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Mark Twain : papers of Charles M. Underhill, circa 1886-1950 [bulk 1886-1935].
Title:
Mark Twain : papers of Charles M. Underhill, circa 1886-1950 [bulk 1886-1935].
Author:
Underhill, Charles M, compiler.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
.5 linear ft. (1 manuscript box)
Summary:
Consists of manuscript material, correspondence, journals, and books relating to the life and works of Mark Twain, as collected by Charles M. and Irving S. Underhill.
This collection is highlighted by its small, but noteworthy set of original Mark Twain correspondence. These letters and uniquely addressed envelopes were mainly sent to Charles M. Underhill. However, one letter is simply addressed ?Dear Madam, ? and consists of a rejection by Twain to lecture; for whom is unclear. Copies of Niagara Book and The Gleaner include the Twain essays ?Was the Garden of Eden at Niagara Falls?? and ?The First Authentic Mention of Niagara Falls? respectively. Lastly, a cartes de visite of Twain and his contemporaries Petroleum V. Nasby and Josh Billings round out the collection.
Language:
English
Contents:
1.1. By-laws: Buffalo Public Library, 1897; includes booklet: The Buffalo Public Library: Important Documents Relating to it, Together with its By-Laws and Rules -- 1.2. Clippings, 1884, 1950; includes articles regarding illustration error in first printing of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Huck Finn musical -- 1.3. Correspondence: facsimiles, 1995; includes photocopies of letters/envelopes to Charles Underhill [Dombrowski]; 1876 New Year card; unaddressed letter declining an offer to lecture, ?cat? card [cat reportedly owned by the Slee family while Twain was visiting Buffalo in 1886] -- 1.4. The Gleaner, 1928; includes the essay ?Was the Garden of Eden at Niagara Falls?? by Mark Twain. [vol. 1 no. 8, March] -- 1.5. Niagara Book, 1893; includes essay: ?The First Authentic Mention of Niagara Falls? by Mark Twain. [Original dust jacket in 1.6] -- 1.6. Niagara Book: dust jacket, 1893 [Fragile. See librarian for handling.] -- 1.7. Photograph, 1928, n.d.; includes image of Mark Twain, Josh Billings, Petroleum V. Nasby. [cartes de visite] -- 1.8-1.9. Mark Twain, 1876, 1886, 1893, n.d.; includes letters/envelopes to Charles Underhill [Dombrowski]; 1876 New Year card; unaddressed letter declining an offer to lecture, ?cat? card [cat reportedly owned by the Slee family while Twain was visiting Buffalo in 1886]. [Closed. Please use facsimiles in 1.3] -- 1.10. Irving S. Underhill., c.1929-1940; includes correspondence, manuscript: The Underhill Collation of Huckleberry Finn: Footnotes to ?The Haunted Book? [typewritten].
Added Uniform Title:
Colophon.
Niagara book.
Gleaner.
Added Title:
Niagara Book.
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