Writings of Ida Mellen

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1. 1. "Charming Men" - biographical studies of twenty famous men ranging from 7th to 20th centuries (unpublished)
2. 2. "Country Experiment, A Page from an Autobiography"
3. 3. "The Lady and the Turtle" - science fiction fantasy about a young woman who swims down the Atlantic coast in the shell of a sea turtle. Unpublished. original typescript
4. 4. "The Old Boy and His Museum" - original typescript of short story by "George Otis" (pseudonym of Ida Mellen)
5. 5. "Outstanding Members of the Mellen Tribe in America" - carbon typescript with corrections
6. 6. "Tribute to the Hudson" - vignette by Ida Mellen in celebration of 80th birthday
7. 7. "Vitulina the Seal, or The Life in the North Atlantic Ocean"
8. 8. "What You Do Not Know About Fishes" - mounted clippings of series of 24 newspaper articles (syndicated in Brooklyn Eagle, Newark News and Spokane Chronicle) with MS. emendations
9. 9. "Who Shut the Window? " - original typescript of mystery story
10. 10. "Brief Bits of Unpublished Material" [5/1]
11. 11. Poems