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This collection consists of the personal papers of Ada Campbell Larew and includes manuscripts, historical essays, poems, plays, and short stories authored by Larew. Also available are personal correspondence, press clippings, and memorabilia.

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This collection contains 46 audio tapes, primarily of interviews collected by Anne Romaine for her unfinished biography on Alex Haley. There are also some made by the Haley Museum, lectures given by Alex Haley, and interviews of Anne Romaine herself. Primarily, the interviews are conducted by Ms. Romaine with relatives, friends, and others, including George Haley, Rodnell Collins, Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, Fred Montgomery, and many others.

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Anne Romaine was the official biographer of Alex Haley. The collection consists of her research material gathered for the never-completed biography.

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Anne Romaine was the official biographer of Alex Haley. The collection contains her taped interviews on Haley and other research material she gathered for her never-completed biography.

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This collection houses research materials that Anne Romaine created while writing her unfinished biography of Alex Haley. Among these items are interviews, articles by and about Haley, and materials documenting his years in the Coast Guard.

Abstract In this letter, Frances Hodgson Burnett informs Mr. Jones that she expects to find the two manuscripts that he has mailed with her son Vivian (whose business address they were forwarded to) when she returns to New York from Washington, D.C. She mentions being very interested in Vivian's Children's Magazine, which she helps him to edit without sitting in an editorial chair in an office. Burnett ends by expressing her hope that she and Mr. Jones can meet when he visits New York a few weeks...

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Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote this letter to a publisher regarding the omission of the last paragraph of her story "The Captain's Youngest," which was printed in Romance magazine.

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In this letter, Frances Burnett informs Mr. McGee of her plans to visit Bermuda to rest before returning to her home in Long Island for the remainder of the summer and tells him when he may contact her regarding her books.

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This collection includes five short letters written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. In them, she discusses photographs of her Washington house, requests a book of poems, agrees to be named as a patron of an upcoming reading, responds to a request for a book, and quotes a section from That Lass o' Lowrie's.

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This collection is a handwritten, unsigned manuscript listing and describing the roses in Frances Hodgson Burnett's garden, as well as the envelope in which it was contained.

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In this note (possibly intended for a publisher), Frances Hodgson Burnett comments on the title and length of an article that she has written.

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Kathryn Worth wrote nineteen of the letters and cards in this collection to her publicist and friend Helen Fay. In them, she thanks Fay for her work and her kindness, tells stories about her daughter Josephine, and occasionally refers to her books. One letter, dated February 13, 1949, refuses a visit from Fay due to intense spiritual struggle beyond her inherent shyness. The collection also houses a letter from Esther to Fay dated June 22, 1960.

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This collection consists of materials documenting author Marilou Awiakta's professional and personal life.

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This collection consits of a typed manuscript of Iris G. Oster's story, Skyline (1933). Also included are some photographs and newspaper clippings.

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In a letter dated January 8, 1915, to Henry W. Jones, Dromgoole discusses a paper she sent and requests information in order to resend it.