Papers of Gelett Burgess, 1897-1915 and n.d.

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Papers of Gelett Burgess, 1897-1915 and n.d.

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The collection contains manuscript or proof for four poems including "Enfant terrible." Letters, 1897-1915, chiefly to Abbie Farwell Brown, concern their friendship and his writing. The papers also contain three autographs, and unsigned drawings.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7675791

University of Virginia. Library

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Brown, Abbie Farwell, 1871-1927

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Brown (1871-1927) wrote children's books and lectured about them. From the description of Papers, 1859-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 86145633 ...

Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951

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American author and humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was educated as an engineer and worked briefly for a railroad. He taught topographical drawing between 1891 and 1894 at the University of California, Berkeley until he lost his position after deliberately toppling a campus statue he found to be an eyesore. Burgess founded the Lark, a humour magazine based in San Francisco, published from 1895 to 1897. Burgess created nonsense rhymes and cartoons such as "The Purple Cow: Reflections on a Myt...