Manuscripts

Thomas Hastie Bell letter to Elmer Gertz

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1930 April 24.
Call number: mssHM 42000
Creator: Bell, T. H (1867-1942)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown, [date of acquisition not identified].
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Associated people: Gertz, Elmer, (1906-2000,)

Thomas Hastie Bell correspondence

Manuscripts

The collection contains correspondence written by Bell and his friends and colleagues (1901-1942); it is predominantly concerned with both political issues (especially anarchism) and Bell's literary work. There are a small number of original autograph letters by Bell but the majority are carbon copies, author's retained copies, photocopies, and contemporary copies. Correspondents include, among others, Leonard Dalton Abbott, Roger Baldwin, Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaiaa, Lord Alfred Douglas, Elmer Gertz, Frank Harris, Pryns Hopkins, Joan London, Nellie O'Hara, Upton Sinclair, and George Sylvester Viereck. The collection also contains a small number of manuscripts, documents, and ephemera; the manuscripts, mostly by Bell, concern both political and literary matters and focus on Oscar Wilde and Frank Harris.

mssHM 37562-37616, mssHM 41995-42118, mssHM 42277-42350

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Elmer Gertz

Manuscripts

Includes contemporary copies of two letters from Alfred Bruce Douglas to Elmer Gertz.

mssHM 37562-37616, 41995-42118, 42277-42350

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Thomas Hastie Bell correspondence

Manuscripts

The collection contains correspondence written by Bell and his friends and colleagues; it is predominantly concerned with both political issues (especially anarchism) and Bell's literary work. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent name with incoming and outgoing correspondence kept together. There are a small number of original autograph letters by Bell but the majority are carbon copies, author's retained copies, photocopies, and contemporary copies. Correspondents include, among others, Leonard Dalton Abbott, Roger Baldwin, Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breschko-Breshkovskai͡a, Lord Alfred Douglas, Elmer Gertz, Frank Harris, Pryns Hopkins, Joan London, Nellie O'Hara, Upton Sinclair, and George Sylvester Viereck. The collection also contains a small number of manuscripts, documents, and ephemera; the manuscripts, mostly by Bell, concern both political and literary matters and focus on Oscar Wilde and Frank Harris.

mssHM 37562-37616, 41995-42118, 42277-42350

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Thomas Hastie Bell documents and writings

Manuscripts

Includes the following: "Catherine Breshkovsky: a biographical essay;" "Frank Harris: exposé of Harris' villainy;" "Plagiarism by Frank Harris and others: an essay;" "Acknowledgement of funds in discharge of claims on Cesari Reserve Syndicate, Ltd.;" "Document granting power of attorney to Thomas H. Bell's wife Lizze Turner."

mssHM 37562-37616, 41995-42118, 42277-42350

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Bell, Thomas Hastie. 2 pieces, to Theodore Perceval Gerson

Manuscripts

The collection consists primarily of the personal and business correspondence of Dr. T. Perceval Gerson (chiefly for the years 1934-1937). It includes letters from conductors, musicians, and lecturers on liberal causes. There are sets of newspaper clippings covering the San Francisco Graft Trial of 1907 and the William Dudley Haywood trial in Idaho in 1907.

mssGerson papers

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Belle H. Seager letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Letter to Henry Huntington asking for his aid to enable the Pasadena Boy Scouts to aid French boys to attend summer camp. She relates that the atmosphere created in the Boy Scout organization is extremely beneficial to boys in the devastated areas and to France in general. She goes on to relate the good work the Committee had undertaken under the direction of Miss Jesse Carson and is enclosing a copy of the report in hopes that he has time to read it. Mrs. Seager writes that she would appreciate any aid of suggestions Mr. Huntington might have and gives Mrs. Howard Huntington as a reference concerning the work of the Committee. Mrs. Seager writes that she will be away all summer in New England on Committee business, but her correspondence will be handled by Dr, George E. Hale's secretary. She asks for a short interview with Mr. Huntington when she returns in the fall. Letter is on American Committee for Devastated France letterhead.

mssHM 47841

Thomas Hastie Bell letter to Elmer Gertz

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