A Guide to the Papers of George Horace Lorimer, January 2-February 20, 1937 Lorimer, George Horace, Papers 9220-a

A Guide to the Papers of George Horace Lorimer, January 2-February 20, 1937

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The Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 9220-a

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

9220-a

Title

Papers of George Horace Lorimer, January 2-February 20, 1937

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of three items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

George Horace Lorimer Papers, 1937, Accdssion #9220-a, in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,Charlottesville, Va.

Processing Information

This collection was transfered from Rare Books on July 17, 1989.

Scope and Content Information

In a letter Adelaide W. Neall responds to a letter from Arthur Swann about the latter's autographed copy of Lorimer's "Letters from a self-made merchant to his son."

Also included are a newsclipping about Lorimer and a Post article, "Au revoir, but not good-by," about Lorimer's years with the magazine.

Contents List

Adelaide W. Neall, [associate editor, The Saturday Evening Post ], Wyncote, Pennsylvania, to Arthur Swann, January 23, 1937

ALS, 1 p.

Neall reveals that George Horace Lorimer will be in California until the first of March. She indicates that she will hold his letter about the autographed copy in his possession of Lorimer's Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son.

Miscellaneous

"Au Revoir, But Not Good-by," The Saturday Evening Post, January 2, 1937

Printed

The article concerns George Horace Lorimer and his relationship with The Saturday Evening Post.
"Lorimer Gives Chapel to Colby," The New York Times, February 20, 1937

Printed

The article concerns George Horace Lorimer's gift of a chapel for the new Mayflower Hill campus of Colby College, to be built as a memorial to his father, the late Rev. George Claude Lorimer.