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Description: There are 376 pieces of manuscripts, the majority of which are by Olive Percival. The manuscripts comprise of biographical sketches, diaries, notebooks, poems, short stories, typescripts, and miscellaneous notes. There are 122 pieces of correspondence, the majority of which are by Ellen Dame Terry writing to Anna Held. It is arranged alphabetically then by date. Correspondence relating to Olive Percival mainly concerns letters from her friends and publisher. There are 341 pieces of ephemera. It is arranged by type and subject, and consists of an appointment book, bookmarks, bookplates, bulletins, empty envelopes, fliers, invoices, legal documents, military records, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, excerpts of periodicals, receipts, scrapbooks, tracts, and miscellaneous United States permits and a passport. The majority of the ephemera relates to Sheffield, Illinois, where Olive Percival was born.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1741-1965.
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mssHM 79260-79378

Creator

Percival, Olive (1869-1945)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Florence G. Moore Kreider, 1945-1946.

Associated people

Held, Anna, (1877?-1918,)

Heinrich, Max, (1847-1928.)

Terry, Ellen,

Wheeler, Caroline Eliza.

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