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Mary MacLane to Mr. John O'Hara Cosgrove, Signed Autograph Letter, 4 pages , undated

 Item — Box: 18, Folder: 17

Scope and Contents

MacLane writes Cosgrove while wintering in St. Augustine, Florida, where she is writing her third book and describes the beauty of the area. She also mentions meeting and dining with the writer, Miss Clara Elizabeth Laughlin (1873-1941), at the Touraine. She says that every time she sees a copy of "Everybody's Magazine" his statement to her "I didn't think you were so artificial as you are" still rankles.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Mary MacLane (1881-1929) was a controversial Canandian-born American writer and motion picture actress whose reputation as an openly bisexual vocal feminist plus her frank autobiographical writing, earned her the title of "Wild Woman of Butte."

John O'Hara Cosgrove (1866-?), born in Melbourne, Australia, worked as a reporter for "The San Francisco Call" (1887-1890) and eventually became the editor of the "New York Sunday World Magazine" and "Everybody's Magazine."

Extent

1 letters

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

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