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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Masters, Edgar Lee - Letters to Agnes Lee, 1926-1931

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection:

Collection consists of thirty-seven items: thirty-five letters from Edgar Lee Masters to Agnes Lee (Freer), 1919-1933; one typed poem "The Jewess" and one printed galley sheet, "The Return." Masters' letters discuss Harriet Monroe, Carl Sandburg, Amy Lowell, Clarence Darrow and Vachel Lindsay. They also comment on Chicago's inability to hang on to literary figures and the stifling influence of Chicago newspapers on the literary scene.

Dates: 1926-1931