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Finding Aid for the John Houghton Allen Papers, 1955-1962
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Box 1

An Anthology of Poetry. n.p., n.d.

Physical Description: 105pp. 24cm. Unbound.

Scope and Content Note

Ten copies have been privately printed for John Houghton Allen. Signed by Mr. Allen and presented to Larry Powell.
Box 1

Allen, John Houghton. Essays in Biography: Four Latin American Studies. n.p., n.d.

Physical Description: 123 leaves. Typescript (carbon). In a brown binder.

Scope and Content Note

On the title page: For Lawrence Clark Powell, this penultimate draft - John Houghton Allen, Los Altos, 1955.
Box 1

----- The Hardest Game - a picaresque novel and a postscript to polo. n.p., n.d.

Physical Description: 203 leaves. Typescript (carbon). In a brown binder.

Scope and Content Note

On the title page: For Lawrence Clark Powell with the best regards of the author.
Box 1

----- The Old Harry and Other Stories. With a foreward by Lawrence Clark Powell [never written]. n.p., n.d.

Physical Description: 207 leaves. Typescript with copious corrections. In a brown binder.

Scope and Content Note

With two letters, May 8, 1962 and May 21, 1962, from Allen to Lawrence Clark Powell, presenting him with this manuscript and discussing the foreword.
Box 1

----- Tales of the Border. n.p., n.d.

Physical Description: 272 leaves. Typescript with copious corrections. In a brown binder.

Scope and Content Note

Working copy.