Letter, 1959 October 28, Indianapolis [to] Barry Bingham, Louisville.

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Letter, 1959 October 28, Indianapolis [to] Barry Bingham, Louisville.

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The collection contains the photocopy of a typescript letter from Willkie to Barry Bingham of the LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL inviting him to speak at the organizational meeting of a committee to preserve historic landmarks in Indianapolis, including the Tarkington home. The letter includes the history and description of the home.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8356385

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988

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Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. From the description of George Barry Bingham : papers, 1861-1989. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726142 From the description of George Barry Bingham : miscellaneous papers, 1948-1986. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726141 Editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Barry Bingham, Sr. : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat ...

Willkie, Helen F.

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Helen F. and Fredrick Willkie owned the Booth Tarkington home in 1959. The house, located at 4270 N. Meridian Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., was built in 1904-1905 and occupied by Tarkington from 1918-1946. From the description of Letter, 1959 October 28, Indianapolis [to] Barry Bingham, Louisville. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 9342314 ...

Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946

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"These were written at periods when Mr. Tarkington and Susanah [his wife] were in Indianapolis and they wanted to have news from Kennebunkport, Maine. We had known him very shortly after we moved to Kennebunkport in about 1917, after the war. He was known as 'the gentleman from Indiana' and was a well known author at the time the first letter in this collection was written. . . . Mr. Tarkington had rented a house in Kennebunkport for many years but decided that he would like to design his own pl...