Papers of Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb [manuscript] 1870-1934.

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Papers of Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb [manuscript] 1870-1934.

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Manuscripts include plot outlines for Harry Monmouth or the fateful island, The heir of Stanwood, and Vivian's victory; a preface for Walt Mason, his book, 1916 by Walt Mason; and story, One thing brings up another [5 items. holograph]--In letters to George Matthew Adams, William Gerard Chapman, William Griffith, Edwin Carty Ranck, William Orton Tewson, John Peter Toohey, Louis Wiley and others Cobb discusses his writing of prefaces and for magazines, declines to sell the second serial rights to his stories, deplores the death of Henry Watterson and suggests names for speakers for the Emergency Unemployment Relief Bureau. --Photograph signed [n.d.] of Cobb [black & white. 13.5 x 8.7 cm.]--Photograph [n.d.] of drawing of Cobb [black & white. 25.3 x 9.2 cm.].

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University of Virginia. Library

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Ranck, Edwin Carty, 1879-

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Mason, Walt, 1862-1939.

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Walt Mason was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. Orphaned at 15, he began an itinerant lifestyle that took him from Canada to New York and across the American midwest, working odd jobs. He eventually became a journalist, but his wanderlust and alcoholism hampered his career. William Allen White gave Mason a job at the Emporia (Kansas) Gazette, and he started writing light verse, both humorous and inspirational, which became very popular. Through syndication, "Uncle Walt" developed a national f...

Tewson, William Orton, 1877-1947

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Editor and literary critic. From the description of William Orton Tewson papers, 1923-1926 (bulk 1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981490 William Orton Tewson, editor of the Literary review of the New York evening post. Glenn Ward Dresbach, born near Lanark, Ill.; editor of Wisconsin magazine and poet. From the description of Letter to Glenn Ward Dresbach, 1925 July 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54859821 ...

Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944

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Author, humorist. From the description of Letters, 1914-1944. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49199652 Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944) was an American author and humorist. He was best known for his humorous stories of Kentucky life, such as in his book Old Judge Priest . From the guide to the Irvin S. Cobb Letter, 1928, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Author, and humorist. From the descript...

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. ...

Emergency Unemployment Relief Bureau.

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Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921

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Journalist, author, and politician. From the description of Papers of Henry Watterson, 1857-1983, (bulk 1882-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071676 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Louisville, KY, to Hon. D. A. Wells, 1887 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660897 Watterson was the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. From the description of Autograph letters signed from Henry Watters...

Adams, George Matthew, 1878-1962

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Toohey, John Peter, 1880-1946

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Wiley, Louis, 1869-1935

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Griffith, William, 1876-1936

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