A Guide to the Booth Tarkington Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7416-q
University of Virginia Library
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Booth Tarkington Collection, Accession 7416-q, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Purchase 1995 November 8
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- B. H. Stern
- Booth Tarkington
- John S. Tarkington
- Louise Keifer
Item Listing
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Original carbon typescript contract between Booth Tarkington and Fiction Pictures for the film rights to his novel and play entitled The Conquest of Canaan .1915 Jan 18Document, 5 p.
The contract is signed on the last page by Tarkington, B. H. Stern , Secretary for Fiction Pictures , and two witnesses, Louise Keifer and John S. Tarkington . There is a cover page stating: Booth Tarkington to Fiction Pictures Inc. Agreement.