Description:
Documents, Approximately Forty Signed Letters, Photographs, and Other Material. Consisting of approximately thirteen 19th century complete letters signed by Samuel Delucenna Ingham, Harvard College President Dr. James Walker, Nathaniel Parker Willis, John P. Kennedy, Samuel Jackson Randall, and others; [and] approximately thirteen letters signed by Kathleen Norris, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, Lady Grenfell, Louis Untermeyer, Robert Creeley, Kathleen Raine, Richmond Lattimore (transcription of the poem, R.M.S. Lusitania),and others; [together with] typed letter signed by Lyndon Johnson and autograph letter signed by Ronald Reagan; photograph signed by Jimmy Carter; autographed magazine photo of Tris Speaker; first day covers signed by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, Ralph Bunche, and others; and other documents.
Estimate $700-900
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Keywords
James Walker, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Wilfred Grenfell, Kathleen Norris, John P. Kennedy, Kathleen Raine, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Ralph Bunche, Louis Untermeyer, Harold Gatty, Samuel Delucenna Ingham, Samuel Jackson RandallJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
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