Manuscripts

C.P. (Charles Percy) Snow letters to John Halperin

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Description: In these 27 letters by Lord Snow to John Halperin, who is the author of C. P. Snow: An oral biography (1983), Snow talks about his new book A Coat of Varnish, and answers some of Halperin's questions regarding his life and career. Snow also talks about letters of his and access to them, particularly at the Humanities Research Centre at Texas. He also talks about his failing health. The last letter was written about a month before his death in July 1980. All of the letters are typewritten.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1977-1980.
Call number: mssHM 77913-77939
Creator: Snow, C. P (1905-1980)(Opens in new tab)
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Under which king, Bezonian?: short story

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In this short story, Snow writes about a law student at Cambridge, named "Eliot," who is asked by a Professor Gay to help bring suit against the University of Cambridge. The short story is typewritten and signed by C. P. Snow.

mssHM 76724

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Erastus Fairbanks Snow autobiography

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Bound typescript of the autobiography of Erastus Fairbanks Snow, covering the years from approximately 1818 to 1847. The text essentially begins with Snow's baptism into the Mormon Church in about 1833 and traces his travels to Kirtland, Ohio. The rest of the autobiography focuses on Snow's itinerant preaching of the Mormon religion, particularly in the Virginia area.

mssHM 27974

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E. C. Dunn diary

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The diary only contains one month of entries. In the diary Dunn talks about his experience of living in a mining camp near Weaverville. He talks in detail about snow storms that caused the roofs of buildings to cave in and rain that caused floods; his fellow miners, including one man who got drunk and was later found dead in the snow; prices of provisions such as beef, pork, flour, barley, and potatoes; a New Year's ball held at the Independence Hotel in Weaverville; and problems with competing miners in Stewart's Flat.

mssHM 67919

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Jack London letters to Charles Warren Stoddard

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Jack London wrote these 14 letters to his good friend and fellow writer Charles Warren Stoddard from 1900 to 1906 (six are typed and eight are handwritten). London talks a lot about his writing projects and sends copies of his books to Stoddard (specifically The call of the wild, Sea wolf, and White fang) and often asks for his opinion. London also discusses the birth of his daughter Joan, his failing marriage, religion, traveling, and his ill health. The photograph of London is hand inscribed "To C. W. S. Affectionately yours, Jack London." There is also a copy of signed photograph of Jack London.

mssHM 80735-80748

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Erastus Fairbanks Snow report to Historian's Office

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Report from Erastus Snow on settlements in Washington County and Kane County, Utah, as well as settlements in Arizona. Includes descriptions of the acreage, cost, and irrigation qualities of the St. George Field Dam on the Rio Virgin, canals on the St. George Field on the Santa Clara, and canals on the St. George Heberville Field. Snow also lists populations and crop (mainly cotton) conditions for various settlements in southern Utah, including St. George (pop. 1030), Washington and Harrisburg (pop.603), Santa Clara (pop. 247), Toquerville (pop. 180), Harmony (pop. 140), Kanara (pop. 85), Rockville (pop. 430), and Virgin City (pop. 405). He also lists populations for St. Thomas, Arizona (pop. 129) and Mill Point, Arizona (pop. 167). Crop reports for Grafton, Springdale, Shonesburg, Northup, Duncan's Retreat, and Mountain Dell are also included.

mssHM 72841

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Charles L. Moore correspondence

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These letters by Charles L. Moore, which were written to his cousin Edmund H. Tindall in Illinois, include details about Moore's life on a farm in Compton, California. He talks about the weather, his family's crops, gold miners in Mammoth, and his personal life and social activities. Two of the letters were written by Moore's sister Jennie.

mssHM 68395-68405

C.P. (Charles Percy) Snow letters to John Halperin

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