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1. Florence Hamilton collection relating to Edwin Markham, 1857-1959

   11,000 items. 22 containers plus 15 oversize. 12 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poet and lecturer. Correspondence, poetry, articles and speeches, biographical material, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia, printed matter and other papers pertaining mainly to the poet Edwin Markham.

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2. William Orton Tewson papers, 1923-1926

   120 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor and literary critic. Primarily a list of contributors and responses from authors, poets, and journalists to Tewson's query, "Do you care what the critics say about you?" posed in the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post in 1926.

3. Louise Chandler Moulton papers, 1852-1908

   9,000 items. 51 containers. 10.4 linear feet. 15 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author. Chiefly letters received by Moulton from prominent literary figures in the United States, England, and Europe with some holograph poems. Also includes correspondence of the English poet John Marston and his son Philip Bourke Marston.

4. Benjamin Holt Ticknor papers, 1595-1935

   3,000 items. 25 containers plus 1 oversize. 5.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor and publisher. Chiefly correspondence of American and British authors whose works were published by the Boston firms of Ticknor and Company and James R. Osgood and Company, with most of the letters addressed to Ticknor or to his daughter, Caroline Ticknor.

5. John Vance Cheney papers, 1847-1927

   3,150 items. 9 containers plus 1 oversize. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poet, essayist, and librarian. Family correspondence, general correspondence, a diary, manuscripts of poems, short stories, articles, and drafts of Cheney's unpublished autobiography, and other papers.

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6. Lillian Everts papers, 1933-1956

   8,400 items. 14 containers. 6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poet. Correspondence, biographical material, clippings, photocopies, invitations, advertisements, scripts, and printed matter relating to Everts's career in poetry.

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7. Daniel Carter Beard papers, 1798-1941

   72,000 items. 261 containers plus 2 oversize. 105 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist, author, editor, and cofounder of the Boy Scouts of America. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, speeches, articles, collected source material for writings and speeches, school composition books, address books, sketch books, illustrations, photographs, memorabilia, and printed matter relating chiefly to Beard's activities at the Culver Military Academy, Dan Beard Outdoor School, and with the Boy Scouts of America.

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