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A Guide to the Thorton Waldo Burgess Collection Burgess, Thorton Waldo. 8778

A Guide to the Thorton Waldo Burgess Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 8778


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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
8778
Title
Thorton Waldo Burgess Collection 1935-1964
Extent
4 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Thorton Waldo Burgess Collection, Accession 8778, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase 1968 Jan 28

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Harrison Cady
  • Marjorie S. Miller
  • Thorton Waldo Burgess
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • North Attleboro, Massachusetts
  • Springfield, Massachusetts
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Item Listing

Letters
  • Thorton Waldo Burgess , Springfield, Massachusetts , to Marjorie S. Miller , North Attleboro, Massachusetts
    1935 Aug 1
    TLS, 1 p.

    [Advises her on proper nutrition for oppossums; suggests loss of strength in front legs may be diet related.]

  • Thorton Waldo Burgess , Springfield, Massachusetts , to Mr. Beebee
    1944 Sep 9
    TLS, 1 p.

    [Thanks him for "personal monogram"; regrets being unable to send a photograph of himself which appeared in Life , but encloses one made for the New York Herald Tribune . ]

  • Thorton Waldo Burgess to Mr. Bean
    1964 Nov
    TLS, 1 p.

    [Regrets being unable to supply the requested sketch; refers Bean to his illustrator, Harrison Cady ; apologizes for typed letter; says he is recovering from a stroke.]

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Photograph
  • Thorton Waldo Burgess , seated at typewriter, signed
    1944
    Photograph
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