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Courtship by correspondence : printed copy

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    Autobiography of a marriage : printed copy

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    A 2000 printed copy of "Autobiography of a marriage," by Rollande Auger Keppel and Charles Keppel. Consists of Volume 1: Building Bridges and Volume 2: Until Death Do Us Part.

    mssHM 84225

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    Souvenirs of Earth : an exercise in the art of tour de force : printed copy

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    A 1997 printed copy of the 1936 anthology poem "Souvenirs of Earth: an exercise in the Art of Tour de Force" by Charles Keppel.

    mssHM 84223

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    A Literary Miscellany

    Manuscripts

    Also enclosed: photograph of Charles Keppel, 1946.

    mssHM 84532

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    Correspondence

    Manuscripts

    This collection contains 10 manuscripts and 18 letters either written by or related to American author Charles Warren Stoddard. Manuscripts consist of poems by Stoddard, as well as a contemporary copy of a poem by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and two reminiscences by poet Ina D. Coolbrith about John Greenleaf Whittier and Bret Harte and Stoddard. Includes letters to Stoddard from Samuel Clemens (contemporary copy) "Amber" (Martha Everts Holden); Grace Keeler Machin; Alice Macleod; Toby Rosenthal; Edward Rowland Sill; Thomas Walsh; and Carrie Wyatt. There are also single images of Stoddard's friends Thérèse Yelverton and David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, as well as two envelopes and two printed articles by Stoddard.

    mssHM 38486-HM 38513

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    Letters addressed to Charles Kent, HM 18700-18746; ephemera, printed copies of letters

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    A series of letters written to Charles Kent on the occasion of a dinner held in honor of Charles Dickens before his departure to the United States in November 1867. The letters were written in response to Kent's request the letter writers would be stewards for the dinner on November 2, 1867. The majority of the letters are short notes accepting or declining the invitation; many of the letters with envelopes. The letters were written by many of the most famous men of Victorian Britain, including prime ministers, politicians, authors, actors, artists, and businessmen, including, among others, Wilkie Collins, Frederick Locker-Lampson, and William Henry Wills. The collection also includes a small number of letters by Charles Dickens, printed copies of all the letters and other ephemera, a large printed poster announcing the dinner, and the original separated bindings.

    mssHM 18584-18746

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    Handbooks, Correspondence, and Ephemera

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    This collection consists of diaries from the Nordahls' college years, correspondence from their courtship, and correspondence from friends and relatives during their time overseas. There are three university student handbooks - one from the University of California and two from USC. Each of these includes handwritten notes as well as printed rules and expectations for incoming and continuing students. There is also a Boy Scout Diary from 1918, which includes a printed scouting handbook and handwritten notes. Ephemera materials include an Epworth League University M.E. Church program from January-June, 1909, a 1910 Underscored Edition Gospel of John, a 1914 USC joint reception booklet, receipts for dues paid to the Modern Woodmen of America, calling cards, and a single receipt dated 1948. Subjects include the Boy Scouts of America, the China Inland Mission, the Pacific Improvement Company, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Methodist Episcopal Church, the YMCA, the YWCA, and the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. In most cases, these subjects are mentioned only briefly in letters or diaries, though Boy Scouts of America, the YMCA, and the YWCA are more thoroughly discussed in the printed sections of the Boy Scout diary and student handbooks.

    mssHM 71650-71681