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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Ernest Dawson

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Description: In this letter to Ernest Dawson, Charles Lummis writes that he understands that his book of songs, probably "Spanish songs of old California," published in 1923 is somewhat out of scope, but he his happy that Dawson can sell one now and then. He thanks Dawson for sending him a book that Lummis refers to as a "handsome piece of printing" with a "very bookman-like text." Lummis is glad that Dawson is publishing fine books and that it reflects well on Los Angeles. Lummis is most likely refering to W. Irving Way's "Migratory books, their haunts and habits," published in 1924.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1925, February 22.
Call number: mssHM 19818
Creator: Lummis, Charles Fletcher (1859-1928)(Opens in new tab)

Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Mr. Morrison

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Letter with autograph signature on Out West letterhead to Mr. Morrison, bookseller ordering four items from his catalog #48. Lummis advises him that he is going to print a reading list in his magazine on the subjects of "Indians, California, Mexico, and the like" and is advising women's clubs to form libraries and will refer them to two or three booksellers, asking Mr. Morrison to send his catalogs to those that "bite."

mssHM 40684

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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Ora Oak

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Letter with autograph signature on Out West letterhead to Ora Oak, commenting on the situation between his brother Henry Oak and Hubert Howe Bancroft on the publication of the Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft and Henry Oak's assertations that Bancroft did not give him credit for actually writing several of the volumes (see: Literary Industries in a New Light. San Francisco : Bacon Printing Company, 1893). Lummis goes on to relate that he wishes to see more of brother's work and that he might consider contributing to Out West.

mssHM 19816

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Charles Fletcher Lummis letters

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The collection consists of 148 items and includes letters concerning the work of Charles Fletcher Lummis as Librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library. A significant portion of this collection is correspondence written to Lummis concerning his requests for autographs from various authors and other famous individuals; these autographs were displayed under glass in a special exhibit at the Los Angeles Public Library. The collection also contains a small amount of ephemera including notes, autograph cards, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and a printed advertisement.

mssHM 44807-44933

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Charles Fletcher Lummis letters

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HM 82390 - Letter by Charles Fletcher Lummis to Georgina Jones (Mrs. John Percival Jones - 1916, March 26) on The Southwest Society letterhead. With a printed poem by Lummis entitled "A Toast to the Absent" inscribed to Mrs. John Percival Jones (1916, March 22).

mssHM 82390-82391

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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Clara Sanborn Howes

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Lummis offers his condolences for the fire that caused damage to the house of Clara Howes, and of a few personal details. Signed "Chas F. Lummis." On letterhead of The Land of Sunshine Illustrated Monthly.

mssHM 19814

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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Hattie Loomis Wile

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In this letter, Lummis thanks Wile for a letter she wrote him in which she said his book (and stories) were helpful to her life. Typed on Los Angeles Public Library Board of Directors letterhead.

mssHM 83175

Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Ernest Dawson

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