32. The Call to Arms

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 16

Scope and Contents

The Call to Arms, by Edwin Emerson. Typewritten, 18 pages, white and yellow paper, numbered 1-8 and 8a-8i, heavily corrected by Emerson. This is the corrected introduction to The Call to Arms, and part of Emerson's project entitled: Happy-Go-Lucky. Attached to page 1 is an autograph note signed by Emerson to Ames W. Williams, 8 July 1952, relating to these 18 pages. See item 20. Included is an autograph letter signed by Emerson to Ames W. Williams, New York City, 26 November 1948, sending "some more littery remains" - (the items here numbered 29, 30, 31, and 32) - "I look forward with pleasure to seeing you and Mayfield at 325 E. 72nd St on the afternoon of December 4th."

Dates

From the Collection: 1898-1952

Conditions Governing Access

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