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Contains 53 Results:

"When Old Granny Osgood Died." 

 Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

Short story, typescript. 2 l. 28cm.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

Papers relating to The Dubuque Benevolent Humane Society, 1908 - 1961

 Item — Box: 2
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67 letters. Summary of cases 14 I.

Dates: 1908 - 1961
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Other Materials

To family members: fourteen letters. , 1920-12

 Item — Box: 2
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Holograph. 12 typed transcripts of letters. 32p.

Dates: 1920-12
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Other Materials

Letters to her parents, 1894

 Item — Box: 2
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Dated October 3-December 8th. Typed transcripts of 25 letters. Typescript.

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Other Materials

Diary of Bess G. Bissell. First Trip to Europe, 1902-04-11

 Item — Box: 2
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Dated April 11-July 14th. typescript. 47 l. 28cm.

Dates: 1902-04-11
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Other Materials

Journals. Three Journals: Vol. 1, Journal for 1884; Vol. 2, Journal for 1888; Vol. 3. Journal for 1902. Vol 1, 1884

 Item — Box: 2
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Vol 1: 166 l, 25cm. Vol. 2: l66 l, 25cm. Vol. 3: 45 l,24.7cm.

Dates: 1884
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Other Materials

Notebooks. Drafts of poems and stories.

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 Holograph 26cm. Loosely inserted are a letter to Margo and 1 l. of a poem titled "Trex From the Beet Fields."

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Other Materials

"Buz and Discrimination."

 Item — Box: 2
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Short story, typescript. 5 l. 28cm.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"The Cabin Fire."

 Item — Box: 2
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Poem, carbon copy. 1 l. 27.5cm.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"Christmas Eve."

 Item — Box: 2
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Short story, incomplete typescript; holograph on verso of 1 l. 3 l. 28cm.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"Claire Perigo".

 Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

Short story, incomplete typescript. 3 l. 28cm.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"Colony Wedding."

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Short story, typescript. 17 l. 28cm. Including a carbon copy of a letter to Helen Gurley ---. Brown, editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

 "The Creek." 

 Item — Box: 2
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Short story, typescript. 7 l. 28cm

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

 "Crime and Language."

 Item — Box: 2
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Article, typescript. 2 l. 27.5cm.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"Cucu Going Up."

 Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

Short story, typescript. 14 l. 28cm. Including 16 l. of a different version.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"Dona Felisa Manages."

 Item — Box: 2
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Short story, incomplete typescript.1 l. 27.7cm.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"Fair Marian Hurd."

 Item — Box: 2
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A Ballad. 1894. 2 l. 31.5cm.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"Felipe Goes to the Show."

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Poem, typescript. 2 l. 27.5cm. Possibly related to the author's "Francisco Goes to the Show" published in Milltown Days and Nights p.9. Philadelphia.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"The First Lincoln Closed-in Car in Town."

 Item — Box: 2
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Short story, incomplete typescript. 2 l. 33cm.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems

"Funeral." 

 Item — Box: 2
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Short story, typescript. 3 l. 28cm. Including a typescript copy of "Funeral" with holograph corrections. 4 l.

Dates: 1888-1990
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections / Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection / IOWA AUTHORS / Bissell, Bess G. / Stories and Poems