Byron Herbert Reece family papers, 1923-1985.

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Byron Herbert Reece family papers, 1923-1985.

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The collection consists of papers of Byron Herbert Reece and his family from 1923-1985. Included are correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, genealogy and financial papers. The correspondence consists mainly of letters between family members, and the personal and business correspondence of Byron Herbert Reece. Some of the letters were written to him in 1954 when he was a tuberculosis patient at Battey State Hospital in Rome, Georgia. After Reece's suicide in 1958, much of the correspondence of Eva Mae Reece pertains to memorials to her brother Byron Herbert Reece and copyright renewals of his works.

17.75 linear ft.

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Reece, Eva Mae

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Reese family

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Reece, Byron Herbert, 1917-1958

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Byron Herbert Reece (1971-1958), American poet, novelist, farmer, teacher, resided in Blairsville, Georgia. From the description of Byron Herbert Reece papers, 1937-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478163 "Byron Herbert Reece was the author of four books of poetry and two novels. During his short career he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, earned two Guggenheim awards, and served as writer-in-residence at the University of California at Los Angeles, Emory University ...