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Basil Thompson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 07
Abstract
These papers preserve fragments from the short life of a New Orleans poet who was involved with Double Dealer; they also preserve fragments of his family's history. Much of the material in these papers is dated between 1913 and 1924, the years of Basil Thompson's literary activity. Thompson's childhood in the early 1900s also provided considerable material. Several items are dated from the nineteenth century, the earliest being the 1861 diary of Basil Thompson's grandfather.
Dates:
Created: 1861-1924; Other: Majority of material found in 1913-1924; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1981
H. L. Mencken Letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Collection 06
Scope and Contents
The sixty-three letters in this collection are arranged chronologically. Mencken wrote forty-nine letters to Wylie--the first in 1927, the last in 1948; Lohrfinck wrote the other fourteen--the first in 1947, the last in 1956. Besides the letters, this collection contains four other items: an undated page of notes in which Wylie clarified points made in some of the letters; a copy of Wylie's poem printed in the January 1928 American Mercury; a copy of her short story...
Dates:
Created: 1927-1956; Other: Date acquired: 09/05/2005
Percy-Walsh Correspondence
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Collection 13
Abstract
Lancelot moved Walsh as a study of evil and rebirth. He particularly empathized with the character of the priest who listens silently as the novel's central character, Lance, recounts a story of jealousy, deceit, and vengeance set in south Louisiana. The priest and Lance are old acquaintances, having grown up and gone to school together. Lance ascribes literary and religious persona to the various stages of the unresponding priest's life: Harry, Harry...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1985; Other: Date acquired: 05/03/2000
Samuel Louis Gilmore, Jr. Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 77
Content Description
These issues were collected by Louis Gilmore a poet, playwright, and assistant editor of The Double Dealer magazine. Gilmore published plays and poems in the magazine. He also has poetry published in some of the issues of The Little Review that were also included in the donation. Scope and Contents This collection is compiled of issues of two literary magazines, a manuscript and a self-published volume of original poetry and translation. The...
Dates:
Other: 1920-1926
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- Elder, Susan B. (Susan Blanchard), 1835-1923 1
- Literature -- New Orleans, La 1
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 -- Correspondence 1
- New Orleans (La.) -- Description and travel 1
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Correspondence 1
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- Thompson, T. P. (Thomas Payne), 1860-1924 1
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