Joel Chandler Harris collection, 1886-1953.

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Joel Chandler Harris collection, 1886-1953.

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The collection consists of correspondence and holiday cards written by Joel Chandler Harris, some with his signature. Included are: 1.) One LS, undated; 2.) Fourteen Christmas cards, printed, to Mary Harris & Frank Rowsey and Mr. & Mrs. Evelyn Harris, plus a covering envelope; 3.) First day of issue cover and JCH stamp, 1948; 4.) One card; 5.) Typed copy of a letter to Richard Watson Gilder, editor of Century Magazine, dated December 24, 1886 from Atlanta, Georgia re: Harry Stillwell Edwards' Two Runaways and Harris's Azalia and the authors' rights to fictionalize real events.

18 items (0.5 linear ft.)

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Harris, Mary, 1958-

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Mary Lewis Harris of Cabarrus County, North Carolina was a student of the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro), graduating in 1894. Harris presented her graduating essay titled, What Shall We Eat, and Where Withal Shall We Be Clothed? at the May 1894 Class Day Exercises. She later married J. F. Reed. From the description of Mary Lewis Harris notebook, 1893 - 1894. (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University...

Harris, Evelyn

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Rowsey, Frank

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Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909

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Gilder authored the book, THE NEW DAY, A POEM IN SONGS AND SONNETS... (New York : Scribner, Armstrong and Company, 1876) in which this is tipped in. It contains the bookplate of Brainerd. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Ira Hutchinson Brainerd, [1876?] Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398276 Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909), American poet and editor, served as editor-in-chief of Scribner's Monthly and its successor The Century Illustrated Monthly...

Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 1855-1938

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Harry Stillwell Edwards was born in Macon, Ga. in 1855. He studied law and passed the bar but never practiced because of his passion for writing. Edwards had become owner and editor of the Macon Telegraph, where he published a regular column called 'What Comes Down My Creek.' This column was very popular and he continued publishing it for the rest of his life. But Edwards' most popular work was a story called 'Eneas Africanus, ' which first appeared in the Macon Evening News (of which he was als...

Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908

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Author and journalist, of Eatonton and Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1858-1978 (bulk 1880-1908). (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28418453 "Joel Chandler Harris gained national prominence for his numerous volumes of Uncle Remus folktales. Harris's long-standing legacy as a "progressive conservative" New South journalist, folklorist, fiction writer, and children's author continues to influence our society today." - "Joel Chandler Harris." New Georgia Enc...

Harris, Marjorie (Evelyn Marjorie)

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