Papers of Gelett Burgess [manuscript], n.d.

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Papers of Gelett Burgess [manuscript], n.d.

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Manuscripts and carbons include "Suicide" an essay about the death of poet Nora May French, and the lyrics for a musical comedy "The purple cow." In addition there are two original drawings of "goop-like" figures, and three blue-print alphabets.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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French, Nora May, 1881-1907

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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...