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Identifier
MSS114_B01F03_021
Creation Date
11-15-1894
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ohio history, Poetry, dialect poetry, biography, black history, black poets, primary sources, prominent Ohioans
Description
Communication from S.B. Hershey, associate manager of the Central Lyceum Bureau, a talent agency in Ashtabula, Ohio, on company letterhead. Text of letter:
Dear Sir
____ [Forms?] just recd. I have long since made it a rule not to commend an artist whom I had not seen & heard. If you are _______ in this section of Cleveland, let me know as I will try to hear you.
Awaiting further acquaintance.
I am yours truly,
S.B. Hershey
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Primary Item Type
Business Correspondence
Rights
This item is part of the Paul Laurence Dunbar House collection at Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio. The collection contains items from 219 N. Summit St., Dayton, Ohio (later 219 N. Paul Laurence Dunbar St.), the home Dunbar purchased for his mother, Matilda J. Dunbar, in 1904. Paul Laurence Dunbar lived there until his death in 1906; Matilda lived there until her death in 1934. It is now the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Historic Site, part of the National Park Service.
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ohio history, Poetry, dialect poetry, biography, black history, black poets, primary sources, prominent Ohioans
