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V. Eugene Field material. [series]:
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V.1 Correspondence. [subseries]:
Scope: Individuals represented in the Field correspondence include
Edward W. Bok, Wm. C. Buskett, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Eugene
Field, Roswell M. Field, Edmund C. Garrett, Marcus Lemon Gray,
Frnak W. Gunsaulus, Edward Everett Hale, Marcus A. Hanna, Henry H.
Harper, George E. Hoskinson, Thomas Joseph Hutchinson, Victor F.
Lawson, Helena Mokjeska, Edgar Wilson Nye, Opie Percival Read,
James Whitcomb Riley, Charles S. Shepherd, Slason, Thompson, and
Francis Wilson.
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| box-folder 18/1. |
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1875: Mar.
4-1888: Nov. 14.
(14 items, 25 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/2. |
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1889: Jan.
1-1891: April 28.
(18 items, 54 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/3. |
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1891: May
19-1894: Aug. 9.
(18 items, 32 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/4. |
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1894: Sept.
22-[n.d.].
(18 items, 32 pp.) |
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V.2 Literary autographs. Included in this section are
autograph and autograph[facsimile] drafts of poems, stories,
newspaper articles, and translations by Field and in his
autograph. [subseries]:
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| box-folder 18/5. |
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[n.d.].
Beard and baby[poem]. Ts. and ts.[carbon], without
revision.
(2 items, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/6. |
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[n.d.].
The Christmas stocking[poem]. Auto. draft, possibly
not in Field's autograph.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/7. |
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1886: Aug.
Contentment[poem]. Auto. draft.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/8. |
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[n.d.].
Dear old London[poem]. Auto. copy, not in Field's
autograph.
(1 item, 4 pp.) |
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Map case. [n.d.]. Death of Robin Hood[poem]. Auto.
draft, executed in various inks, with drawings, and signed by
Field.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/9. |
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1892.
The delectable history of mistress Merciless[story].
Auto. draft [fragment], executed by Field as a gift to Nellie
Yenowine. Included are two notes from Nellie Yenowine describing
the item, and a descriptive card by Bixby.
(3 items, 8 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/10. |
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1886: July.
An evening hymn[poem]. Auto. draft, without
revision.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/11. |
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[n.d.].
The field and the tree: A fable[poem]. Auto. draft,
without revision. Included is a card prepared by
Bixby.
(2 items, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/12. |
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1891: Feb.
16. The Hawthorne children[poem]. Auto. draft with
moderate auto. revision. Included is a card prepared by
Bixby.
(2 items, 5 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/13. |
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1886: Jan.
He that hath ears[poem]. Auto. draft with light auto.
revision.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/14. |
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[n.d.].
Horatius Flaccus, Quintus (Horace). Odes. Auto. and
auto. [facsimile] drafts of nine odes translated by Eugene
Field. Included are two cards prepared by Bixby.
(11 items, 15 pp.) |
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Map case. [n.d.]. Field, Eugene. Auto. drafts of 12
odes translated by Roswell Field.
(13 items, 13 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/15. |
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[n.d.].
Index. Auto. notations in Eugene Field's autograph on
26 pages.
(1 item, 26 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/16. |
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1893-1895.
Inscriptions. Auto. [facsimile] inscriptions made by
Field in books given to George F. Yenowine. One containing a
note from Henry H. Harper to Bixby concerning Villon and I
[poem] by Eugene Field.
(5 items, 5 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/17. |
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[n.d.].
[Leaf from a play]. Auto. draft, without
revision.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/18. |
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[n.d.].
Leap-year rymes [poem]. Auto. draft, without
revision.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/19. |
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1889.
A little book of profitable tales [collection of
stories]. Auto. draft of proposed colophon with instructions to
printer.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/20. |
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[n.d.].
Little boy blue [poem]. Auto. draft [facsimile], in
grey folder.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/21. |
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1890: June
11. Lovers' lane [poem]. Auto. and two auto.
[facsimile] drafts with heavy revision. Included is a dealer's
description and a card prepared by Bixby.
(5 items, 5 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/22. |
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[n.d.].
Lullaby, by the sea [song]. Words by Field; music by
Leah Lucile Ebrinch. Auto. draft of score.
(1 item, 3 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/23. |
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1893: Oct. 5.
Lydia die [poem]. Auto. draft, without
revision.
(1 item, 4 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/24. |
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1890: May 17.
The madman of Skars Fiord [poem]. Auto. draft, with
moderate auto. revision. Included is a card prepared by
Bixby.
(2 items, 4 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/25. |
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[n.d.].
Mary did have a little lamb [poem]. Auto. draft, with
light auto. revision.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/26. |
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[n.d.].
Mr. Blaine's mistake [prose piece]. Auto. draft,
probably not made by Field. Including a card prepared by
Bixby.
(2 items, 9 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/27. |
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1884: Nov.
10. Moonbeam, through the lattice creeping [poem].
Auto. draft, with light auto. revision.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/28. |
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1868: Oct.
14. Notebook. A childhood notebook containing six
pages of verse and comment in Field's autograph.
(1 item, 8 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/29. |
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[n.d.].
Now I lay me [song]. Words by Eugene Field; music by
E. Haswood Neal. Auto. draft of score.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/30. |
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[n.d.].
Oh, London is as fine a town [poem]. Auto.
[facsimile] draft. With a note, [n.d.], from Henry H. Harper to
Bixby.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/31. |
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[n.d.].
Origins of his work. Auto. list discussing the
origins of some of his poems and stories. One original and one
facsimile.
(2 items, 4 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/32. |
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1892: June 2.
Our whippings [poem]. Auto. draft with moderate auto.
revision. Including a card prepared by Bixby.
(2 items, 4 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/33. |
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1873: Sept.
1. Paradise lost [poem]. Auto. draft with light auto.
revision. Including a card prepared by Bixby.
(2 items, 12 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/34. |
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[n.d.].
Persistence [song]. Words and music by Field. Auto.
draft of score addressed to Marie Jansen.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/35. |
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[n.d.].
Sharps and flats [newspaper column]. Auto. drafts
with light auto. revision of seven columns.
(7 items, 42 pp.) |
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Map case. 1895. Songs. Simeties, Lady button eyes, The
shuteye train, and The happy household, with words by Field and
music by George Bech; Lullaby, with words by Field and music by
Willis G. Abbott. Auto. drafts of scores.
(3 items, 11 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/36. |
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[n.d.].
There no vandal foot has trod [untitled poem]. Auto.
draft without revision.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/37. |
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1886: Apr.
22. There sleeps a gallant, dauntless knight
[untitled poem]. Auto. draft, with light auto.
revision.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/38. |
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[1895?].
Titles of his work prior to 1894. Auto. list, with
auto. notations.
(2 items, 14 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/39. |
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[n.d.].
Untitled prose piece. Auto. [facsimile] draft. With a
note from his editor.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/40. |
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1895: Sept.
29. Villon and I [poem]. Auto. draft [facsimile],
with moderate auto. revision.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/41. |
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1886: Mar.
10. The were-wolf [short story]. Auto. draft, with
heavy auto. revision.
(1 item, 7 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/42. |
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[n.d.].
Where there's a Lang there's a way[poem]. Auto.
draft, probably not by Field.
(1 item, 3 pp.) |
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V.3 Printed works. [subseries]:
Scope: Included are printed versions of Field's poems, stories, and
translations.
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| box-folder 18/43. |
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[n.d.].
The ambitious bat[newspaper column]. Newsprint
mounted on paper. Light auto. revision.
(1 item, 3 pp.) |
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Map case. 1894. The dinkey bird is singing in the
Amfalula tree[song]. Words by Field; music by Thomas
Story.
(1 item, 5 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/44. |
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1889: Apr.
12. [Edgar Allan Poe][newspaper column]. Newsprint.
Two copies.
(2 items, 4 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/45. |
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[n.d.].
The haunted man[newspaper column]. Newsprint mounted
on paper.
(1 item, 7 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/46. |
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1887.
The fairies of Pesth[newspaper column]. Newsprint
mounted on paper.
(1 item, 9 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/47. |
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[n.d.].
Jess' a-fore Chris'mas[poem]. Newsprint mounted on
cover designed by Mark Forrest.
(1 item, 1 p.) |
| box-folder 18/47a. |
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[n.d.].
Jest 'fore Christmas[poem]. Facsimile printed as a
Christmas greeting for Wm. K. Bixby.
(1 item, 6 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/48. |
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[n.d.].
Little boy blue[poem]. Auto. draft[facsimile],
published by The Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, St.
Louis.
(1 item, 4 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/49. |
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[n.d.].
Ludwig and Eloise[newspaper column]. Newsprint
mounted on paper; light auto. revision.
(1 item, 3 pp.) |
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Shelved. 1890: Feb. 11-Aug. 23. Sharps and
flats[newspaper column]. A scrapbook containing the columns
clipped from the Chicago Daily News.
(1 item, 60 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/50. |
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1892.
My shepherd is the Lord[song]. Words by Field; music
by Arthur M. Curry. 2 copies.
(2 items, 8 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/51. |
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1885: July.
A soldier's wife[newspaper column]. Newsprint mounted
on paper.
(1 item, 3 pp.) |
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V.4 Editorial matter. [subseries]:
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| box-folder 18/52. |
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1917.
Gems in verse and prose[collection]. Ts. with
instructions to printer. Note from Henry H. Harper, editor, to
Bixby.
(1 item, 16 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/53. |
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Horatius Flaccus, Quintus. Odes, trans. by Eugene
Field. Proof sheets and clippings mounted on paper; annotated by
Field. 44 clippings in envelope.
(44 clippings & 40) |
| box-folder 18/54. |
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[n.d.]
Lists of contents. Auto. lists of contents with auto.
revision for the collections of poems and stories A little book
of profitable tales, Love songs of childhood, and A little book
of western verse.
(3 items, 6 pp.) |
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Map case. [n.d.]. A little book of profitable
tales[collection of tales]. Galley proof,
uncorrected.
(1 item, 29 galleys) |
| box-folder 18/55. |
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[n.d.].
A little book of western verse[collection of poems].
Galley proof, with light auto. corrections.
(1 item, 41 galleys) |
| box-folder 18/56. |
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[n.d.].
Marthky's younkit & Prof. Vere De Blanc[poems].
Galley proof, corrected.
(2 galleys) |
| box-folder 18/57. |
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[n.d.].
Poems. Proof sheets, corrected.
(2 items, 1 p. & 1 card) |
| box-folder 18/58. |
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[n.d.].
Poems. Proof sheet and clippings mounted on paper.
Annotated by Field.
(8 items, 9 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/59. |
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[n.d.].
The springtime[newspaper column]. Galley proof,
signed. Two copies.
(2 items, 2 galleys) |
| box-folder 18/59a. |
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1886.
The symbol and the saint[story]. Facsimile edition,
illustrated by J.L. Snodgrass.
(1 item, 11 pp.) |
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Map case. [n.d.]. The symbol and the saint[story].
Galley proof, uncorrected.
(1 item, 2 galleys) |
| box-folder 18/60. |
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1890: Feb.
22. The yankee abroad[poem]. Auto. draft[facsimile],
with instructions to the printer.
(1 item, 4 pp.) |
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V.5 Miscellany. [subseries]:
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| box-folder 18/61. |
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Autobiographical information and clippings as
follows:
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[n.d.].
An autobiographical essay composed by
Field.
(Auto.[facsimile] and printed versions.) |
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[n.d.].
Clipping showing Field's grave. |
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1926: Mar.
8. Clipping from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
concerning Field's reinterment. |
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1927: Jan.
14. Clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
reviewing Life of Eugene Field[biography] by Slason
Thompson. |
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1927: Feb.
5. Clipping from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
reviewing Life of Eugene Field[biography] by Slason
Thompson.
Note: 6 items, 15 pp. |
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Shelved. [n.d.]. Autograph book. Volume of blank
leaves stamped on spine A little book of profitable
tales.
(1 item, 57 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/62. |
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[n.d.].
Books by Eugene Field. Ts. list with auto.
annotations. Compiler unknown.
(1 item, 10 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/63. |
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Buskett, Wm. C. 1897: Mar. 6. Photograph, inscribed to
Trotty. [n.d.].
Obituary notice clipped from newspaper.
(2 items) |
| box-folder 18/63a. |
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Corwin, W.B. [n.d.]. To Eugene Field[poem]. Auto. draft,
without corrections.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/64. |
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Democratic Party and campaign material.
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1892.
Red hot Democratic campaign songs. Eugene Field's
copy. |
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[1892].
Cleveland, Grover.
(8 campaign pictures.) |
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1888.
National Democratic Convention. Welcome to the
convention in St. Louis. |
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1892: Dec.
7. The Union League, Philadelphia. Autographs of
Field, Henry George, Talcott Williams, Edward W. Bok, and
others on Union League stationary. |
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[n.d.].
Handy, M.P. Three calling cards identifying him as
National Commissioner to Europe for the World's Columbian
Exposition.
Note: 14 items, 37 pp. & 11 cards |
| box-folder 18/65. |
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Drawings: [Eugene Field]. 1888: April 23. Drawing
of Mary Field made by Eugene Field;
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[n.d.].
Drawing of himself made by Eugene Field on the back
of a calling card of F.B. DeBerard.
Note: 2 items, 1 p. & 1 card. |
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Map case. [n.d.]. Drawings: Stoddard, Lawrence(?).
[Eugene Field in the Chicago Daily News Office] [caricature].
Ink and water color drawing.
(1 item) |
| box-folder 18/66. |
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1892: Feb.
16. Drawings: Young, Art. Horace and me[caricature].
Ink drawing of Field.
(1 item) |
| box-folder 18/67. |
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[n.d.].
Edward VII. Auto. note, allegedly written by Edward
while Prince of Wales.
(1 item, 4 pp. & envelope.) |
| box-folder 18/68. |
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Larned, Wm. Trowbridge. The mantle of Eugene
Field[historical essay]. Tear sheets from the Bookman, v. 41,
1915.
(1 item, 15 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/69. |
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189?: May 13.
McCullogh, J.B. Note accompanying a Reporter's badge
for Railway conductors' convention.
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[n.d.].
Two silhouettes, possibly of field.
(1 item, 2 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/70. |
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[n.d.].
Photographs: Eugene Field. 12
photographs.
(12 items) |
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Map case. [n.d.]. Photographs: Eugene Field. One
photograph.
(1 item) |
| box-folder 18/71. |
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Photographs: People and places. Photographs as
follows:
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[n.d.].
Buffalo, N.Y.: 1825 & 1850. Clipped from a
magazine. |
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[n.d.].
Misc. photos. of prominent journalists from
Buffalo, clipped from magazine. Including: J.N. Matthews,
Henry H. Otis, C.W. Winspear, John Laughlin, Wilson Shannon
Bissell, and Robert Dick. |
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1895: Feb.
Francis Wilson. Inscribed to Eugene
Field.
Note: 6 items. |
| box-folder 18/72. |
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Poetic tributes.
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[n.d.].
Reedy, William Marion. To Eugene
Field[poem].
(Ts. copy taken from Missouri literature[anthology],
ed. by Richard H. Jesse & Edward A. Allen.) |
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1892: Feb.
19. Stoddart, Alfred. Our little boy
blue[poem].
(Auto. draft, inscribed to Eugene Field.)
Note: 2 items, 2 pp. |
| box-folder 18/73. |
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Programs, passenger lists, menues, etc.
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1892: Aug.
3. Field's place card for a dinner, signed by those
present. |
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1894: Feb.
23. Menue for a luncheon at The Snipery, signed by
those present. |
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1892: Feb.
13. Seating arrangement and signatures of those
present at a luncheon at the Virginia Hotel. |
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1889: Oct.
9. Inman line. List of saloon passangers...
Including the Field family. |
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1892: Dec.
6. Pen and Pencil Club. Program for a reading by
Eugene Field and George W. Cable. |
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1889: Feb.
6. Milwaukee Press Club. Program for a reading by
Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley. |
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[n.d.].
H.J. Norman. Miss Mary French Field...in readings
from her father's poems [advertising booklet]. |
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[no year:
April 21]. Anchorage Country Club. Program for a
reading by Eugene Field. |
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1892: June
21. Richards, Frank. Protection for Americans
abroad[advertising broadsheet].
Note: 9 items, 34 pp. |
| box-folder 18/74. |
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1877: April.
The Rothacker-Rosewater imbroglio[compilation of
clippings]. Clippings mounted on paper. Compiled by
Field.
(1 item, 7 pp.) |
| box-folder 18/75. |
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Various items.
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[n.d.].
An account list perhaps composed by
Field. |
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[n.d.].
A copy of Field's bookplate, mounted. |
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[n.d.].
Park, Wm. D. & Son. The lobster: Is it cruel to
cook him alive[culinary/humanitarian inquiry]. |
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[no year]:
Dec. 4. Two box seat tickets to P.T. Barnum's
Greatest Show On Earth, at the Olympia Theatre,
[London]. |
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1890.
Guest card for J.W. North Eagle privided by the
Duke of Westminster, admitting Eagle to the Grosvenor House
for lunch.
Note: 7 itemsNote: 281 items |
