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Creator: |
Dannay, Frederic, 1905-1982
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Title: |
Frederic Dannay Collection |
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Dates: |
1860-1975, undated |
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Extent: |
2 boxes (.84 linear feet), 1 galley folder (gf)
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Abstract: |
Includes a few letters written by the
American author and collector Frederic Dannay, who wrote with his cousin Manfred
B.
Lee under the joint pseudonym Ellery Queen. The bulk of the collection consists
of
letters received by Dannay as well as letters collected by him that were written
by
other authors. Notable correspondents include Agatha Christie, Bret Harte, Dashiell
Hammett, W. S. Maugham, Dorothy Sayers, Bram Stoker, and H. G. Wells among others.
Many of the items were withdrawn from books in the Ellery Queen Collection of
Mystery and Detective Fiction. |
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Call Number: |
Manuscript Collection MS-1057 |
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Language: |
English and
French |
