Autographs

Scope and Contents This collection contains two letters written by Ross F. Lockridge Jr. and sent to Mary E. Schell, an acquisitions librarian at the Indiana State Library, regarding a request by Schell for an autographed copy of his novel,Raintree County. The typewritten letters are dated October 8, 1947 and January 23, 1948 and include his handwritten signature. In the January 23rd letter, Lockridge mentions that he is "much harassed by sickness and family problems, along with the usual -- if not more than...