A Guide to the Letters of Irving Bacheller, 1918, 1931 Bacheller, Irving, Letters of 6656-g

A Guide to the Letters of Irving Bacheller, 1918, 1931

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Accession Number 6656-g


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
6656-g
Title
Letters of Irving Bacheller, 1918, 1931
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of 2 items.
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

Letters of Irving Bacheller, Accession # 6656-g, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This item was purchased on February 2 1993.

Scope and Content Information

In a letter, 1918 March 15, to a Mr. Marshall, Bacheller discusses his concept of faith. In a letter, 1931 October 23, to Dr. Francis Harvey Green he declines a lecture invitation as he is working on a novel and suggests a later date.

Contents List

Letter to Mr. Marshall 15 March 1918
ALS, 1 page on 1 l.

Irving Bacheller, West Palm Beach Florida, to Mr. Marshall, discussing his concepts of faith, indicating that faith is beyond his reason.

Letter to Dr. Francis Harvey Green 23 October 1931
TLS, 1 page.

Irving Bacheller, The Barclay, New York, New York, to Dr. Francis Harvey Green, Pennington School for Boys, Pennington, New Jersey, declining an invitation to lecture in February due to prior literary engagements, but offering to come in November; revealing that he is working on a novel based on the career of Washington; and mentioning a mutual friend, Strickland Gilliland.