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Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922

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John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922), American author and editor

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Letter : Yonkers, N.Y., to Miss Stapleton, 1900 Jan 21

 Part of Collection — Box 12: [Barcode: 39002137170214], Folder: GROUP 241, F-9
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS answering a request for an autograph.

Accompanied by typescript copy of Bangs's poem, "To an Autograph Hunter," printed in Harper's Weekly, 1896 December 6.

Dates: 1900 Jan 21

Letter : Yonkers, N.Y., to Mr. Van Santvoord, 1899 May 19

 Part of Collection — Box 12: [Barcode: 39002137170214], Folder: GROUP 241, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS accepting Van Santvoord's "Excess of Poetry" for publication and asking him to submit book reviews.

Dates: 1899 May 19

Letters : New York, to "My dear Major", 1905-06

 Part of Collection — Box 12: [Barcode: 39002137170214], Folder: GROUP 241, F-15
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Three ALS, possibly to James B. Pond, about the sale of Bangs's library.

Dates: 1905-06

Letters : to Ellis D. Robb, Eldora, Iowa, 1905-23, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 12: [Barcode: 39002137170214], Folder: GROUP 241, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

9 ALS and 2 TLS to Ellis D. Robb from Bangs, 1 ALS to Miss Robb from Bangs, and 1 TLS to Ellis D. Robb from Mary Gray Bangs, mostly concerning Bangs' lecture tours to the mid-west, but also touching on family news, vacations, and Bangs' work, including his "Salubrities" lectures and his opera "Tomorrowland."

Dates: 1905-23, n.d.

Letters : to James H. Pond, 1888-1902

 Part of Collection — Box 12: [Barcode: 39002137170214], Folder: GROUP 241, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Thirteen ALS and two TLS to Pond, a lecture agent, regarding Bangs's lectures and those of others including Conan Doyle, James Whitcomb Riley, William Dean Howells, and Anthony Hope.

Dates: 1888-1902

"The Oddest thing I ever knew", 1909 Dec 18

 Part of Collection — Box 12: [Barcode: 39002137170214], Folder: GROUP 241, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

AMS poem written on an album leaf, humorous lines written, apparently, for a friend of Irving Bacheller.

Dates: 1909 Dec 18

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Editors 2
Novelists 2
American literature 1
American periodicals 1
American wit and humor 1