Box 2
Container
Contains 35 Results:
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
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...
Dates:
1957 May 28
Copy of letter from [Charles van Ravenswaay, Missouri Historical Society] to Mrs. A.B. Smith, 227 South Lucerne Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Responds favorably to Mrs. Smith’s letter of May 28, 1957. (1 item), 1957 May 31
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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...
Dates:
1957 May 31
Typed letter from Mrs. A.B. Smith to Mr. Charles van Ravenswaay, director, Missouri Historical Society. Provides a list of published and unpublished works relating to Patience Worth. (1 item), 1957 June 4
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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...
Dates:
1957 June 4
Copy of letter from [Charles van Ravenswaay, Missouri Historical Society] to Mrs. A.B. Smith. Confirms that the Missouri Historical Society has all of the published works relating to Patience Worth already, but he would be happy to have the unpublished works. (1 item), 1957 June 13
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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...
Dates:
1957 June 13
Typed letter from Mrs. A.B. Smith, Los Angeles, California, to Mr. Charles van Ravenswaay, director, Missouri Historical Society. States that she is willing to give the records of Patience Worth to the Missouri Historical Society now, and asks for assistance in packing them. (1 item), 1957 June 25
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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...
Dates:
1957 June 25
Copy of letter from [Charles van Ravenswaay, Missouri Historical Society] to Mrs. A.B. Smith, 227 South Lucerne Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Sends his regrets that he will be unable to go to California to assist Mrs. Smith with packing the Patience Worth records. Mentions that there may be a delay in the transportation of the records because of the Railway Express strike. (1 item), 1957 June 28
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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...
Dates:
1957 June 28
Typed letter from Ruth Duell to Charles [van Ravenswaay]. Regarding her visit with Mrs. A. B. Smith and her efforts to persuade Mrs. Smith to give all of her papers relating to Pearl Curran and Patience Worth to the Missouri Historical Society. States Mrs. Smith’s belief that Mr. van Ravenswaay’s initial letter to her was “instigated” by Patience Worth. Also states that she herself is not a believer in Patience Worth, and speculates that Mrs. Curran was a case of disassociated personality. (1 item), 1957 July 15
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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...
Dates:
1957 July 15
Copy of letter from [Charles van Ravenswaay, Missouri Historical Society] to Mrs. C.H. Duell, Meadow Road, Riverside, Connecticut. Requests that Mrs. Duell write an article on Patience Worth for the Missouri Historical Society Bulletin. (1 item), 1957 July 18
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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...
Dates:
1957 July 18
Copy of letter from [Charles van Ravenswaay, Missouri Historical Society] to Mrs. A.B. Smith, 227 Lucerne Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Regarding Mrs. Duell’s letter about Mrs. Smith giving her correspondence with Mrs. Curran to the Missouri Historical Society. (1 item), 1957 July 18
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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...
Dates:
1957 July 18
Typed letter from Mrs. A.B. Smith to Mr. Charles van Ravenswaay, director, Missouri Historical Society. States that she has shipped the Pearl Curran papers to the Missouri Historical Society, and requests reimbursement for shipping expenses. (1 item), 1957 July 28
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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...
Dates:
1957 July 28