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Authors, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Frank G. Darlington collection

 Collection
Identifier: L040
Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence, postcards, calendars, poems, Frank G. Darlington’s thesis, book reviews, pamphlets, programs, and newspaper clippings from Frank G. Darlington ranging from 1871 to 1915. The collection contains many papers pertaining to James Whitcomb Riley.
Dates: 1871-1915

Henry W. Lawton statue dedication photographs

 Collection — Folder SP106
Identifier: SP106
Scope and Contents This collection includes 3 black-and-white photographs related to the dedication of the Henry W. Lawton statue in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 30, 1907. Two of the images are from the dedication of the statue in front of the old Marion County Courthouse, one showing James Whitcomb Riley reading poetry to the crowd below. There is also a photograph of the prominent attendees, including President Theodore Roosevelt, gathered at Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks' house. This image is a copy of...
Dates: 1907/05/30

James Whitcomb Riley letter

 Collection
Identifier: S2167
Scope and Contents This collection contains a June 28, 1895 letter written by James Whitcomb Riley on Denison Hotel stationary and sent to Paul Trevor Payne of Wabash, Indiana regarding a job at the Bowen-Merrill Co. in Indianapolis. Payne was a nephew of Riley's sister, Mary Elizabeth Riley Payne. The envelope, also from the Denison, was addressed by Riley and includes his initials. One other item, an envelope from the Bowen-Merrill Co. postmarked June 20, 1895, was also sent to Paul Payne at Wabash and has a...
Dates: 1895/06

James Whitcomb Riley portrait print

 Collection — Folder OBC028
Identifier: OBC028
Scope and Contents This collection includes an oversize portrait print of James Whitcomb Riley, from a photograph with hand-drawn embellishments, that belonged to Theresa Vinton Pierce Krull of Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1917.
Dates: circa 1917

James Whitcomb Riley portrait sketches

 Collection — Folder OBC176
Identifier: OBC176
Scope and Contents This collection contains portrait sketches of James Whitcomb Riley from 1912 and 1944.
Dates: 1912, 1944

Western Association of Writers collection

 Collection
Identifier: L217
Scope and Contents This collection consists of some of the papers of the Western Association of Writers for the years 1886-1910, with the bulk of the coverage from 1896 to 1899. Included here are the articles of association and bylaws, correspondence between the officers and members (majority of the collection), programs from some of their events, newspaper clippings concerning the WAW, miscellaneous WAW papers which include lists of officers, and miscellaneous pamphlets relating to the organization....
Dates: 1886-1910