Papers, 1886-1928.

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Libbey, Laura Jean, 1862-1924. Papers, 1886-1928.

Papers, 1886-1928.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60865152

Papers consisting of deeds and other real estate papers, 1906-1924, including tax bills, 1911-1923; bills and receipts, 1895-1924, including receipts, 1892-1902, for monies received from publishers (George Munro's Sons and Norman L. Munro) for serial installments of her writings; canceled checks, 1896-1924; correspondence, 1890-1924, chiefly pertaining to Libbey's real estate (in New York City, especially Brooklyn) and literary productions; publishing contracts and legal agreements, 1886-1889 and 1919-1924; original and later copies of U.S. copyright certificates for works that were registered or renewed from 1883 to 1924; dramatic writings, undated, including typescript copies of four plays, typed synopses of plays and typed title pages of plays (many with annotations such as the name of the book on which they are based); three photographs, including a sepia-toned 1910 publicity image of Libbey; will and estate papers, 1924-1928, including papers relating to rights to her works after some of them became the property of her niece and nephew; press clippings, 1911-1924, most of which consist of samples of Libbey's syndicated newspaper columns or pertain to her estate; and miscellaneous other papers.

1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes).

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