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Richard Harding Davis Papers, 1861-1915

The collection consists of correspondence; pieces from the diary (1865-1879) of Davis' mother, Rebecca Harding Davis; MSS of Davis' plays and dramatizations by others from Davis' stories; agreements between Davis and various publishers; copyrights; clippings concerning Davis' father's death in 1904; notebooks, address books, accounts, notes; Lehigh College scrapbook (1880-1884), photographs, and other papers. Includes draft of article on Joseph Pulitzer, notes on the life of Philo Norton McGiffen, preface to an unpublished story on South America, correspondence, clippings, tracts, etc. (1907-1909) relating to Sebastian H.L. de Magali's Brazil filibuster incident, and correspondence of Davis' father, Lemuel Clarke Davis, his brother, Charles Belmont Davis, and his mother, Rebecca Harding Davis.

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Richard Harding Davis Papers, 1861-1915

The collection consists of correspondence; pieces from the diary (1865-1879) of Davis' mother, Rebecca Harding Davis; MSS of Davis' plays and dramatizations by others from Davis' stories; agreements between Davis and various publishers; copyrights; clippings concerning Davis' father's death in 1904; notebooks, address books, accounts, notes; Lehigh College scrapbook (1880-1884), photographs, and other papers. Includes draft of article on Joseph Pulitzer, notes on the life of Philo Norton McGiffen, preface to an unpublished story on South America, correspondence, clippings, tracts, etc. (1907-1909) relating to Sebastian H.L. de Magali's Brazil filibuster incident, and correspondence of Davis' father, Lemuel Clarke Davis, his brother, Charles Belmont Davis, and his mother, Rebecca Harding Davis.

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