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4 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919.
Burton Egbert Stevenson papers, 1900-1951
7,700 items. 33 containers plus 1 oversize. 13.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Anthologist, author, and librarian. Correspondence with poets and other writers, comments on the origin of quotations, obscure biographical data on literary figures, and negotiations with publishers relating to the compilation of Stevenson's anthologies. Includes correspondence and administrative files from his service as European representative of the American Library Association, including material on the American Library in Paris, founded in 1918. Also contains drafts and copies of his own writings.
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Luther Burbank papers, 1830-1989
12,500 items. 41 containers. 16 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Botanist, horticulturist, and naturalist. Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, sketches, nursery plans and notes, business records, scrapbooks, family papers and genealogies, and printed material concerning Burbank's career as a botanist and his family and personal life.
Marshall P. Wilder papers, 1880-1914
2,000 items. 8 containers plus 1 oversize. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Humorist and entertainer. Correspondence, diaries, humor notes and clippings supplying the raw material for Wilder's performances, notebooks containing lists of theatrical agents and performers, scrapbooks of playbills and theatrical broadsides, and photographs.
Adelaide Johnson papers, 1873-1947
40,000 items. 130 containers. 55.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Sculptor and suffragist. Family and general correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, notes, and other papers concerning Johnson's life and activities as sculptor and feminist. Documents her work on the monument to Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, now located in the crypt of the United States Capitol. Also includes records of sittings by Susan B. Anthony, John Burroughs, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and others of whom she created portrait busts.