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A collection of letters and manuscripts of Dreiser. Among the seventeen letters are four written to the American editor William C. Lengel, concerning the writing of THE "GENIUS." The collection also contains the holograph manuscripts of "Fulfillment" a short story published in the author's CHAINS in 1927, and "Some American Women Painters" a journalistic essay written ca. 1897 and apparently unpublished (see article by Ellen Moers, COLUMBIA LIBRARY COLUMNS, May 1966, pp. 10-24).
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Theodore Dreiser letters and manuscripts; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Source of acquisition--Samuels, Jack Harris. Method of acquisition--Gift, other items by purchase; Date of acquisition--1961. Accession number--M-61.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.
2022-10-31 Finding aid created. kws
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