Preliminary Inventory of the Arthur H. Lyons Papers, 1891-1933

Arthur H. Lyons Papers, 1891-1933

Lyons, Arthur H.

3.0 Linear Feet
15 Items

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

English.

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[Identification of item], Arthur H. Lyons Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

The Arthur H. Lyons Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a purchase in 2002.

Processed by Erin Lawrimore

Completed July 10, 2002

Encoded by Erin Lawrimore; Joshua A. Kaiser

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Collection comprises seven bound typescript volumes containing Lyons' daily accounts of his trips. There are postcards, brochures, and other materials related to his travel that were placed in the volumes. Destinations include Washington, D.C.; New York City; Boston; Nashville; Charleston, S.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago; the White Mountains; and the Adirondacks. Topics include destinations, the people he meets, hotels, train travel, and scenery. The collection also contains a postcard scrapbook; a pamphlet by James M. Gillis entitled, "The Ku-Klux Klan" (1922); and a bound typescript short story entitled "The Irony of Fate," which fictionalizes Lyons' father's participation in and life immediately after the Civil War. Includes 5 black-and-white photographs. (02-046)

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