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Harry Livingston French, Anne Lee Worden French, Livingston Paine French, Priscilla French, et al : Collection of Ninety-three Letters and Documents Related to Harry L. French and His Family, 1910-1936, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and Other Places

Collection of 93 original letters and documents related to Harry L. French and his family. Items are on paper and either printed, handwritten, or a combination of the two. Original envelopes included with some of the papers. 1910-1936. About 5 1/2" x 3 1/4" to 8 1/2" x 12." Most are letter-sized. 173 pages. Each item is very clean and intact except for age toning, the occasional small stain, a few fold lines, and slight wrinkling. Each item and the entire collection are Very Good. Harry L. French (1871-1928) was a noted architect in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania who had graduated from Cornell University in 1894. He used a variety of styles including classical and Gothic Revival. He and Frederick McCormick established an architectural practice in Wilkes-Barre in 1897 called McCormick & French. In 1910, Harry married Anne Lee Worden (1885-1939). They had two children, Livingston Paine French (1911-1968) and Priscilla French (?-?). The collection is divided into five parts by correspondent. (1) Harry French. Letters to Harry and papers related to him. 1910-1925, 21 documents, 35 pp. Includes two letters from McCormick, letters about the sale of a timber tract, well wishes from friends about Harry's ongoing illness, a handwritten prescription, financial documents, and newspaper clippings. Of note is a legal document (carbon typescript, January 1911, 8 pp.), "Copy of Indictment; Indictment for Conspiracy. Six Counts. Commonwealth [of Pennsylvania] vs. Frank Carlucci, Frederick McCormick and Harry L. French," which pertains to a court case involving French and fellow architects Carlucci and McCormick and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Carlucci, French, and McCormick were indicted on six counts for conspiracy; they were accused of defrauding the Commonwealth out of $20,000 by using cheaper substitutes instead of Keene's Cement products for a building project, which could be the same project in which they designed the interior of the Luzerne County Courthouse. (2) Anne Lee Worden French. Letters to Anne and papers related to her. 1917-1936, 25 documents, 28 pp. Includes financial documents, newspaper clippings, letter from Dr. Charles W. Burr (who says Harry must continue outpatient treatment), personal letters, letter from a lawyer about the unreliability of an unnamed "Client," Dr. M C. Rumbaugh's report to Fred Kirby about a "Mr. G. C." whom he describes as an abusive alcoholic incapable of attending to any business (Harry had spoken to Kirby about "G. C."), wedding announcement from Thomas David Worden of Anne and Harry's wedding, and accompanying wedding breakfast invite. (3) Harry and Anne French, literary papers. 1912-1932, 14 documents (including a duplicate of "Domiciled"), 27 pp. Includes poetry, short fiction, a bill, newspaper clippings, and letters, such as one from Lawrence Marston, an associate of producer Joseph M. Gaites, who congratulates Anne and Louisa Kemmerer on their play which Gaites thoroughly approved of. Anne's works: "Television" (poem), "The Things Which Are Caesar's" (ghost story set in Rome), "A Cape Cod Reverie" (poem), and "The Debut" (short fiction about an ailing aristocratic woman). Harry's works: "The 'Recall' of the Bull Moose" (satirical poem about Theodore Roosevelt's third run for U.S. president in 1912 as the nominee of the Progressive "Bull Moose" Party; published in The Sun, October 1912), "Domiciled" (poem about aging; two copies), "Torment" (poem), "A Lullaby" (poem), "Night in Colorado" (poem), and untitled satirical political poem. (4) Livingston French. Letters to, from, and about him. 1922-1931. Nine letters (16 pp.) to Livingston (some are from Harry). Six letters (16 pp.) from Livingston (most are to his parents); he is sometimes referred to as "Mike" or "Bunny." Two letters (5 pp.) about Livingston and girlfriend. (5) Priscilla "Prissy" French. Letters from her to Anne. 1932-1936, 16 papers (15 letters, 46 pp., and one of her pencil drawings of her, Anne, and Livingston as cats).. Manuscript. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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