Papers of the Fortean Society [manuscript], 1927-1952.

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Papers of the Fortean Society [manuscript], 1927-1952.

Collection divided into three sections: Emma Goldman group, Fortean group, and Nietzsche group. The Emma Goldman group includes letters about Goldman including contributions by Theodore Dreiser, Eugene O'Neill, and Havelock Ellis to a fund to help her finance her memoirs. The Fortean group letters are primarily concerned with society business, particularly problems with Tiffany Thayer and his prohibiting access to Charles Fort's notes and papers. The purpose and continued existence of the society is discussed. In a letter to Arthur Leonard Ross, dated January 26, 1938, and not connected with the affairs of Fort or the Fortean Society, Edgar Lee Masters expresses surprise that he has been translated into Hebrew although Spoon River has been translated into Japanese. The Nietzsche group includes correspondence about Nietzsche including discussions of copyright problems with Bennett Cerf. Also included is a printed page from "The Nation" of a book review by Alfred Werner of Nietzche's "My sister and I" which discusses the probability it is a forgery. Correspondents include Harry Elmer Barnes; Theodore Dreiser; Havelock Ellis; Charles Fort; Rockwell Kent; Edgar Lee Masters; H. L. Mencken; Eugene O'Neill; John Cowper Powys; Arthur Leonard Ross; Walter Starret; Booth Tarkington; W. S. Van Valkenburg; Alexander Woollcott; Tiffany Thayer and Burton Rascoe.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939

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British essayist, editor physician and psychologist. He studied human sexual behavior and his research for Man and Women (1894) led to his major work, the seven volume, Studies in the Psychology of Sex (1897-1928). His last writings were the essays on literature and art reprinted in Views and Reviews (1932). From the description of Havelock Ellis papers, 1871-1939 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166017 From the guide to the Havelock Ellis papers, 1871-1939, (M...

Fort, Charles, 1874-1932

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American newspaperman and author who gathered amazing stories of strange and apparently inexplicable happenings to show that science was limited in its ability to explain certain phenomena. From the description of Papers of Charles Fort [manuscript], 1920-1951. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806510 ...

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953

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Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971

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Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943

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Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971

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Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945

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Thayer, Tiffany, 1902-1959

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Tiffany Ellsworth Thayer (1902-1959) was an American actor, reporter, motion picture scenarist, and author of thirteen novels. He founded the Fortean Society, an organization dedicated to continuing the work of Charles Fort (1874-1932), a journalist, writer and investigator of occult phenomena. From the description of Tiffany Thayer papers, ca. 1914 - ca. 1956. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615928 From the guide to the Tiffany Thayer papers, ca. 1914 - ca...

Van Valkenburgh, W. S.

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Ross, Arthur Leonard.

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Epithet: Counselor at Law of New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x0001c2 ...

Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963

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English novelist, essayist, and lecturer. From the description of Letter, 1934 Dec. 12, Dorchester, England, to John P. Waters, Cambridge, Mass. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365010 From the description of Correspondence, with Alan Dakers, 1948. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364799 From the description of Letter, 1944 July 18, Cae Coed, Corwen, Wales, to Ada McVickar, New York. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 3436480...

Fortean Society

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Society organized in 1931 by admirers of journalist Charles Fort; founders included Tiffany Thayer, Booth Tarkington, Theodore Dreiser, and Alexander Woollcott; society dedicated to "the frustration of science." From the description of Papers of the Fortean Society [manuscript], 1927-1952. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805117 ...

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900

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German philosopher and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Nice, to his banker, H.C. Kürbitz in Naumburg a. d. Saale, 1887 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610619 ...

Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946

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"These were written at periods when Mr. Tarkington and Susanah [his wife] were in Indianapolis and they wanted to have news from Kennebunkport, Maine. We had known him very shortly after we moved to Kennebunkport in about 1917, after the war. He was known as 'the gentleman from Indiana' and was a well known author at the time the first letter in this collection was written. . . . Mr. Tarkington had rented a house in Kennebunkport for many years but decided that he would like to design his own pl...

Starret, Walter.

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Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950

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Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1889-1968

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Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940

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Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was an anarchist, feminist, author, editor, and lecturer on politics, literature and the arts. She was born in Lithuania and died in Canada. Her lectures and publications attracted attention throughout the U.S. and Europe. She was associated with the anarchist journal Mother Earth from 1906 to 1917 and was imprisoned for publicly advocating birth control in 1916 and pacifism in 1917. In 1919 she was deported to Russia but had to leave because of her criticism of the Bols...

Rascoe, Burton, 1892-1957

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American drama critic, journalist. From the description of Correspondence, 1924-1955. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494186 ...