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Mayo, George Morrow, 1896-1983 (Mss 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayo, George Morrow, 1896-1983 (Mss 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 521. Scrapbooks (2) documenting the life and times of journalist George Morrow Mayo and his fashion designer wife Muriel L. Van Norden. Scrapbooks contain a historical narrative, articles written by Mr. Mayo, as well as photographs and other ephemera such as postcards, small maps, etc. Also includes news clippings, photos of Mayo’s Family and an autographed copy of his book Los Angeles (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 193)
Read, Opie Percival, 1852-1939 (Sc 2844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Read, Opie Percival, 1852-1939 (Sc 2844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2844. Letter, 16 May 1884, of journalist and humorist Opie P. Read, written from Little Rock, Arkansas, to an unnamed addressee. Read accepts an offer to exchange magazines (probably his Arkansas Traveler) for a publication called the Voice, congratulates the addressee on a story published in Chicago’s The Current, and acknowledges knowing his name although they have never met.
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1284. Letters and greeting cards, 1963-1976, written by author Janice Holt Giles, Knifley, Kentucky, to young Memphis, Texas admirer Mike Hughes. Mike initiated the correspondence, which developed into a friendship. Includes three of Mike’s letters, 2000.