Papers of George Ade [manuscript] 1901-43.

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Papers of George Ade [manuscript] 1901-43.

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Manuscripts include a memoir of Finley Peter Dunne a quotation, and several "fables." For a fuller treatment, see listing in control folder [7 items. holograph signed]--Letters, 1901-43, concern publication of various works in magazines, the sale of second serial rights, and Ade's life in retirement in Florida [30 items. holograph & typescript signed]--Photographs, 1900-39, are of Ade at different ages [3 items. black & white]--Miscellaneous items include an autograph and advertisements for books by Ade [3 items]. Correspondents include Franklin Pierce Adams, William Gerard Chapman, Charles Belmont Davis, Robert Underwood Johnson?, Grenville Kleiser and John Peter Toohey.

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