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Henry Blake Fuller letters to Louise Lawrence Venus Washburn
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Henry Blake Fuller letters to Louise Lawrence Venus Washburn
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The Henry Blake Fuller letters consist primarily of letters from Henry Blake Fuller to Louise Lawrence Venus Washburn, a childhood friend in Chicago, from 1873 to before 1929. There are also two notes from other friends of Fuller's Anna Morgan and Clara Ray, to Louise Washburn. Miscellaneous items in the collection include three photographs of Fuller and one of Washburn, a musical score to a song written by Fuller, eight fragments (one of which is a letter written in code), and printed material (mostly reviews of Fuller's work and that of other literary authors). Fuller's letters include correspondence written from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin; Boston, Massachusetts; and Chicago, Illinois; which describe the cities, social activities (including the 1893 Chicago Exposition), and his life and work. There are also detailed letters from Fuller's travels, primarily from his first two trips to Europe, in 1879 and 1883, but also from a trip to Northern Africa and later European trips. He describes his sightseeing, European architecture and art, a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, and the work and stature of William Dean Howells (1837-1920) and Henry James (1843-1916).
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John T. Fuller letters
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John T. Fuller wrote these eleven letters to his mother, Ruth Fuller, while he was working as chief engineer for the De Beers Consolidated Mines in Kimberley, South Africa from 1904 to 1906. In these letters he discusses his activities in the diamond mining operations, mining disasters, as well as his life in Kimberley. There is one letter written by John T. Fuller's wife, Rebecca, to her mother-in-law. Also with the letters is a postcard with an image of the cut-open Wesselton mine, a ticket to an event at the Town Hall in Kimberley, and a newspaper clipping with a sarcastic poem about the De Beers company.
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William P. Fuller scrapbook
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A scrapbook kept by William P. Fuller of letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings covering the years 1863-1899. The autograph letters are by G.T. Beauregard (April 20, 1886), John G. Nicolay (April 18, 1887), Lydia Howard Sigourney (March 14, 1863), Mark Twain (January 23, 1869), Charles D. Warner (May 12, 1887), and John L. Worden (May 16, 1887). The photographs include, among others, the conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker, known as the "Siamese twins," Mr. & Mrs. General Tom Thumb, and Edgar Allan Poe (none of the photographs are dated). The newspaper clippings include poems and various articles but the majority of the clippings are newspaper columns written by William P. Fuller. Included are columns about Abraham Lincoln (no date), Andersonville prison (October 19, 1880), and Lewis G. Clarke (no date); there is also a long series of columns from August 1883 about a journey west Fuller took that included Missouri, Yellowstone, Oregon and Washington. The scrapbook was disbound by the Huntington Conservation department in 2019 and each page, some with inserted pieces, was placed in individual folders; the original covers were retained and the material is in fair condition though some pages are brittle and darkened due to age and glue.
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Newspaper clipping: Henry Blake Fuller
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The collection consists primarily of letters written by Garland to his wife Zulime Mauna (Taft) Garland and to his daughters. Subject matter chiefly includes biographical information on Garland, his literary activities while on the lecture circuit, his experiences in England and Europe in 1924-1925, and general family matters. Business correspondence is concentrated in the years 1930-1940. In addition, the collection contains two typescript letters signed from Theodore Roosevelt, one to Hamlin Garland, 1903 June 30, and one to Mary Isabel Garland, 1917 August 15; and one William H. Taft typescript letter signed to Hamlin Garland, 1918 June 9 (GD 1129).
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William P. (William Phipps) Blake letter to John Arnold Rockwell
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Blake writes that he would most appreciate "a communication upon the New Almaden case," about which he plans to write an article.
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William Blake Richmond
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A collection of letters, most of which were written to William Holman Hunt. It includes letters from, among others, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Lear, Sir John Everett Millais, Edward Poynter, and William Blake Richmond. The collection also includes manuscripts and ephemera.
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