Papers of Edgar Lee Masters [manuscript], 1935-1984.

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Papers of Edgar Lee Masters [manuscript], 1935-1984.

Collection contains Alice Davis Tibbetts' typed manuscript record of her friendship with Masters. She includes anecdotes and photographs of Masters and his friends. The collection also contains a block of stamps issued in 1970 in honor of Masters; a typed manuscript of Masters' poem, "Emerson's grave"; a program, 1945, for the celebration of Percy MacKaye's seventieth birthday and seating arrangements for the event; and several printed pamphlets honoring Marion Morse MacKaye.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7920397

University of Virginia. Library

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