Typed letter from Mrs. A.B. Smith, 227 So. Lucerne Blvd., Los Angeles, California, to Mr. Charles van Ravenswaay, director, Missouri Historical Society. Accepts Mr. van Ravenswaay’s offer to house the thirty volumes of Patience Worth material in the Missouri Historical Society. Discusses her relationship with Pearl Curran. (2 pages), 1957 May 28

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection includes correspondence of Pearl Curran and miscellaneous material relating to her career; 29 typescript volumes of dialogues between Patience Worth and the family and friends of Pearl Curran, 1913-1937; loose typescripts of selected dialogues, 1916-1928; one bound volume titled “Odds and Ends” of miscellaneous writings, poems, etc. by Patience Worth; a typescript by Casper Yost of Patience Worth’s The First Book of Panda, 1915-1916; partial typescript manuscripts of Patience Worth’s works Redwing and The Merry Tale; a book of poetry written by Patience Worth for members of the Parrish family; loose poems written for Mrs. Dudley French and others; original and photocopy newspaper clippings regarding Pearl Curran and Patience Worth; a photograph of Pearl Curran’s gravesite; and correspondence of the Missouri Historical Society with donor Mrs. A.B. Smith.