John Fox : miscellaneous papers, 1883-1909.

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John Fox : miscellaneous papers, 1883-1909.

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Papers include typed copies of his letters, 1883-1889, to Micajah Fible describing Fox's early career as a reporter for the Daily Sun and New York Times, as a law student at Columbia University, travels between New York and Kentucky, early literary efforts, and his move to Jellico, Tennessee; letters written to R.C. Ballard Thruston between 1890 and 1900 requesting photographs to illustrate an article on the southern mountains; three 1895 letters to Mary Lafon regarding arrangements and fees for his lecture for the benefit of a hospital in Louisville; a 3 November 1909 letter to Charles Belmont Dois regarding an article Fox had written; and a five page typewritten autobiography.

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Fox, John, 1863-1919

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Novelist and short story writer. From the description of Letters, 1890-1901 ; (bulk 1890-1897). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271345 From the description of Letters, 1890-1901; (bulk 1890-1897). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20770068 John Fox, Jr. was born in 1862 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Fox was a popular writer at the turn of the century who chronicled the folklife of the Cumberland Mountains. Educated at Transylvania Unive...

Thruston, R. C. Ballard

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Louisville geological engineer, researcher, historian, collector, and president and benefactor of The Filson Club. From the description of Correspondence, 1940-1942. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324775 From the description of R.C. Ballard Thruston : papers, 1885-1945. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324781 From the description of Report, [18--?]. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324782 ...