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Box Small Coll. 02

 Container

Contains 133 Results:

Jesse Stuart Number of the American Book Collector, 1 Feb 1966

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 8
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is an artificial collection created to provide access to single items relating to Jesse Stuart. The core of the collection was part of the Townsend Room Collections, but other items have been added as found. The materials include a scrapbook on Jesse Stuart, an audio tape of his funeral, correspondence from Jesse Stuart to various individuals, autobiography, biographical notes and news clippings.

Dates: 1 Feb 1966

ALS Jesse Stuart to Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Donovan, 9 Aug 1937

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 15
Identifier: 15
Scope and Contents

Includes a manuscript and a typescript of "Schubert's Serenade." He talks about listening to the music as he wrote the poem.

Dates: 9 Aug 1937

ALS Jesse Stuart to Nell Stuart Donovan, 10 Jan 1938

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 16
Identifier: 16
Scope and Contents

Includes a manuscript short story, "Flirting Foxes", Stuart wrote while in London which was accepted for publication by Esquire.

Dates: 10 Jan 1938

ALS Jesse Stuart to Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Donovan, 4 Apr 1940

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 17
Identifier: 17
Scope and Contents

Includes two short stories. "When the Hen Crows" is a highly edited typescript (he cut it from 28 pages to 12). "Six Sugar Maples on the Hill" is a highly edited manuscript. These were accepted by Esquire and Household Magazine respectively.

Dates: 4 Apr 1940

TLS Jesse Stuart to Carl Sword, 3 May 1966

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 18
Identifier: 18
Scope and Contents

Stuart answers a series of questions about education.

Dates: 3 May 1966

ALS Jesse Stuart to J. Ed. McConnell, 21 Oct 1974

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 19
Identifier: 19
Scope and Contents

Stuart talks about his book, The Year of My Rebirth, and the medical problems of his sister.

Dates: 21 Oct 1974

ALS Jesse Stuart to Mabel W. Jennings and Elizabeth Jeffries, 23 Mar 1976

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 21
Identifier: 21
Scope and Contents

Unable to come to Eastern to receive a Kappa Delta Pi award.

Dates: 23 Mar 1976

ALS Jesse Stuart to Mabel Jennings, 30 Mar 1976

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 22
Identifier: 22
Scope and Contents

He has received the award in the mail and talks about teaching.

Dates: 30 Mar 1976

Jesse Stuart Funeral Program, 1984

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 23
Identifier: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is an artificial collection created to provide access to single items relating to Jesse Stuart. The core of the collection was part of the Townsend Room Collections, but other items have been added as found. The materials include a scrapbook on Jesse Stuart, an audio tape of his funeral, correspondence from Jesse Stuart to various individuals, autobiography, biographical notes and news clippings.

Dates: 1984

Pocket Guide to Vietnam, 1965

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 02, Folder: 1, item: 1
Scope and Contents

Small booklet containing a myriad of information about Vietnam and its people. It included a lot of historical background information, cultural tradition information, and even some key phrases that a soldier operating in the area might find useful when dealing with indigenous people.

Dates: 1965