Corra Harris manuscripts, 1909-1935.

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Corra Harris manuscripts, 1909-1935.

The collection consists of manuscripts of Corra Harris' writings from 1909-1935. Includes manuscripts of some of her books and other long works, articles and short stories, speeches relating mainly to her teaching at Rollins College, her tri-weekly column, Candlelit Columns, for the Atlanta Journal, and scripts. Many of her works are drawn upon her experiences as the wife of a Methodist minister and circuit rider. Also contains manuscripts by other authors, probably sent to Harris for her advice, miscellaneous manuscripts, and various notebooks.

23.5 linear ft.

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Harris, Corra, 1869-1935

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"Novelist Corra White Harris was one of the most celebrated women from Georgia for nearly three decades in the early twentieth century. She is best known for her first novel, A Circuit Rider's Wife (1910), though she gained a national audience a decade before its publication. From 1899 through the 1920s, she published hundreds of essays and short stories and more than a thousand book reviews in such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, Harper's, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, and esp...