A Guide to the Booth Tarkington Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7416-k
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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-k, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Purchase 1985 Dec 30
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Booth Tarkington
- Elizabeth Grant
- Robert Kastor
- Ulysses S. Grant
Item Listing
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Booth Tarkington to Elizabeth Grant , daughter-in-law of General Ulysses S. Grant1899 Jun 2ALS, 4 p.
[Discusses their meeting in 1872 and an incident regarding a tassel; writes news of his mother and sister; reminiscences about California ; mentions his serial in McClure's . ]
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Booth Tarkington to Elizabeth Grant1935 Mar 17ALS, 1 p.
[Discusses his visit to California in 1871; agrees to inscribe her copy of "Monsieur Beaucaire."]