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P. Conkle papers are plays, poetry, short stories, and book manuscripts written by E. P. Conkle, mostly during Conkle's professorship at the University of Texas at Austin (1939-1973). Most of the manuscripts in the collection are undated. Thus, specific dates on subsequently published materials typically refer to the date of publication, and date ranges on unpublished materials refer to letterheads indicating Conkle's employ at the University of Texas or the University of Iowa. The collection also contains playbills and director's notes from various productions of Prologue to Glory, the radio script to the CBS-produced series, Honest Abe (1940-1941), works and notes from former students, and correspondence between Conkle and his wife, Virginia McNeal Conkle. ","Series 1: Correspondence and Biographical Material contains letters written to E. P. Conkle and various articles pertaining to Conkle's career as a playwright. ","Series 2: Book Manuscripts contains typed and annotated manuscripts of E. P. Conkle's books Grandpa's Little White Rent House, A Hornbook for Playwrights, and Wake Up, Tom Aycup, or, the Tale of a Great Guy. ","Series 3: Play Scripts contains typed and annotated play scripts written by Conkle, including \"At the Depot,\" \"Day's End,\" \"Good Night, Dear Grandma,\" \"With How Little Wisdom,\" and a three-volume weekly radio script entitled \"Honest Abe.\" Also included is a play script by Patty Gideon Sloan entitled \"Mementos.\" ","Series 4: Poetry contains typed and annotated poems written by Conkle, including the collections Eleven Various Ballads, A Gift of Small Inconsequential Verses, and Thirteen Sonnets Which Speak of Time, and One More. ","Series 5: Short Stories contains typed and annotated copies of Conkle's stories \"Little Angel of the Backward Look,\" \"Traveller, and General Lee,\" and \"Miss Lute.\" ","Series 6: Miscellaneous contains various items including essays and term papers Conkle wrote as a student. ","This series contains letters written to E. P. Conkle and various articles pertaining to Conkle's career as a playwright.","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile; address of the Works Progress Administration in heading","facsimile","facsimile; note in margin indicates \"Los Angeles Production,\"","This series contains typed and annotated manuscripts of books written by E. P. Conkle.","Austin, Texas; typed manuscript, 292 pages, includes cover with title","typed manuscript, 292 pages, no cover","University of Texas, Austin; typed manuscript with annotations, 135 pages","Austin, Texas; typed manuscript with revisions, 266 pages","This is the largest series of the collection, and it contains typed and annotated play scripts written by E. P. Conkle and includes one play script written by Patty Gideon Sloan entitled \"Mementos.\"","University of Texas, Austin; includes the plays \"Dusk, Dusk, Dusk,\" \"Two Minds with but Two Single Thoughts,\" \"Mr. Map and the Beautiful Hat,\" \"Oak Leaves Burning,\" and an annotated play script tentatively titled \"A Long Journey.\"","University of Texas, Austin; includes an 18 page annotated manuscript of \"Day's End: A Few Words Spoken by Mr. Lincoln, the President,\" an 11 page typed play script of \"Day's End\" with no revisions, and an 18 page annotated manuscript for \"Oak Leaves Burning.\"","University of Texas, Austin; includes typed play scripts for \"The Fancy One,\" \"Four Old Ladies and Pansy Potter,\" \"Oak Leaves Burning,\" \"Gatie, or Eight Women on a Toot,\" and \"The Jewel in Papa's Crown,\" 62 pages.","University of Texas, Austin; includes two 133 page typed play scripts for \"Good Night, Dear Grandma,\" one of which contains manuscript revisions marked \"final.\"","Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); a radio script divided into 12 parts for weekly broadcasting, volume 1 of 3","Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); a radio script divided into 12 parts for weekly broadcasting, volume 2 of 3","Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); a radio script divided into 12 parts for weekly broadcasting, volume 3 of 3","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of the play script, 121 pages each","Texas; typed script of play in three acts by Patty Gideon Sloan; see Box 1, Folder 1 for correspondence with Sloan","two annotated scripts with revisions, one titled simply \"Mr. President,\" approximately 120 pages each","Austin, Texas","Austin, Texas; facsimile of typescript","cast: Clyte Cedars and Arlie Askew; place: Clyte's place","123 pages","University of Iowa, Experimental Theatre Seminar; soft-bound copy, 91 pages","two typed manuscripts","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of the play script, one 65 pages and another with revisions at 69 pages","84 pages","University of Texas, Austin; two typed copies, one marked \"Final / 1971\"","two copies, one 66 pages and the other 67 pages; the former bears a stamp of the author's agent, Frieda Fishbein","University of Texas, Austin; two copies, 113 pages each","This collection contains typed and annotated poems written by E. 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P. Conkle.","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of the manuscript, 14 pages each, the second alternately titled, \"The Littlest Angel of the Backward Look, a Fantasy\"","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of \"Traveller, and General Lee,\" both 22 pages and one with annotations; one 43 page copy of \"Miss Lute\"","This collection contains various items including essays and term papers Conkle wrote as a student.","35 pages including bibliography; described on title page as \"a term-paper written for the class in \"Chaucer\" for Mr. Frantz\"; annotated","list of University of Texas graduate students and the titles of their theses and dissertations arranged by date","University of Texas, Austin; revised three-page essay on education written by Conkle","two pages listing titles of plays by Conkle and four lines of verse, untitled"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_e4cc520ef016e4cf4b96e754985251fb\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eIncluded in the E. 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Conkle papers","Short stories, American","American poetry -- 20th century","American drama -- 20th century","Creative writing","Theater","Theater programs","Performing arts","Poetry","Manuscripts","Correspondence","There are no access restrictions.","This collection is organized into six series by document type and genre with manuscripts arranged alphabetically by title and correspondence arranged chronologically.","Series Series 1: Correspondence and Biographical Material, 1938-1939, 1977-1994 (Box 1) Series 2: Book Manuscripts, undated (Box 1) Series 3: Play Scripts, 1928-1973, bulk 1939-1973 (Boxes 2-6) Series 4: Poetry, 1939-1973 (Box 6) Series 5: Short Stories, 1939-1973 (Box 7) Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1931-1992 (Box 7)","Ellsworth Prouty Conkle (1899-1994) was a prolific playwright and professor of playwriting. Born on July 10, 1899, Conkle grew up on a farm in the small town of Peru, Nebraska. His rural upbringing had an enduring influence on his writing as exemplified in his first published book, Crick Bottom Plays (1928), a collection of short plays which dramatize the wit and wisdom of folksy Nebraskans. After high school Conkle went to Peru State Teachers College and completed his undergraduate education in 1923 at the University of Nebraska. Conkle did graduate work at Yale University in 1926-1928 and earned his Ph.D in playwriting from the University of Iowa in 1936. From 1936-1939 Conkle worked as an assistant professor of speech at the University of Iowa. In 1939 he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin as an associate professor where he became a full professor in 1945 and taught until his retirement in 1973. Conkle's former students include Tennessee Williams, Pat Hingle, Tommy Tune, and Fess Parker. ","In addition to teaching classes and developing the Department of Drama at the University of Texas, Conkle wrote numerous published and unpublished plays, several short stories, and dozens of poems. Much of his work captures the humor and wisdom of a bygone era in American folk-life, including the short play \"Sparkin'\" (1928) and the long plays \"Johnny Appleseed\" (1940) and \"No Time for Heaven\" (1972). Abraham Lincoln became another favorite subject of Conkle's, and the play \"Prologue to Glory\" (1938), a fictionalized account of Lincoln's formative years in New Salem, was chosen for production by the Federal Theatre Project and performed across the United States in 1938-1939. Capitalizing on its success, Conkle wrote a radio script based on the play, entitled Honest Abe, which was produced by CBS and aired in thirty-six parts between 1940 and 1941. Conkle died in 1994. ","Processed and finding aid completed by Carol DeAngelo, Barbara Hasse, Robert Vay, Kaycee L. 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Conkle and includes one play script written by Patty Gideon Sloan entitled \"Mementos.\"","University of Texas, Austin; includes the plays \"Dusk, Dusk, Dusk,\" \"Two Minds with but Two Single Thoughts,\" \"Mr. Map and the Beautiful Hat,\" \"Oak Leaves Burning,\" and an annotated play script tentatively titled \"A Long Journey.\"","University of Texas, Austin; includes an 18 page annotated manuscript of \"Day's End: A Few Words Spoken by Mr. Lincoln, the President,\" an 11 page typed play script of \"Day's End\" with no revisions, and an 18 page annotated manuscript for \"Oak Leaves Burning.\"","University of Texas, Austin; includes typed play scripts for \"The Fancy One,\" \"Four Old Ladies and Pansy Potter,\" \"Oak Leaves Burning,\" \"Gatie, or Eight Women on a Toot,\" and \"The Jewel in Papa's Crown,\" 62 pages.","University of Texas, Austin; includes two 133 page typed play scripts for \"Good Night, Dear Grandma,\" one of which contains manuscript revisions marked \"final.\"","Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); a radio script divided into 12 parts for weekly broadcasting, volume 1 of 3","Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); a radio script divided into 12 parts for weekly broadcasting, volume 2 of 3","Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); a radio script divided into 12 parts for weekly broadcasting, volume 3 of 3","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of the play script, 121 pages each","Texas; typed script of play in three acts by Patty Gideon Sloan; see Box 1, Folder 1 for correspondence with Sloan","two annotated scripts with revisions, one titled simply \"Mr. President,\" approximately 120 pages each","Austin, Texas","Austin, Texas; facsimile of typescript","cast: Clyte Cedars and Arlie Askew; place: Clyte's place","123 pages","University of Iowa, Experimental Theatre Seminar; soft-bound copy, 91 pages","two typed manuscripts","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of the play script, one 65 pages and another with revisions at 69 pages","84 pages","University of Texas, Austin; two typed copies, one marked \"Final / 1971\"","two copies, one 66 pages and the other 67 pages; the former bears a stamp of the author's agent, Frieda Fishbein","University of Texas, Austin; two copies, 113 pages each","This collection contains typed and annotated poems written by E. 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In 1939 he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin as an associate professor where he became a full professor in 1945 and taught until his retirement in 1973. Conkle's former students include Tennessee Williams, Pat Hingle, Tommy Tune, and Fess Parker. ","In addition to teaching classes and developing the Department of Drama at the University of Texas, Conkle wrote numerous published and unpublished plays, several short stories, and dozens of poems. Much of his work captures the humor and wisdom of a bygone era in American folk-life, including the short play \"Sparkin'\" (1928) and the long plays \"Johnny Appleseed\" (1940) and \"No Time for Heaven\" (1972). Abraham Lincoln became another favorite subject of Conkle's, and the play \"Prologue to Glory\" (1938), a fictionalized account of Lincoln's formative years in New Salem, was chosen for production by the Federal Theatre Project and performed across the United States in 1938-1939. 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Thus, specific dates on subsequently published materials typically refer to the date of publication, and date ranges on unpublished materials refer to letterheads indicating Conkle's employ at the University of Texas or the University of Iowa. The collection also contains playbills and director's notes from various productions of Prologue to Glory, the radio script to the CBS-produced series, Honest Abe (1940-1941), works and notes from former students, and correspondence between Conkle and his wife, Virginia McNeal Conkle. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence and Biographical Material contains letters written to E. P. Conkle and various articles pertaining to Conkle's career as a playwright. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Book Manuscripts contains typed and annotated manuscripts of E. P. 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P. Conkle papers are plays, poetry, short stories, and book manuscripts written by E. P. Conkle, mostly during Conkle's professorship at the University of Texas at Austin (1939-1973). Most of the manuscripts in the collection are undated. Thus, specific dates on subsequently published materials typically refer to the date of publication, and date ranges on unpublished materials refer to letterheads indicating Conkle's employ at the University of Texas or the University of Iowa. The collection also contains playbills and director's notes from various productions of Prologue to Glory, the radio script to the CBS-produced series, Honest Abe (1940-1941), works and notes from former students, and correspondence between Conkle and his wife, Virginia McNeal Conkle. ","Series 1: Correspondence and Biographical Material contains letters written to E. P. Conkle and various articles pertaining to Conkle's career as a playwright. ","Series 2: Book Manuscripts contains typed and annotated manuscripts of E. P. Conkle's books Grandpa's Little White Rent House, A Hornbook for Playwrights, and Wake Up, Tom Aycup, or, the Tale of a Great Guy. ","Series 3: Play Scripts contains typed and annotated play scripts written by Conkle, including \"At the Depot,\" \"Day's End,\" \"Good Night, Dear Grandma,\" \"With How Little Wisdom,\" and a three-volume weekly radio script entitled \"Honest Abe.\" Also included is a play script by Patty Gideon Sloan entitled \"Mementos.\" ","Series 4: Poetry contains typed and annotated poems written by Conkle, including the collections Eleven Various Ballads, A Gift of Small Inconsequential Verses, and Thirteen Sonnets Which Speak of Time, and One More. ","Series 5: Short Stories contains typed and annotated copies of Conkle's stories \"Little Angel of the Backward Look,\" \"Traveller, and General Lee,\" and \"Miss Lute.\" ","Series 6: Miscellaneous contains various items including essays and term papers Conkle wrote as a student. ","This series contains letters written to E. P. Conkle and various articles pertaining to Conkle's career as a playwright.","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile","facsimile; address of the Works Progress Administration in heading","facsimile","facsimile; note in margin indicates \"Los Angeles Production,\"","This series contains typed and annotated manuscripts of books written by E. P. Conkle.","Austin, Texas; typed manuscript, 292 pages, includes cover with title","typed manuscript, 292 pages, no cover","University of Texas, Austin; typed manuscript with annotations, 135 pages","Austin, Texas; typed manuscript with revisions, 266 pages","This is the largest series of the collection, and it contains typed and annotated play scripts written by E. P. Conkle and includes one play script written by Patty Gideon Sloan entitled \"Mementos.\"","University of Texas, Austin; includes the plays \"Dusk, Dusk, Dusk,\" \"Two Minds with but Two Single Thoughts,\" \"Mr. Map and the Beautiful Hat,\" \"Oak Leaves Burning,\" and an annotated play script tentatively titled \"A Long Journey.\"","University of Texas, Austin; includes an 18 page annotated manuscript of \"Day's End: A Few Words Spoken by Mr. Lincoln, the President,\" an 11 page typed play script of \"Day's End\" with no revisions, and an 18 page annotated manuscript for \"Oak Leaves Burning.\"","University of Texas, Austin; includes typed play scripts for \"The Fancy One,\" \"Four Old Ladies and Pansy Potter,\" \"Oak Leaves Burning,\" \"Gatie, or Eight Women on a Toot,\" and \"The Jewel in Papa's Crown,\" 62 pages.","University of Texas, Austin; includes two 133 page typed play scripts for \"Good Night, Dear Grandma,\" one of which contains manuscript revisions marked \"final.\"","Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); a radio script divided into 12 parts for weekly broadcasting, volume 1 of 3","Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); a radio script divided into 12 parts for weekly broadcasting, volume 2 of 3","Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); a radio script divided into 12 parts for weekly broadcasting, volume 3 of 3","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of the play script, 121 pages each","Texas; typed script of play in three acts by Patty Gideon Sloan; see Box 1, Folder 1 for correspondence with Sloan","two annotated scripts with revisions, one titled simply \"Mr. President,\" approximately 120 pages each","Austin, Texas","Austin, Texas; facsimile of typescript","cast: Clyte Cedars and Arlie Askew; place: Clyte's place","123 pages","University of Iowa, Experimental Theatre Seminar; soft-bound copy, 91 pages","two typed manuscripts","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of the play script, one 65 pages and another with revisions at 69 pages","84 pages","University of Texas, Austin; two typed copies, one marked \"Final / 1971\"","two copies, one 66 pages and the other 67 pages; the former bears a stamp of the author's agent, Frieda Fishbein","University of Texas, Austin; two copies, 113 pages each","This collection contains typed and annotated poems written by E. 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P. Conkle.","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of the manuscript, 14 pages each, the second alternately titled, \"The Littlest Angel of the Backward Look, a Fantasy\"","University of Texas, Austin; two copies of \"Traveller, and General Lee,\" both 22 pages and one with annotations; one 43 page copy of \"Miss Lute\"","This collection contains various items including essays and term papers Conkle wrote as a student.","35 pages including bibliography; described on title page as \"a term-paper written for the class in \"Chaucer\" for Mr. Frantz\"; annotated","list of University of Texas graduate students and the titles of their theses and dissertations arranged by date","University of Texas, Austin; revised three-page essay on education written by Conkle","two pages listing titles of plays by Conkle and four lines of verse, untitled"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_e4cc520ef016e4cf4b96e754985251fb\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eIncluded in the E. 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The bulk of the materials date from 1850 to 1929 and primarily consist of Melville Davisson Post's personal and business letters and family financial and legal papers. Business letters mainly document the process of soliciting or accepting and then publishing Post's stories. Financial papers pertain to Post's personal finances in the 1920s, and legal documents from the 18th and early 19th century relate to several members of the Post and Davisson families. Collection also contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Bradmoor Murder\u003c/em\u003e, 1929); a biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton; and several black-and-white photographs of Templemoor, Post's childhood home.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2066#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2066","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2066","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2066","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2066","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_2066.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196194","title_ssm":["Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers"],"title_tesim":["Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1811-1973","1850-1929"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1850-1929"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1811-1973"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3673","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/2066"],"text":["A\u0026M 3673","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/2066","Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers","West Virginia -- Fiction","West Virginia - Writers.","Appalachian Region -- Fiction","Appalachian Region","American fiction -- West Virginia","American literature -- Appalachian Region","Authors, American -- 20th Century","Authors, American -- Appalachian Region","Crime in literature","Detective and mystery stories","Short stories, American","No special access restriction applies.","Melville Davisson Post was born on April 19, 1869, the son of Florence May Davisson (1843-1914) and Ira Carper Post (1842-1923). Florence and Ira Post married in October 1866 and had five children: Maud, Melville, Emma, Sydney, and Florence. Ira raised cattle in Harrison County, West Virginia, and held numerous herds of cattle as well as pasture land. In 1878 the Posts built a new home, \"Templemoor,\" where Melville spent the rest of his youth.","Melville Post attended the Academy in Buckhannon, West Virginia, in 1885 and took courses in Morgantown the following year. He formally entered West Virginia University in 1887 and graduated in 1891. He returned for a year of legal studies, and received his LL.B. in 1892. Post served as a prosecuting attorney in Wheeling, West Virginia, and was also involved in the state's Democratic Party.","Post began writing short stories while in Wheeling, and his first work centered on the character of Randolph Mason. The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason was published in 1896, followed by The Man of Last Resort, of the Clients of Randolph Mason one year later. Other books included Dwellers in the Hills (1901), The Corrector of Destinies (1908), The Gilded Chair (1910), and The Nameless Thing (1912).","In 1903, Post married Ann Bloomfield \"Bloom\" Gamble Schoolfield. The couple lived in Grafton, West Virginia, where Post had formed a law partnership with another attorney. They had one son, Ira C. Post II, who died in 1906. Melville and Bloom left Grafton and from 1907 to 1914 spent their time traveling in Europe and enjoying extended stays with their families.","Beginning in 1908, Post's crime stories as well as his legal writing began to appear frequently in American popular magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's Monthly Magazine. One of Post's most well-known characters, Uncle Abner, first appeared in 1911; Uncle Abner continued to figure prominently in Post's stories, and in 1918 a collection of stories featuring Abner was published: Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries. Post's later work included The Mystery at the Blue Villa (1919), The Sleuth of St. James Square (1920), The Mountain School-Teacher (1922), Monsieur Jonquelle: Prefect of Police of Paris (1923), Randolph Mason, Corrector of Destinies (1923), Walker of the Secret Service (1924), The Man Hunters (1926), The Revolt of the Birds (1927), The Bradmoor Murder (1929), The Garden in Asia (1929), and The Silent Witness (1930). He also continued to publish stories in serial publications.","Post built a home near Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1914-1915 that was based on Swiss architecture and that he nicknamed \"The Chalet.\" Bloom died of pneumonia in 1919. Melville Davisson Post lived at the Chalet until his death from a horse accident in 1930. He is buried in Clarksburg.","693, 1143, 1635, 3673","Papers of Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930), an American mystery and detective short story writer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The bulk of the materials date from 1850 to 1929 and primarily consist of Melville Davisson Post's personal and business letters and family financial and legal papers. Business letters mainly document the process of soliciting or accepting and then publishing Post's stories. Financial papers pertain to Post's personal finances in the 1920s, and legal documents from the 18th and early 19th century relate to several members of the Post and Davisson families. Collection also contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" ( The Bradmoor Murder , 1929); a biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton; and several black-and-white photographs of Templemoor, Post's childhood home.","Series include: \nSeries 1a. Letters -- Personal, 1890–1928 (box 1)  \nSeries 1b. Letters -- Business, 1909–1929 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Writings, 1973, undated (box 2)  \nSeries 3a. Financial and Legal Papers -- Melville Davisson Post, 1914-1928 (box 2)  \nSeries 3b. Financial and Legal Papers -- Davisson and Post Families, 1811-1913, 1949 (boxes 2-3)  \nSeries 3c. Financial and Legal Papers -- Miscellaneous, 1852–1952 (box 3)  \nSeries 4. Personal Materials, 1956-1957, undated (box 3)","This series, mainly from 1919 to 1935, primarily consists of notes sent to Melville Post from friends and other writers, including Katharine Fullerton Gerould and Meredith Nicholson. Topics include social activities and Post's writing and his collections of stories. There are also several letters from Post to his niece, Florence Ritchie, about visits to the Chalet, buying ponies, and a trip to London.","Researchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.","The letters in this series were chiefly written to Melville Post from various publishers and editors, including G.P. Putnam's Sons, Harper and Brothers, D. Appleton and Co., International Magazine Company, the Saturday Evening Post, and A.P. Watt \u0026 Company, from 1909 to 1929. These letters document the publication of Post's stories, with topics including inquiries and solicitations of manuscripts, publication agreements, payment, rights to publication, scheduling, and contracts. Some letters include editors' comments on Post's stories and characters, and there are a couple of letters related to Post's research for his books. Also includes letters regarding a private game refuge proposed by Post and his neighbors and Post's polo field and health.","Researchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.","This series contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" published as part of the collection \"The Bradmoor Murder\" in 1929 and a 1973 biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton. Also includes article \"Lawyer, Gentleman, West Virginian\" by Richard Eaton (undated).","This series includes records pertaining to Post's personal finances in the 1920s. It also includes materials related to Melville Post, such as deeds from 1914, a power of attorney to his brother in the 1920s, and financial documents such as receipts and letters that pertain to Post's various bank accounts and bonds in the 1920s.","This series includes legal documents for members of the Post and Davisson families from the 19th and early 20th centuries. These documents chiefly consist of deeds, land surveys, and receipts from 1811 to 1949, with the bulk spanning from 1830 to 1915. There are materials for Isaac and Prudence Copelin/Copeland, Post's great-grandparents; Melville and Martha Davisson, Post's maternal grandparents; Ira C. and Florence Post, Post's parents; Isaac and Emily Carper Post, Post's paternal grandparents; and Sydney Post, Melville Post's brother.","This series includes miscellaneous financial and legal documents related to various coal companies in West Virginia from 1852-1952.","This series contains black-and-white photographs of Post's boyhood home, Templemoor, from 1956 and 1957, an unidentified photograph, and stamp. Also includes two photos of his home and a portrait (ca. 1920s).","This series includes blueprints, maps, and other material regarding strip mining and coal tracts of the Hutchinson Coal Company of West Virginia, in which Post had stakes.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Florence and Ira Post married in October 1866 and had five children: Maud, Melville, Emma, Sydney, and Florence. Ira raised cattle in Harrison County, West Virginia, and held numerous herds of cattle as well as pasture land. In 1878 the Posts built a new home, \"Templemoor,\" where Melville spent the rest of his youth.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMelville Post attended the Academy in Buckhannon, West Virginia, in 1885 and took courses in Morgantown the following year. He formally entered West Virginia University in 1887 and graduated in 1891. He returned for a year of legal studies, and received his LL.B. in 1892. Post served as a prosecuting attorney in Wheeling, West Virginia, and was also involved in the state's Democratic Party.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePost began writing short stories while in Wheeling, and his first work centered on the character of Randolph Mason. The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason was published in 1896, followed by The Man of Last Resort, of the Clients of Randolph Mason one year later. Other books included Dwellers in the Hills (1901), The Corrector of Destinies (1908), The Gilded Chair (1910), and The Nameless Thing (1912).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1903, Post married Ann Bloomfield \"Bloom\" Gamble Schoolfield. The couple lived in Grafton, West Virginia, where Post had formed a law partnership with another attorney. They had one son, Ira C. Post II, who died in 1906. Melville and Bloom left Grafton and from 1907 to 1914 spent their time traveling in Europe and enjoying extended stays with their families.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1908, Post's crime stories as well as his legal writing began to appear frequently in American popular magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's Monthly Magazine. One of Post's most well-known characters, Uncle Abner, first appeared in 1911; Uncle Abner continued to figure prominently in Post's stories, and in 1918 a collection of stories featuring Abner was published: Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries. Post's later work included The Mystery at the Blue Villa (1919), The Sleuth of St. James Square (1920), The Mountain School-Teacher (1922), Monsieur Jonquelle: Prefect of Police of Paris (1923), Randolph Mason, Corrector of Destinies (1923), Walker of the Secret Service (1924), The Man Hunters (1926), The Revolt of the Birds (1927), The Bradmoor Murder (1929), The Garden in Asia (1929), and The Silent Witness (1930). He also continued to publish stories in serial publications.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePost built a home near Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1914-1915 that was based on Swiss architecture and that he nicknamed \"The Chalet.\" Bloom died of pneumonia in 1919. Melville Davisson Post lived at the Chalet until his death from a horse accident in 1930. He is buried in Clarksburg.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Melville Davisson Post was born on April 19, 1869, the son of Florence May Davisson (1843-1914) and Ira Carper Post (1842-1923). Florence and Ira Post married in October 1866 and had five children: Maud, Melville, Emma, Sydney, and Florence. Ira raised cattle in Harrison County, West Virginia, and held numerous herds of cattle as well as pasture land. In 1878 the Posts built a new home, \"Templemoor,\" where Melville spent the rest of his youth.","Melville Post attended the Academy in Buckhannon, West Virginia, in 1885 and took courses in Morgantown the following year. He formally entered West Virginia University in 1887 and graduated in 1891. He returned for a year of legal studies, and received his LL.B. in 1892. Post served as a prosecuting attorney in Wheeling, West Virginia, and was also involved in the state's Democratic Party.","Post began writing short stories while in Wheeling, and his first work centered on the character of Randolph Mason. The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason was published in 1896, followed by The Man of Last Resort, of the Clients of Randolph Mason one year later. Other books included Dwellers in the Hills (1901), The Corrector of Destinies (1908), The Gilded Chair (1910), and The Nameless Thing (1912).","In 1903, Post married Ann Bloomfield \"Bloom\" Gamble Schoolfield. The couple lived in Grafton, West Virginia, where Post had formed a law partnership with another attorney. They had one son, Ira C. Post II, who died in 1906. Melville and Bloom left Grafton and from 1907 to 1914 spent their time traveling in Europe and enjoying extended stays with their families.","Beginning in 1908, Post's crime stories as well as his legal writing began to appear frequently in American popular magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's Monthly Magazine. One of Post's most well-known characters, Uncle Abner, first appeared in 1911; Uncle Abner continued to figure prominently in Post's stories, and in 1918 a collection of stories featuring Abner was published: Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries. Post's later work included The Mystery at the Blue Villa (1919), The Sleuth of St. James Square (1920), The Mountain School-Teacher (1922), Monsieur Jonquelle: Prefect of Police of Paris (1923), Randolph Mason, Corrector of Destinies (1923), Walker of the Secret Service (1924), The Man Hunters (1926), The Revolt of the Birds (1927), The Bradmoor Murder (1929), The Garden in Asia (1929), and The Silent Witness (1930). He also continued to publish stories in serial publications.","Post built a home near Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1914-1915 that was based on Swiss architecture and that he nicknamed \"The Chalet.\" Bloom died of pneumonia in 1919. Melville Davisson Post lived at the Chalet until his death from a horse accident in 1930. He is buried in Clarksburg."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers, A\u0026amp;M 3673, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers, A\u0026M 3673, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e693, 1143, 1635, 3673\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["693, 1143, 1635, 3673"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930), an American mystery and detective short story writer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The bulk of the materials date from 1850 to 1929 and primarily consist of Melville Davisson Post's personal and business letters and family financial and legal papers. Business letters mainly document the process of soliciting or accepting and then publishing Post's stories. Financial papers pertain to Post's personal finances in the 1920s, and legal documents from the 18th and early 19th century relate to several members of the Post and Davisson families. Collection also contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" (\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Bradmoor Murder\u003c/emph\u003e, 1929); a biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton; and several black-and-white photographs of Templemoor, Post's childhood home.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries include:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1a. Letters -- Personal, 1890–1928 (box 1) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1b. 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There are also several letters from Post to his niece, Florence Ritchie, about visits to the Chalet, buying ponies, and a trip to London.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters in this series were chiefly written to Melville Post from various publishers and editors, including G.P. Putnam's Sons, Harper and Brothers, D. Appleton and Co., International Magazine Company, the Saturday Evening Post, and A.P. Watt \u0026amp; Company, from 1909 to 1929. These letters document the publication of Post's stories, with topics including inquiries and solicitations of manuscripts, publication agreements, payment, rights to publication, scheduling, and contracts. Some letters include editors' comments on Post's stories and characters, and there are a couple of letters related to Post's research for his books. Also includes letters regarding a private game refuge proposed by Post and his neighbors and Post's polo field and health.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" published as part of the collection \"The Bradmoor Murder\" in 1929 and a 1973 biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton. Also includes article \"Lawyer, Gentleman, West Virginian\" by Richard Eaton (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes records pertaining to Post's personal finances in the 1920s. It also includes materials related to Melville Post, such as deeds from 1914, a power of attorney to his brother in the 1920s, and financial documents such as receipts and letters that pertain to Post's various bank accounts and bonds in the 1920s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes legal documents for members of the Post and Davisson families from the 19th and early 20th centuries. These documents chiefly consist of deeds, land surveys, and receipts from 1811 to 1949, with the bulk spanning from 1830 to 1915. There are materials for Isaac and Prudence Copelin/Copeland, Post's great-grandparents; Melville and Martha Davisson, Post's maternal grandparents; Ira C. and Florence Post, Post's parents; Isaac and Emily Carper Post, Post's paternal grandparents; and Sydney Post, Melville Post's brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes miscellaneous financial and legal documents related to various coal companies in West Virginia from 1852-1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains black-and-white photographs of Post's boyhood home, Templemoor, from 1956 and 1957, an unidentified photograph, and stamp. Also includes two photos of his home and a portrait (ca. 1920s).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes blueprints, maps, and other material regarding strip mining and coal tracts of the Hutchinson Coal Company of West Virginia, in which Post had stakes.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930), an American mystery and detective short story writer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The bulk of the materials date from 1850 to 1929 and primarily consist of Melville Davisson Post's personal and business letters and family financial and legal papers. Business letters mainly document the process of soliciting or accepting and then publishing Post's stories. Financial papers pertain to Post's personal finances in the 1920s, and legal documents from the 18th and early 19th century relate to several members of the Post and Davisson families. Collection also contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" ( The Bradmoor Murder , 1929); a biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton; and several black-and-white photographs of Templemoor, Post's childhood home.","Series include: \nSeries 1a. Letters -- Personal, 1890–1928 (box 1)  \nSeries 1b. Letters -- Business, 1909–1929 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Writings, 1973, undated (box 2)  \nSeries 3a. Financial and Legal Papers -- Melville Davisson Post, 1914-1928 (box 2)  \nSeries 3b. Financial and Legal Papers -- Davisson and Post Families, 1811-1913, 1949 (boxes 2-3)  \nSeries 3c. Financial and Legal Papers -- Miscellaneous, 1852–1952 (box 3)  \nSeries 4. Personal Materials, 1956-1957, undated (box 3)","This series, mainly from 1919 to 1935, primarily consists of notes sent to Melville Post from friends and other writers, including Katharine Fullerton Gerould and Meredith Nicholson. Topics include social activities and Post's writing and his collections of stories. There are also several letters from Post to his niece, Florence Ritchie, about visits to the Chalet, buying ponies, and a trip to London.","Researchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.","The letters in this series were chiefly written to Melville Post from various publishers and editors, including G.P. Putnam's Sons, Harper and Brothers, D. Appleton and Co., International Magazine Company, the Saturday Evening Post, and A.P. Watt \u0026 Company, from 1909 to 1929. These letters document the publication of Post's stories, with topics including inquiries and solicitations of manuscripts, publication agreements, payment, rights to publication, scheduling, and contracts. Some letters include editors' comments on Post's stories and characters, and there are a couple of letters related to Post's research for his books. Also includes letters regarding a private game refuge proposed by Post and his neighbors and Post's polo field and health.","Researchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.","This series contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" published as part of the collection \"The Bradmoor Murder\" in 1929 and a 1973 biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton. Also includes article \"Lawyer, Gentleman, West Virginian\" by Richard Eaton (undated).","This series includes records pertaining to Post's personal finances in the 1920s. It also includes materials related to Melville Post, such as deeds from 1914, a power of attorney to his brother in the 1920s, and financial documents such as receipts and letters that pertain to Post's various bank accounts and bonds in the 1920s.","This series includes legal documents for members of the Post and Davisson families from the 19th and early 20th centuries. These documents chiefly consist of deeds, land surveys, and receipts from 1811 to 1949, with the bulk spanning from 1830 to 1915. There are materials for Isaac and Prudence Copelin/Copeland, Post's great-grandparents; Melville and Martha Davisson, Post's maternal grandparents; Ira C. and Florence Post, Post's parents; Isaac and Emily Carper Post, Post's paternal grandparents; and Sydney Post, Melville Post's brother.","This series includes miscellaneous financial and legal documents related to various coal companies in West Virginia from 1852-1952.","This series contains black-and-white photographs of Post's boyhood home, Templemoor, from 1956 and 1957, an unidentified photograph, and stamp. Also includes two photos of his home and a portrait (ca. 1920s).","This series includes blueprints, maps, and other material regarding strip mining and coal tracts of the Hutchinson Coal Company of West Virginia, in which Post had stakes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Florence and Ira Post married in October 1866 and had five children: Maud, Melville, Emma, Sydney, and Florence. Ira raised cattle in Harrison County, West Virginia, and held numerous herds of cattle as well as pasture land. In 1878 the Posts built a new home, \"Templemoor,\" where Melville spent the rest of his youth.","Melville Post attended the Academy in Buckhannon, West Virginia, in 1885 and took courses in Morgantown the following year. He formally entered West Virginia University in 1887 and graduated in 1891. He returned for a year of legal studies, and received his LL.B. in 1892. Post served as a prosecuting attorney in Wheeling, West Virginia, and was also involved in the state's Democratic Party.","Post began writing short stories while in Wheeling, and his first work centered on the character of Randolph Mason. The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason was published in 1896, followed by The Man of Last Resort, of the Clients of Randolph Mason one year later. Other books included Dwellers in the Hills (1901), The Corrector of Destinies (1908), The Gilded Chair (1910), and The Nameless Thing (1912).","In 1903, Post married Ann Bloomfield \"Bloom\" Gamble Schoolfield. The couple lived in Grafton, West Virginia, where Post had formed a law partnership with another attorney. They had one son, Ira C. Post II, who died in 1906. Melville and Bloom left Grafton and from 1907 to 1914 spent their time traveling in Europe and enjoying extended stays with their families.","Beginning in 1908, Post's crime stories as well as his legal writing began to appear frequently in American popular magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's Monthly Magazine. One of Post's most well-known characters, Uncle Abner, first appeared in 1911; Uncle Abner continued to figure prominently in Post's stories, and in 1918 a collection of stories featuring Abner was published: Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries. Post's later work included The Mystery at the Blue Villa (1919), The Sleuth of St. James Square (1920), The Mountain School-Teacher (1922), Monsieur Jonquelle: Prefect of Police of Paris (1923), Randolph Mason, Corrector of Destinies (1923), Walker of the Secret Service (1924), The Man Hunters (1926), The Revolt of the Birds (1927), The Bradmoor Murder (1929), The Garden in Asia (1929), and The Silent Witness (1930). He also continued to publish stories in serial publications.","Post built a home near Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1914-1915 that was based on Swiss architecture and that he nicknamed \"The Chalet.\" Bloom died of pneumonia in 1919. Melville Davisson Post lived at the Chalet until his death from a horse accident in 1930. He is buried in Clarksburg.","693, 1143, 1635, 3673","Papers of Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930), an American mystery and detective short story writer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The bulk of the materials date from 1850 to 1929 and primarily consist of Melville Davisson Post's personal and business letters and family financial and legal papers. Business letters mainly document the process of soliciting or accepting and then publishing Post's stories. Financial papers pertain to Post's personal finances in the 1920s, and legal documents from the 18th and early 19th century relate to several members of the Post and Davisson families. Collection also contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" ( The Bradmoor Murder , 1929); a biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton; and several black-and-white photographs of Templemoor, Post's childhood home.","Series include: \nSeries 1a. Letters -- Personal, 1890–1928 (box 1)  \nSeries 1b. Letters -- Business, 1909–1929 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Writings, 1973, undated (box 2)  \nSeries 3a. Financial and Legal Papers -- Melville Davisson Post, 1914-1928 (box 2)  \nSeries 3b. Financial and Legal Papers -- Davisson and Post Families, 1811-1913, 1949 (boxes 2-3)  \nSeries 3c. Financial and Legal Papers -- Miscellaneous, 1852–1952 (box 3)  \nSeries 4. Personal Materials, 1956-1957, undated (box 3)","This series, mainly from 1919 to 1935, primarily consists of notes sent to Melville Post from friends and other writers, including Katharine Fullerton Gerould and Meredith Nicholson. Topics include social activities and Post's writing and his collections of stories. There are also several letters from Post to his niece, Florence Ritchie, about visits to the Chalet, buying ponies, and a trip to London.","Researchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.","The letters in this series were chiefly written to Melville Post from various publishers and editors, including G.P. Putnam's Sons, Harper and Brothers, D. Appleton and Co., International Magazine Company, the Saturday Evening Post, and A.P. Watt \u0026 Company, from 1909 to 1929. These letters document the publication of Post's stories, with topics including inquiries and solicitations of manuscripts, publication agreements, payment, rights to publication, scheduling, and contracts. Some letters include editors' comments on Post's stories and characters, and there are a couple of letters related to Post's research for his books. Also includes letters regarding a private game refuge proposed by Post and his neighbors and Post's polo field and health.","Researchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.","This series contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" published as part of the collection \"The Bradmoor Murder\" in 1929 and a 1973 biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton. Also includes article \"Lawyer, Gentleman, West Virginian\" by Richard Eaton (undated).","This series includes records pertaining to Post's personal finances in the 1920s. It also includes materials related to Melville Post, such as deeds from 1914, a power of attorney to his brother in the 1920s, and financial documents such as receipts and letters that pertain to Post's various bank accounts and bonds in the 1920s.","This series includes legal documents for members of the Post and Davisson families from the 19th and early 20th centuries. These documents chiefly consist of deeds, land surveys, and receipts from 1811 to 1949, with the bulk spanning from 1830 to 1915. There are materials for Isaac and Prudence Copelin/Copeland, Post's great-grandparents; Melville and Martha Davisson, Post's maternal grandparents; Ira C. and Florence Post, Post's parents; Isaac and Emily Carper Post, Post's paternal grandparents; and Sydney Post, Melville Post's brother.","This series includes miscellaneous financial and legal documents related to various coal companies in West Virginia from 1852-1952.","This series contains black-and-white photographs of Post's boyhood home, Templemoor, from 1956 and 1957, an unidentified photograph, and stamp. Also includes two photos of his home and a portrait (ca. 1920s).","This series includes blueprints, maps, and other material regarding strip mining and coal tracts of the Hutchinson Coal Company of West Virginia, in which Post had stakes.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Florence and Ira Post married in October 1866 and had five children: Maud, Melville, Emma, Sydney, and Florence. Ira raised cattle in Harrison County, West Virginia, and held numerous herds of cattle as well as pasture land. In 1878 the Posts built a new home, \"Templemoor,\" where Melville spent the rest of his youth.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMelville Post attended the Academy in Buckhannon, West Virginia, in 1885 and took courses in Morgantown the following year. He formally entered West Virginia University in 1887 and graduated in 1891. He returned for a year of legal studies, and received his LL.B. in 1892. Post served as a prosecuting attorney in Wheeling, West Virginia, and was also involved in the state's Democratic Party.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePost began writing short stories while in Wheeling, and his first work centered on the character of Randolph Mason. The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason was published in 1896, followed by The Man of Last Resort, of the Clients of Randolph Mason one year later. Other books included Dwellers in the Hills (1901), The Corrector of Destinies (1908), The Gilded Chair (1910), and The Nameless Thing (1912).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1903, Post married Ann Bloomfield \"Bloom\" Gamble Schoolfield. The couple lived in Grafton, West Virginia, where Post had formed a law partnership with another attorney. They had one son, Ira C. Post II, who died in 1906. Melville and Bloom left Grafton and from 1907 to 1914 spent their time traveling in Europe and enjoying extended stays with their families.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1908, Post's crime stories as well as his legal writing began to appear frequently in American popular magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's Monthly Magazine. One of Post's most well-known characters, Uncle Abner, first appeared in 1911; Uncle Abner continued to figure prominently in Post's stories, and in 1918 a collection of stories featuring Abner was published: Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries. Post's later work included The Mystery at the Blue Villa (1919), The Sleuth of St. James Square (1920), The Mountain School-Teacher (1922), Monsieur Jonquelle: Prefect of Police of Paris (1923), Randolph Mason, Corrector of Destinies (1923), Walker of the Secret Service (1924), The Man Hunters (1926), The Revolt of the Birds (1927), The Bradmoor Murder (1929), The Garden in Asia (1929), and The Silent Witness (1930). He also continued to publish stories in serial publications.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePost built a home near Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1914-1915 that was based on Swiss architecture and that he nicknamed \"The Chalet.\" Bloom died of pneumonia in 1919. 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Post served as a prosecuting attorney in Wheeling, West Virginia, and was also involved in the state's Democratic Party.","Post began writing short stories while in Wheeling, and his first work centered on the character of Randolph Mason. The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason was published in 1896, followed by The Man of Last Resort, of the Clients of Randolph Mason one year later. Other books included Dwellers in the Hills (1901), The Corrector of Destinies (1908), The Gilded Chair (1910), and The Nameless Thing (1912).","In 1903, Post married Ann Bloomfield \"Bloom\" Gamble Schoolfield. The couple lived in Grafton, West Virginia, where Post had formed a law partnership with another attorney. They had one son, Ira C. Post II, who died in 1906. Melville and Bloom left Grafton and from 1907 to 1914 spent their time traveling in Europe and enjoying extended stays with their families.","Beginning in 1908, Post's crime stories as well as his legal writing began to appear frequently in American popular magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's Monthly Magazine. One of Post's most well-known characters, Uncle Abner, first appeared in 1911; Uncle Abner continued to figure prominently in Post's stories, and in 1918 a collection of stories featuring Abner was published: Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries. Post's later work included The Mystery at the Blue Villa (1919), The Sleuth of St. James Square (1920), The Mountain School-Teacher (1922), Monsieur Jonquelle: Prefect of Police of Paris (1923), Randolph Mason, Corrector of Destinies (1923), Walker of the Secret Service (1924), The Man Hunters (1926), The Revolt of the Birds (1927), The Bradmoor Murder (1929), The Garden in Asia (1929), and The Silent Witness (1930). He also continued to publish stories in serial publications.","Post built a home near Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1914-1915 that was based on Swiss architecture and that he nicknamed \"The Chalet.\" Bloom died of pneumonia in 1919. Melville Davisson Post lived at the Chalet until his death from a horse accident in 1930. 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Also includes letters regarding a private game refuge proposed by Post and his neighbors and Post's polo field and health.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" published as part of the collection \"The Bradmoor Murder\" in 1929 and a 1973 biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton. Also includes article \"Lawyer, Gentleman, West Virginian\" by Richard Eaton (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes records pertaining to Post's personal finances in the 1920s. 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Financial papers pertain to Post's personal finances in the 1920s, and legal documents from the 18th and early 19th century relate to several members of the Post and Davisson families. Collection also contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" ( The Bradmoor Murder , 1929); a biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton; and several black-and-white photographs of Templemoor, Post's childhood home.","Series include: \nSeries 1a. Letters -- Personal, 1890–1928 (box 1)  \nSeries 1b. Letters -- Business, 1909–1929 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Writings, 1973, undated (box 2)  \nSeries 3a. Financial and Legal Papers -- Melville Davisson Post, 1914-1928 (box 2)  \nSeries 3b. Financial and Legal Papers -- Davisson and Post Families, 1811-1913, 1949 (boxes 2-3)  \nSeries 3c. Financial and Legal Papers -- Miscellaneous, 1852–1952 (box 3)  \nSeries 4. Personal Materials, 1956-1957, undated (box 3)","This series, mainly from 1919 to 1935, primarily consists of notes sent to Melville Post from friends and other writers, including Katharine Fullerton Gerould and Meredith Nicholson. Topics include social activities and Post's writing and his collections of stories. There are also several letters from Post to his niece, Florence Ritchie, about visits to the Chalet, buying ponies, and a trip to London.","Researchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.","The letters in this series were chiefly written to Melville Post from various publishers and editors, including G.P. Putnam's Sons, Harper and Brothers, D. Appleton and Co., International Magazine Company, the Saturday Evening Post, and A.P. Watt \u0026 Company, from 1909 to 1929. These letters document the publication of Post's stories, with topics including inquiries and solicitations of manuscripts, publication agreements, payment, rights to publication, scheduling, and contracts. Some letters include editors' comments on Post's stories and characters, and there are a couple of letters related to Post's research for his books. Also includes letters regarding a private game refuge proposed by Post and his neighbors and Post's polo field and health.","Researchers are encouraged to consult both Series 1a. and Series 1b. since personal and professional topics often overlap in correspondence.","This series contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story \"The Hole in the Glass\" published as part of the collection \"The Bradmoor Murder\" in 1929 and a 1973 biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton. Also includes article \"Lawyer, Gentleman, West Virginian\" by Richard Eaton (undated).","This series includes records pertaining to Post's personal finances in the 1920s. It also includes materials related to Melville Post, such as deeds from 1914, a power of attorney to his brother in the 1920s, and financial documents such as receipts and letters that pertain to Post's various bank accounts and bonds in the 1920s.","This series includes legal documents for members of the Post and Davisson families from the 19th and early 20th centuries. These documents chiefly consist of deeds, land surveys, and receipts from 1811 to 1949, with the bulk spanning from 1830 to 1915. There are materials for Isaac and Prudence Copelin/Copeland, Post's great-grandparents; Melville and Martha Davisson, Post's maternal grandparents; Ira C. and Florence Post, Post's parents; Isaac and Emily Carper Post, Post's paternal grandparents; and Sydney Post, Melville Post's brother.","This series includes miscellaneous financial and legal documents related to various coal companies in West Virginia from 1852-1952.","This series contains black-and-white photographs of Post's boyhood home, Templemoor, from 1956 and 1957, an unidentified photograph, and stamp. Also includes two photos of his home and a portrait (ca. 1920s).","This series includes blueprints, maps, and other material regarding strip mining and coal tracts of the Hutchinson Coal Company of West Virginia, in which Post had stakes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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