Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
Papers of M. M. B. Walsh's literary agent, Joan Daves, including publishing contracts, a power of attorney, correspondence, photographs, and printed ephemera. Correspondence includes eleven autograph and typescript letters, signed, from Walsh to Daves, eight typescript carbon letters from Daves to Walsh, and several third party letters from editors and publishers regarding Walsh's work. Letters from Walsh discuss literary and personal matters, including her books, work in progress, including the novel The Ghost-walkers, teaching, life on reservations in the Dakotas, and the relationship between her literary output and the Sioux community.
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Joan Daves, American literary agent., Margaret M. B. Walsh (1916-1996), American author., and Purchased from Ken Lopez Bookseller on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
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Daves, Joan and Walsh, M. M. B
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Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Dakota Indians, and Dakota Indians--Social life and customs
Bellamy, Dodie, Killian, Kevin, Lennon, John, 1940-1980, and Ono, Yōko
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American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets--United States--20th Century
2 of 2 folders completely digitized. and The collection contains typescripts of four undated novels by Aleta B. Baker: Captive Amid the Astral: A Romance (355 pages); The Double Bridal (366 pages); The Mysterious Opal Globe: A Mystical Romance (67 pages); and Rathbone, Son of the Sun: A Romance of Reincarnation (287 pages).
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Aleta Blanche Baker, American author, was born in Maine in 1880, and died in Miami, Florida, on January 19, 1943. Baker was the founding director of the Order of the Portal, a Christian occultist group headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1924 she married Leslie Talbot Baker (born 1875), who earned both his AB (1900) and MD (1906) degrees from Harvard University., Box 1 contains manuscripts; Box 2 contains the original boxes that held the manuscripts., and Purchased from Ian Brabner on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
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Authors, American--20th century and Occultism--United States