Papers of Stephen Crane [manuscript] 1894-1944.

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Papers of Stephen Crane [manuscript] 1894-1944.

Correspondence, literacy MSS., notebook, Crane's will, pen and ink sketches, and photos. Includes the MS. of Crane's The red badge of courage, of Ford Madox Ford's Stephen Crane (an article which appeared in American mercury) and of Robert Wooster Stalalman's Stephen Crane: some unpublished manuscripts: sketches and stories-- additions to the canon; a bound volume of 42 original letters (1921) to Max J. Herzberg entitled Stephen Crane, a chorus of tributes by English and American authors; correspondence with Edith F. Crane, together with nine of her letters (1931-33) to Harvey Taylor; and ca. 30 letters (1895-99) from Crane to Willis Brooks Hawkins illustrating the last years of Crane's life and his deep friendship for Hawkins. Other correspondents include the editors of Chapbook, Critic, and youth's companion, Ralph Allen, Harry Bacon Collamore, Copeland and Day, Cora Howarth Crane, William Howe Crane, Henry D. Davray, Mrs. Moreton Frewen, Frederic C. Gordon, Mrs. Edward Pease, Michael Pease, Mr. Perrin, Gustav A. Roedel, Melvin H. Schoberlin, Wilbur Macey Stowe, and Harvey Taylor.

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Hawkins, Willis Brooks, 1852-1928.

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Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900

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Stephen Crane was a novelist, poet, and journalst. He was born November 1, 1871, at 14 Mulberry Place, Newark, New Jersey. Crane is best known for his novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895) that depicted the experiences of a soldier in the Civil War. During the Spanish-American War (1898), Crame served as a correspondent. In 1897, he moved to England and met Joseph Conrad and Henry James. Crane died of tuberclosis in 1900. From the description of Newark Stephen Crane collection, 1897-...