Papers of Booth Tarkington, 1892-1945.

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Papers of Booth Tarkington, 1892-1945.

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The collection contains five manuscripts: "Flowers for the Living," A Tribute to Julian Street; a page from "The Two Vanrevels"; introduction for "A World Worth While"; an essay on Wayman Adams; and A Great Man's career, "Great Man's career" and a quotation. In correspondence concerning his literary work Tarkington discusses the role of the audience in a theatrical performance, the adaptation of his play "Monsieur Beaucaire" to the needs of the performers at, collaborationwith H.L. Wilson, and difficulty in being objective towards his work. He also mentions a performance of "Katherine" while at Princeton, working on a scenario for Samuel Goldwyn, scheduling publication of stories, proofing and revisions, and the popularity of the Penrod stories. Correspondence also gives opinions on Lawrence Mazzaovitch, George Ade, Mark Lee Luther, Wayman Adams and John Singer Sargent portraits of him, Richard Harding Davis, Albert B. Paine's biography of Mark Twain, and especially James Whitcomb Riley. He gives opinions on the American-Soviet confrontation and encourages the reading of Tolstoy. In addition there are letters of recommendation for Charles Fisk Dalton and a Mr. Brown, social notes, letters of thanks and regret, reminiscences, comments on his poor health, nervous condition and vision problems, and personal letters to James Whitcomb Riley from Tarkington and other family members giving personal news including accounts of ill health and Maine vacations, and a solicitation of funds for the Indianapolis Orphans Asylum. The collection also contains a lithograph portrait by Richard Hood; photographs; a postcard of his summer home; a caricature of Alexander Woollcott and a pen-and-ink drawing by Robert Kastors.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Adams, Wayman, 1883-1959

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Bangs, John Kendrick. (1862-1922).

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Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

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Dalton, Charles

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Ade, George, 1866-1944

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Mazzanovitch, Lawrence, 1871-1959.

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Goldwyn, Samuel, 1882-1974

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Street, Julian, 1879-1947

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Luther, Mark Lee, 1872-1951

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Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916

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Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946

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"These were written at periods when Mr. Tarkington and Susanah [his wife] were in Indianapolis and they wanted to have news from Kennebunkport, Maine. We had known him very shortly after we moved to Kennebunkport in about 1917, after the war. He was known as 'the gentleman from Indiana' and was a well known author at the time the first letter in this collection was written. . . . Mr. Tarkington had rented a house in Kennebunkport for many years but decided that he would like to design his own pl...

Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937

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