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A Guide to the Theodore Dreiser Collection Dreiser, Theodore. 6220-m

A Guide to the Theodore Dreiser Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6220-m


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

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
6220-m
Title
Theodore Dreiser Collection 1929, 1931
Extent
2 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

Theodore Dreiser Collection, Accession 6220-m, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase 1996 May 9

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Ellis D. Robb
  • Esther Van Dresser
  • Evelyn Light
  • Paul Dresser
  • Theodore Dreiser
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • New York City
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Item Listing

Letters
  • Evelyn Light , Secretary to Theodore Dreiser , New York City , to Ellis D. Robb , Atlanta, Georgia
    1931 Jul 29
    TLS, 1 p.

    [thanks Robb on Dreiser's behalf for sending a clipping of Mr. Drewry's column with his recent letter] on Dreiser's stationery

  • Esther Van Dresser , Secretary to Theodore Dreiser , New York City , to Ellis D. Robb , Atlanta, Georgia
    1929
    TLS, 1 p.

    [suggests that Robb secure a copy of Twelve Men "for in the study of My Brother Paul , Mr. Dreiser tells just exactly what you wish to know about On the Banks of the Wabash and in the most delightful detail. Briefly, however, Mr. Dreiser is responsible for the skeleton of the first verse and the chorus, while credit for the music, the finished first verse and the second belongs to Paul Dresser . "] on Dreiser's stationery

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