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The gentle grafter : by O. Henry [pseud.]
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
A group of material in one oversize blue clam shell folder related to O. Henry, the pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. The label on the folder has the title: "An Unpublished Chapter in O. Henry's Life, 1896-1897." The material includes letters from O. Henry to Pressler, letter from Herman Pressler to Dear Sir, 1921 (mssHM 12006), financial documents (mssHM 12013-12017), letter from R. M. Johnston to Herman Pressler (mssHM 12018), a letter from the Houston Daily Post to Herman Pressler (mssHM 12019), and a telegram (mssHM 12020).
mssHM 12006-12020
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 8 manuscript poems and sonnets by Eliza Fall and 45 letters (one is incomplete) from Fall to William Henry Harrison (1795?-1878) concerning her efforts to have a volume of poetry published. Fall's letters discuss her poetry, her nom de plume "Mary Maynard" and her reasons for keeping her identity secret, and John Ruskin (1819-1900) and his work.
HM 42770