publishers, writers, friends, and others. Notable among the correspondents are the editors George H. Lorimer, W.F. Bigelow, Edward Bok, Hamilton Holt, and Authur Vance; writers Roark Bradford, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Joel Chandler Harris, E.W. Howe, Jack London, H.L. Mencken, and Medora Fields Perkerson; newspapermen Clark Howell, Walter Hines Page, and William Allen White; and scholars Edwin Mims, and Howard Odum. The miscellaneous correspondence consists mainly of letters addressed to the publishers of Harris' novels, and correspondence addressed to Bettie Raines, when she was managing much of Harris' business.

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