Edmund Lester Pearson letters to Robert and Mary Finster

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{"value"=>"Edmund Lester Pearson letters to Robert and Mary Finster"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1918-1934", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1918/1934"}

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date_inclusive_start

1918

date_inclusive_end

1934

origination

{"value"=>"Pearson, Edmund Lester, 1880-1937", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Edmund Lester Pearson (1880-1937) was an American librarian and writer best known for his book Studies in Murder (1924) and other essays in the true crime genre. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard in 1902 and the New York State Library School in 1904. Pearson was literary editor of The Outlook and contributed to many magazines and newspapers, including the Boston Evening Transcript for which he wrote a weekly satirical column entitled \"The Librarian.\" Pearson joined the staff of The New York Public Library in 1914, remaining until 1927 when he left his position as Editor of Publications to pursue his writing career. Among Pearson's works were children's books, a study of dime novels, the literary hoax The Old Librarian's Almanack, Queer Books, and The Trial of Lizzie Borden.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of four letters, three postcards, and a studio portrait photograph of Pearson sent to his New York Public Library colleague and friend, Robert Roland Finster and his wife Mary, 1918-1934. With his typical dry wit, Pearson relates his experiences in Hollywood and London, and while confined to a hospital bed. One photographic postcard, ca. 1918, shows Pearson and other officer candidates in military uniform.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"accession_number"=>"MSS 2005M17"}

{"method"=>"Gift of", "source"=>"Robert D. McChesney", "date"=>"2005", "value"=>"Gift of, Robert D. McChesney, 2005"}

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1918

prefercite

{"value"=>"Edmund Lester Pearson letters to Robert and Mary Finster, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Edmund Lester Pearson (1880-1937) was an American librarian and writer best known for his book Studies in Murder (1924) and other essays in the true crime genre. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard in 1902 and the New York State Library School in 1904. Pearson was literary editor of The Outlook and contributed to many magazines and newspapers, including the Boston Evening Transcript for which he wrote a weekly satirical column entitled \"The Librarian.\" Pearson joined the staff of The New York Public Library in 1914, remaining until 1927 when he left his position as Editor of Publications to pursue his writing career. Among Pearson's works were children's books, a study of dime novels, the literary hoax The Old Librarian's Almanack, Queer Books, and The Trial of Lizzie Borden. The collection consists of four letters, three postcards, and a studio portrait photograph of Pearson sent to his New York Public Library colleague and friend, Robert Roland Finster and his wife Mary, 1918-1934. With his typical dry wit, Pearson relates his experiences in Hollywood and London, and while confined to a hospital bed. One photographic postcard, ca. 1918, shows Pearson and other officer candidates in military uniform.", "generated"=>true}

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9 items

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1918

date_end

1934

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