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Finding-Aid for the Henry Watterson Collection (WTU00354)

Finding aid prepared by:
Special Collections Staff

Summary Information

Title: Henry Watterson Collection
Creator: Watterson , Henry , 1840-1921 , editor , Louisville Courier-Journal.
Call number: WTU00354
Language: English

Access and Use:

Sources:

[Gift of George H. Yenowine].

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Processing Information:

Processing: October, 1969, by JS

Contents List

		Title
box-folder   9/Watterson		1897: March 20-[1898]. Notebook (4 items)    Scope: Titled on cover, Watterson on Grover Cleveland, contains two ms. essays with ms. revisions, five loose sheets and a galley proof. First essay titled Grover Cleveland, comments on Cleveland's policies on the tariff, the money issue, etc., and his qualities as a statesman and as a man. Signed and dated March 20, 1897, 22pp. Second essay, Editors and office, discusses and gives examples of the relationships between newspaper editors and political office holders, 7pp. A galley proof of an article concerning the dedication of a monument to Francis Scott Key, [an address by Henry Watterson] is laid in. Four loose pages, ms. with ms. revisions, numbered 8-11, may be a partial draft for the galley proof. Black simulated leather cover,