Manuscripts
Christopher Murray Grieve collection
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Manuscripts (S-W)
Manuscripts
Collection contains 119 essays and 4 letters written by Christopher Murray Grieve. The materials date from 1927-1929, while Grieve was living in Montrose, Scotland and working at the newspaper Montrose Review. The manuscript essays cover topics related to Scottish culture and politics and were syndicated via the Scottish Secretariat to various weekly local Scottish newspapers under pseudonyms, usually "Mountboy" or "Special Correspondent." Newspapers that published the pieces include the Kelso Journal, Kilmarnock Standard, Brechin Times, Perth Advertiser, and others.
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Manuscripts (I-S)
Manuscripts
Collection contains 119 essays and 4 letters written by Christopher Murray Grieve. The materials date from 1927-1929, while Grieve was living in Montrose, Scotland and working at the newspaper Montrose Review. The manuscript essays cover topics related to Scottish culture and politics and were syndicated via the Scottish Secretariat to various weekly local Scottish newspapers under pseudonyms, usually "Mountboy" or "Special Correspondent." Newspapers that published the pieces include the Kelso Journal, Kilmarnock Standard, Brechin Times, Perth Advertiser, and others.
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Correspondence, manuscripts (A-I)
Manuscripts
Folder 1 contains 4 letters written by Grieve in 1927-1928 addressed to the Scottish Secretariat and "Miss Archibald" (probably a staff member of the Secretariat). Folders 2-41 contain manuscripts.
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Wirsig, Woodrow - Printer's Ink Publishing Co
Manuscripts
Approx. 20 items. In general, these items deal with the value of advertising to individual newspapers and in a larger sense, the value of advertising to the national economy. Included are the full texts of several essays, including "How Sophisticated Businessmen Advertise Out of a Recession," "Keying Advertising to State Economies...", "Why a Tax Cut Won't Work Without More Advertising," "Why is America's Biggest Advertiser So Successful," etc. Also correspondence related to the hiring of Woodrow Wirsig to write a weekly column on advertising.
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Murray, Stephen, and Mass, Terry L. 1 letter (1974?) to Christopher Isherwood, 1904-, A.N.S. on a greeting card (1 p.). With color illustrations
Manuscripts
The collection includes drafts of most of Isherwood's works, as well as book reviews, essays, interviews and travel narratives; the collection also includes extensive correspondence files containing letters from W. H. Auden, Don Bachardy, Truman Capote, E. M. Forster, John Lehmann, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, and others. The correspondence files also contain the letters of Isherwood's parents, Frank Bradshaw-Isherwood and Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood, as well as diaries kept by Kathleen, containing references to the first World War. The correspondence files deal with the literary works of Isherwood and others, male homosexuality, Isherwood's interest in Hinduism, World War One and World War Two among other subjects. Also included are important series of poems and other literary manuscripts by Auden and Spender, audiovisual material, photographs and negatives, a scrapbook and ephemera. A box of Addenda was added to the collection in 2020, it contains manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera.
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First National Bank in Decorah, Iowa. Banking statement sent to Asahel Chapin concerning $18.33 entered for collection on behalf of H. and M. Murray
Manuscripts
The documents reveal the range of legal, financial, and estate-related transactions initiated by or concerning the Stoneman family and their associates. Included in this series are legal agreements, banking statements, inventories of the Stoneman's estate, and general financial records. The correspondence includes personal and business letters to and by the Stoneman family members and their associates. Two letters dated January 1889 were written by General George Stoneman while he was still living in Los Angeles. Most of the letters were penned after the generals' death in September 1894, and directed to John T. Stoneman, administrator of his brother's estate. The ephemera includes newspaper clippings (obituaries of George Stoneman from Buffalo, NY newspapers) and several miscellaneous items. Notable participants include William B. Allison, Thomas Updegraff and the United States Army.
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