Papers, 1894-1932.

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Papers, 1894-1932.

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Correspondence, news items, memorabilia, and photographs collected by Honolulu businessman and author, Robert Catton (1847- 1938). Most of the material concerns Catton's interest in Robert Louis Stevenson, but also included are items relating to literary figures Rudyard Kipling and Thomas Carlyle.

4 boxes: ca. 64 news clippings in port., photos.

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library

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University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...

Catton, Robert

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