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Evelyn Waugh & others : from the library of Michael M. Thomas

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    [Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966]. "Extract from A Little Learning by Evelyn Waugh," carbon copy

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera, the majority written by Evelyn Waugh and related to his later works. The manuscripts include Decline and fall, Ninety-Two days, and material related to Basil Seal rides again, A Little learning and The Loved one. The majority of the correspondence is with Chapman and Hall, is business-related and covers the years 1961-1968; other business correspondents include A.D. Peters, Associated Book Publishers Ltd, Methuen & Co., and Penguin. Other correspondents in the collection include: Robert Murray Davis, Anne Adelaide Ford, Hugh Heckstall-Smith, James G. Hepburn, Marie-Jacqueline Lancaster, Sir Victor Mallet, Alfred Robert McIntyre, Howard Irwin Ross, Christopher Sykes, Arthur Waugh, Laura Waugh and Joel Wells. The ephemera includes Inter-Office business correspondence, compact disks, clippings, photographs, including an original Carl Van Vechten photograph, printed material and original storage boxes; the oversize folder contains one LP phonograph record.

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    Healy, Michael A. and others. Letterbook for the U.S. Revenue Steamer "Bear"

    Manuscripts

    Containing copies of letters by Charles Stebbins Fairchild, A. B. Davis, and others.

    mssHM 47615

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    Stephen Michael Tomaske memorial collection of Thomas Pynchon

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains research materials related to noted author Thomas Pynchon.

    mssTomaske papers

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    The Lady Evelyn and other poems

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    Thomas M. (Thomas MacCurdy) Vincent letter to General Charles Albright

    Manuscripts

    The letter, written from the Adjutant General's Office, and addressed to General and US Representative Charles Albright, reads "My dear General: Thanks, from us all, for your telegram of this date. We appreciate, and will remember your kind interest and attention. I trust that Mrs. Albright and your daughter will accompany you to the President's tonight to see the King. Yours Sincerely, Thomas M. Vincent." Vincent is referring to King Kalakaua of Hawaii's visit to President Ulysses S. Grant.

    mssHM 79168