William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) (1862-1910) Papers, PC.806

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William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) (1862-1910) Papers, PC.806

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Title
William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) (1862-1910) Papers
Call Number
PC.806
Creator
Unknown
Date
1904-1923
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Photocopies of letters from Porter, short-story writer from Greensboro, writing in New York to R. H Davis of the Frank A. Munsey Company about his work and need for advances on stories, and to "Miss Sally" of Asheville, C. Alphonso Smith, and others (1904-1908, n.d.). Also letter from his biographer Smith to Fred A. Olds; photocopies of letters from Theodore Roosevelt to Smith about the biography (1916) and from A. J. Jennings in Oklahoma (1913) about his friendship with Porter; and an article about O. Henry by Archibald Henderson.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Porter, William Sydney (O. Henry)
  2. Davis, R. H.
  3. Smith, C. Alphonso
  4. Olds, Fred A.
  5. Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919
  6. Jennings, A. J.
  7. Henderson, Archibald
  8. _____, " Miss Sally"
  9. Frank A. Munsey Company
  10. Authors
  11. Literature
  12. Biography
  13. Greensboro (N.C.)
  14. New York
  15. Asheville (N.C.)
  16. Oklahoma
  17. Friendship