The mind of a movie fan : manuscript, [1919?] / by Gelett Burgess.

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The mind of a movie fan : manuscript, [1919?] / by Gelett Burgess.

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A typed manuscript with holograph corrections, signed by Burgess, about fan letters received by the actress Pearl White. "Pearl White's story" is written in red pencil on p. 1 of cover. The manuscript bears the author's red ink stamp.

1 item (24 leaves) ; 28.5 x 22 cm.

Princeton University Library

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Princeton University Library

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White, Pearl, 1889-1938

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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...