Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Murat Theatre (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Program for a James Whitcomb Riley birthday celebration held at the Shubert Murat Theatre on October 7, 1915. Contains full text of the poem The Raggedy Man music and lyrics for America.
Typewritten comments by Alice French (Octave Thanet) on printed form soliciting personal comments about James W. Riley for inclusion in special issue of The Writer.
Handwritten comments by Will N. Harben on printed form soliciting personal comments about James W. Riley for inclusion in special Riley issue of The Writer.
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Vawter, Will, 1871-1941
Newspaper clipping from the Bloomington-Bedford Sunday Herald-Times, October 11, 1978. The article discusses the claim by Nashville sisters, Mrs. Fern Williams and Mrs. Letha Walker that Hoosier artist John William (Will) Vawter illustrated two...
Pamphlet containing brief autobiography of Riley along with excerpts from reviews from various newspapers. Riley's image appears on the front cover along with a poem by Samuel Rogers. A listing of Riley's books is included on the last page. No...
A typewritten article about James Whitcomb Riley written by Chalmers Hadley. 5 pages describing Riley's life with Hadley's typed name at the end of the biography.
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Nicholson, Meredith, 1866-1947
The inside pages are pencil sketches of Meredith Nicholson and James Whitcomb Riley. Promotional piece created by the publisher. Signed by John Cecil Clay, July 3, 1903.
A play portraying a Civil War Reenactment featuring Colonel Benton and Captain Reuben Riley, father of James Whitcomb Riley. The play was enacted by members of the Society of Indiana Pioneers at Brandywine Park, Greenfield, Indiana. May 25, 1940.
Typewritten letter from Edmund H. Eitel on Riley's letterhead to Lucius Lybrand in Terre Haute. Response to autograph request. Regrets not being able to fulfill request for autograph.
Bound volume consisting of autograph letters from James Whitcomb Riley to Madison Cawein from 1891-1906. The letters are attached to scrapbook pages along with their envelopes. A transcription of each letter is also included. Newspaper clippings...
Handwritten poem by James Whitcomb Riley entitled, Give Back the Dreams. The back side of the paper is a drawing of the title, Give Back The Dreams That I Have Known forming a figure eight. Signed and dated by James Whitcomb Riley Nov. 28, 1876
Typewritten copy of the original manuscript of the poem by James Whitcomb Riley, Leonanie. Debate occurred over who actually authored this poem since the initials provided are E. A. P. Many believed Edgar Allen Poe was the poet responsible for...
Librarian, J. Christian Bay, of The John Crerar Library in Chicago cames across an original manuscript of James Whitcomb Riley's poem, The Old Man and Jim. He took it upon himself to make photostats of the manuscript and send copies to the...
An article written by Louis Wann. This is a typed copy of the article featured in the Wisconsin Literary Magazine, October, 1916. The article is about James Whitcomb Riley. Narration of story told by father-in-law, Charles E. Neff, of Warsaw, IN.
Typewritten article by Henry Van Dyke that appeared in Book News Monthly, March 1907, Volume 25, Number 7. Van Dyke describes the person, James Whitcomb Riley in this six page paper.
Handwritten letter. Riley is refusing to autograph the fly-leaves of his new book. He suggests instead that he send pictures with his written autograph to include with the books. He also offers to autograph other suitable papers if this way is...
Handwritten letter to Carey informing of Mr. Riley's date of arrival. He will be appear at Madison Square Gardens Concert Hall and has complimentary tickets.
Handwritten letter from James Whitcomb Riley to Lucious Lybrand, responding to Lybrand's request for Riley to appear in a public engagement. Riley, recovering from health issues, is not able to honor the request at this time. Letter is dated...
