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Papers of Nora Perry, Accession #7050-a , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection was given to the Library on August 31, 1966.
The papers contain a manuscript of the poem, "The Day Lily."
Letters and postcards from Perry discuss her writing and its publication, particularly of "That Little Smith Girl;" and the submission of membership and convocation fees to an unnamed organization.
Letter recipients are a Mr. Clay, S. S. McClure, and Eliza Anna Farman Pratt.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Sends a manuscript of one of her stories.
Promises to send a story soon about the length of her story in the June issue of Manhattan .
Complains about the discrepancy in the date by which the story is needed
Writes that her story is finished and that it is "the most dramatic and full of action of anything" she has even written; discusses plans for sending the manuscript of the story; desires to have a proof immediately or a copy made so that the risk to "valuable property" in long delays is minimal; wishes to make sure that [Samuel Sidney] McClure understands that she does not sell copyrights to her stories.
Writes about her concerns discussed in the July 20th letter to Mrs. Pratt; discusses the manuscript and relates that she has now had it copied while waiting for Mrs. Pratt's reply.
Requests a note when the package sent by American Express is received by him
Wishes to remit her fee for membership at this time
Request a list of the different papers in which her story is printed and a copy of the story from one of the newspapers
Requests a copy of her story from any other newspaper besides the Boston Globe , specifically the St. Louis Republic ; relates her displeasure at the Globe's apparent procedure to cut and, thereby, mutilate stories