Christopher Morley correspondence, postcard, and photograph, 1911-1934.

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Christopher Morley correspondence, postcard, and photograph, 1911-1934.

The collection consists of five items, including: postcard to his mother, Mrs. Frank Morley, 7 Jan. 1911, from London, expressing his enthusiasm for the city and sites he has seen; photograph of Morley looking up while lighting a pipe, circa 1919, perhaps used to advertise his novel The Rocking Horse, identified on the verso; carbon copy of letter from Carroll A. Wilson to Morley, 18 Nov. 1925, asking him to sign a copy of The Eighth Sin, with news of the Rhodes Scholar send-offs; letter from Morley to Karl Goedecke, 27 Jan. 1934, offering his signature in lieu of signing a book; to E.J. O'Malley, 13 April 1934, forwarding a copy of Williams at West Point, signed by General Johnson.

5 items.

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Wilson, Carroll A. (Carroll Atwood), 1886-1947

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Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...

Goedecke, Karl

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Karl E. Goedecke (1902-1979) was a book dealer based in Hazleton (eastern), Pennsylvania. He and his wife Katherine Lubrecht Goedecke (1902-1975) owned and operated the Laurel Book Service from 1932 to 1975 (name first used circa 1935). From the description of Karl Goedecke letters and pamphlets received, 1949-1955. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 61104059 From the description of Karl Goedecke papers (Laurel Book Service), 1932-1978. (Pennsylva...

O'Malley, E. J.

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Morley, Lilian Janet Bird, approximately 1866-1939

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