Letters of Rupert Hughes [manuscript], 1914-1938.

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Letters of Rupert Hughes [manuscript], 1914-1938.

In a 1914 letter Hughes thanks Edward Marshall for his praise of "The ghostly counsellors." In a series of letter, 1917-1937, to William Gerard Chapman, Hughes discusses second serial rights to various short stories and mentions payment for "The gift wife." He politely declines to help Lola Kovener, an autograph collector posing as a job seeker.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Kovener, Lola L.,

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Chapman, William Gerard, 1877-1945

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William Gerard Chapman (1877-1945), a native of New York, was an American author of Green-Timber Trails and journalist and the owner of the International Press Bureau, a literary agency in Chicago. ...

Marshall, Edward, 1870-1933

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Epithet: of Add MS 37880 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x0003c9 Epithet: formerly Marshall-Hacker Vicar of Sandford St Martin Oxfordshi British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x000206 Epithet: of Add MS 34706 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000...

Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956

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Rupert Hughes was born in Lancaster, MO on January 31, 1872, and grew up in Keokuk, Iowa. He attended the Western Reserve Academy, and received a BA from Adelbert College, Cleveland, in 1892, and an MA from Yale University in 1893. His writing career began with a book for boys which was serialized in the highly regarded St. Nicholas magazine, and he was an assistant editor for several magazines. He eventually wrote more than 50 books. Hughes served in the New York National Guard during the Spani...