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Walter Abish Collection
Collection — Box: VMF General Oversize, Folder: 5
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf201
Scope and Contents
Poster, "Walter Abish. Author of How Germanists, Alphabetical Africa and other fictions." Poster for a reading by Walter Abish at Washington University in January Hall, Room 110. The event was sponsored by Philosophy 236: Philosophy and Literature. 30 inches x 16 inches. Located in oversize.
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Jane Addams Letter
Collection — Box: VMF 1, Folder: 01
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf001
Scope and Contents
Jane Addams to Mrs. Sonja Lawrence, thanking her for her recent gifts to Hull House and expressing appreciation for her interest in the work. Autograph letter, signed. 1 page.
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Ija Adler Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms002
Scope and Contents
The Ija Adler Papers consists of correspondence, 1932-1967, and associated manuscripts and miscellany.Series 1, Adler correspondence and that of bookmen Isaac Levine and Leroy Goble, 1919-1967, 57 items.Series 2, Correspondence and autographs associated with Adler's interests, including the following subseries: 2/1, autographs and letters of Charles Dexter Allen, Arnold Bennett, Calvin Coolidge, Mary Mapes Dodge, Louise Imogene Guiney, Ella Higginson, E.A. Robinson,...
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Conrad Aiken Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms003
Scope and Contents
The Conrad Aiken Papers consist entirely of material from his long-standing correspondence with Robert Linscott, an editor with Houghton-Mifflin and later senior editor for Random House. Aiken and Linscott began their long friendship in 1917 and Linscott helped Aiken publish several of his works. Aiken's letters to Linscott document the progress of his work and often reflect Aiken's extreme frustration at his lack of popular success. In them, Aiken describes his personal situation,...
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Fernando Alegria Collection
Collection — Box: VMF 18, Folder: 6
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf228
Scope and Contents
Typescript corrected drafts of early chapters of Alegria's novel, La Rebelion de los Placeres. 77 pages
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Louis E. Alewel Collection
Collection — Box: VMF 1, Folder: 02
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf002
Scope and Contents
Poetry drafts by Alewel.
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James Lane Allen Letter
Collection — Box: VMF 1, Folder: 03
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf003
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter, signed from James Lane Allen to Mr. McGee, thanking him for his interest and "data" which Allen intended to use in a story still in progress [The Sword of Youth]. Allen refers to an editorial in Sunday's Times which discussed the story, apparently then appearing in serial form. 3 pages.
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Lewis P. Andrews Kodak No. 2 Bulls-Eye Camera
Collection — Box: VFM 19
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf232
Scope and Contents
Consists of one Kodak Model D No. 2 Bulls-Eye camera, one print of image taken by the camera, 2 photocopies of images taken by the camera, photocopy of list of images taken by the camera with notes by Andrews, and directions by Andrews on how to open the camera
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Eugene Angert Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-MS-ms005
Scope and Contents
The Eugene Angert Papers include correspondence from the First National Bank of St Louis to Vera Angert, Eugene’s wife, concerning a memorial tribute to her husband. Also included is a 149-page typescript of The Perpetual Student, and The Flag Hunters, or Tell It to the Danes, two musical comedies written by Eugene Agert. Also included is a typed catalogue of Angert’s personal library.
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