Robert Lowry letters and related materials, 1965-1976.

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Robert Lowry letters and related materials, 1965-1976.

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The collection consists of thirty-nine items, including: thirteen letters with envelopes and one postal card to R.F. Perotti, sixteen mimeographs of Perotti's replies together with loose envelopes and postal instructions, chiefly about arrangements for selling Lowry's work; also, three letters to Stanley Weintraub, 1965, about Lowry's Defense in University City, published in 1939 by Little Man Press under the pseudonym James Caldwell; letter to Weintraub from Samuel S. Vaughan, 14 Oct. 1965, about Lowry and Defense in University City; letter to Weintraub from Jesse Stuart, 27 Sept. 1965, about his acquaintance with Lowry; copy of Defense in University City, The Little Man, third part, first issue, attributed to James Caldwell; letter from Lowry to Mr. Laine, 11 Feb. 1976, giving permission to use three letters to Stanley Weintraub in his thesis; letter from Jesse Stuart to Chester H. Laine, giving permission to use his letter; photographic portrait of a youthful Lowry.

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Vaughan, Samuel S.

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Samuel S. Vaughan was born in 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before enrolling in the Pennsylvania State College in 1948, he worked as a filmmaker with the movie production unit of the U.S. Marine Corps. While at Penn State, he was the founding editor of the campus literary magazine Inkling and the editor of the undergraduate humor magazine Froth. He graduated in 1951 with a degree in journalism and was then hired by King Features Syndicate, a publishing company. The following year he joined...

Little Man Press

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Laine, Chester H. (Chester Harvey), 1946-

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Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984

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Jesse Stuart was a famous Kentucky novelist, short-story writer, poet, and teacher. From the description of Broadside, ca. 1950. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49342685 Chuck Hand, antiques dealer and teacher, was a personal friend of Jesse Stuart. His interest in Jesse Stuart began in 1966. He earned an MA in geography from EIU in 1973 and taught in Paris, IL from 1967-1999. Chuck became a rare book dealer in 1989, specializing in Abraham Lincoln. ...

Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-....

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Stanley Weintraub was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1929. He earned a bachelor's degree in education at the West Chester State Teacher's College in 1949. He received his master's degree from Temple University "in absentia" because he was called to duty in the conflict in Korea two months prior to graduation. He spent two years in the Eighth Army where, as a first lieutenant, for his wartime service, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Korean Ribbon with five battle stars. Af...

Caldwell, James, 1919-1994

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Lowry, Robert, 1919-1994

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Robert Lowry was born on March 29, 1919, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began his writing career at the age of eight, by his ninth year he was publishing stories in Cincinnati's daily newspaper. After his graduation from Withrow High School in 1937, Lowry entered the University of Cincinnati, where he founded and edited the magazine The Little Man in between jobs as an apple-picker in nearby orchards and salesman in a downtown dapartment store. Lowry left his hometown in 1938 to "tour the United States...

Perotti, R. F.

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