Letters, 1896-1897.

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Letters, 1896-1897.

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Three handwritten, typewritten and signed letters; addressed to E.B. Morgan; and dated 16 Nov. and 18 Dec. 1896 and 8 Feb. 1897. Burgess thanks Morgan for sending quotations to him. Also included are the envelopes in which the items were sent.

6 items (9 p.) ; 22 x 16 cm. or smaller + 9 photocopies.

Harold B. Lee Library

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Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951

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American author and humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was educated as an engineer and worked briefly for a railroad. He taught topographical drawing between 1891 and 1894 at the University of California, Berkeley until he lost his position after deliberately toppling a campus statue he found to be an eyesore. Burgess founded the Lark, a humour magazine based in San Francisco, published from 1895 to 1897. Burgess created nonsense rhymes and cartoons such as "The Purple Cow: Reflections on a Myt...