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Size | 68 items |
Abstract | John Fox (1863-1919) was a novelist and short story writer of Kentucky. The collection is chiefly typed copies of letters from Fox to friend and Harvard classmate, Micajah Fible, Louisville, Ky., lawyer. Written from New York, N.Y., and Paris, Ky., these letters discuss Fox's literary activities and his work as a newspaperman in New York and in the family mining business in the Kentucky mountains. Also included are three letters to Fible from Madison Julius Cawein (1865-1914), Kentucky poet. |
Creator | Fox, John, 1863-1919. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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John Fox (1863-1919) was a novelist and short story writer of Kentucky. Fox was educated at Harvard University and worked as a newspaper journalist in New York, N.Y., and a bookkeeper in his brother's mining venture in the Kentucky mountains.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly typed copies of letters from John Fox to friend and Harvard classmate, Micajah Fible, Louisville, Ky., lawyer. Written from New York, N.Y., and Paris, Ky., these letters discuss Fox's literary activities and his work as a newspaperman in New York and in the family mining business in the Kentucky mountains. Also included are three letters to Fible from Madison Julius Cawein (1865-1914), Kentucky poet.
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Letters, 1883-1889 |