Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
John E. Allen, Jr., Collector, Two Photographs of Melville Davisson Post and Other Material
Two photographs of Melville Davisson Post, a novelist and short-story writer noted for his writing in the detective story genre. Includes portrait of Post posing with polo stick and dog at his feet. Also includes photo of Post mounted on horse as a polo player among group of three other polo players. There are also two frames (ca. 1920s) that contained the M.D. Post photos, and a photo of an unidentified woman (1924).
John W. Davis, Lawyer, Papers
Julia M. Davis, Author, Records
Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers
Correspondence of writer Melville Davisson Post with Louis E. Schrader, a Wheeling court reporter who edited, typed, and often forwarded Post's manuscripts to the publisher. These letters are primarily instructions for Schrader and concern Post's legal writings as well as his detective stories.
Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers
These are letters between Post and publishers Edward J. Clode and W. G. Chapman and are concerned with the serial rights to “The Corrector of Destinies.”
Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers
Melville Davisson Post Papers
Manuscripts of short stories and essays of Melville D. Post, some of which were published between 1920 and 1929 in the Review of Reviews, Everybody’s, and the American Magazine. Collection also includes World War I poster texts and articles on various subjects by Melville D. Post; also, two letters. See processing notes for list of titles.
Meredith Kiger, Collector, Shuttlesworth Family Documents and Other Material
Virgil Anson Lewis, Historian, Papers
Waitman T. Barbe (1864-1925) Papers
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