Small Celebrity Collections, 1889-1972

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Summary

Title:
Small Celebrity Collections,
Dates:
1889-1972
Creators:
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Small Celebrity Collections, Mss2, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Background

Biographical / historical:

Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), Prime Minister of Britain during World War II and later author of a multi-volume history of that war, here acknowledges receipt of an award from the International Mark Twain Society (1943). Churchill states that Clemens was very kind to him during his first visit to America and that he assisted him in presenting his first public lecture there. [Ms2.C563]

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known to the public by his nom de plume "Mark Twain," received much fan mail over the years. Mrs. Dora Prentice, Holmesburg, Pa. thanks Mark Twain for creating a particularly appealing female character in one of his novels. Notations in pen, signed "SLC," ask that his secretary respond to Mrs. Wilber's letter. [Ms2.C625]

William Frederick Cody (1846-1917) was a Pony Express rider (1860-1861) and U.S. Army Scout (1863-1867). For a time he was employed by the Kansas Pacific Railroad to supply buffalo meat for its construction crews (1867-1868) and in this capacity he earned his nickname, "Buffalo Bill." From 1868 Cody was alternately a Scout for the Army and an actor in Western melodramas written for him by Ned Buntline. Cody first produced his Wild West Shows in 1883. These proved so popular that the former Indian scout toured the United States and Europe with them until 1916. John M. Franz, Jr. was a Wild West Show employee. In two letters to E. H. Tyler (1900) he describes aspects of these traveling shows. [Ms2.F837]

Henry Woodfin Grady (1850-1889) was a Georgia journalist and part owner of the Atlanta Constitution (1880-1889) who advocated Southern industrialization and racial goodwill. This funeral oration may have been produced and delivered in Stockton, Calif. where it was found (1986). Its authorship and provenance are unknown. [Ms2.G733]

George Magar Mardikian was a wealthy San Francisco Republican restaurateur. He received a War Department commendation following World War II for his work as a food consultant with the U.S. Army. Later, he received the Medal of Freedom for similar work during the Korean War (1951). Under President Dwight Eisenhower Mardikian served on the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government (1955). Later, he cultivated a friendship President Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994). [Ms2.M322]

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Physical description:
0.25 linear ft.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: October 1998.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Small Celebrity Collections, Mss2, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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