Letters to Ellis D. Robb [manuscript], 1929-1931.

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Letters to Ellis D. Robb [manuscript], 1929-1931.

Evelyn Light and Esther Van Dresser, secretaries to Theodore Dreiser, write to Robb on Dreiser's behalf, thanking him for a clipping and sending information on the composition of Dreiser and Paul Dresser's "On the banks of the Wabash."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7923614

University of Virginia. Library

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Light, Evelyn,

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Robb, Ellis D., 1869-1943

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Ellis D. Robb was born in Eldora, Iowa. In 1923 he moved to Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Robb worked as a National Bank Examiner, and collected information about famous people as part of collecting autographs. He put the information he collected into scrapbooks. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1920-1943. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 35630995 Ellis Robb was an Iowan bank official who collected autographs. From the description of Ellis Robb collection of I...

Van Dresser, Esther.

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Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945

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Theodore Dreiser was an American literary naturalist and author of two of the most significant works of early twentieth-century American fiction, SISTER CARRIE (1900) and AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1925). From the description of The mercy of God : manuscript, [1900-1945?] / by Theodore Dreiser. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 63051908 Editor and author. From the description of Theodore Dreiser papers, 1910-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009534 ...

Dresser, Paul, 1858-1906

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Song writer. From the description of Papers 1897-1904. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 702670236 Paul Dresser, a native of Terre Haute, Ind., was the older brother of novelist Theodore Dreiser. In 1873 he changed his surname. Dresser held a number of jobs, including working for minstrel shows, but found some success as a songwriter. He is best known as the author of the state song of Indiana, "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away." From the description ...