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In researching the history of rum and rum cocktails, author Wayne Curtis bought
No full textIn researching the history of rum and rum cocktails, author Wayne Curtis bought an out-of-print copy of Trader Vic\u27s Book of Food & Drink that once belonged to Maine author Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957). On a blank page, Curtis discovered Roberts\u27 well-crafted description of inventing a recipe, with scratched out and recast words
Curtis Blanton, Mountain Humorist
No full textAuthor Curtis Blanton has a wonderful sense of humor. Herewith, listen to this interview from 2009 about how he came to publish the stories he heard the old timers tell when he was a kid
Trip account
No full textTrip account - AMs, 15 pp.
“I am attempting to give you some account of a recent vacation trip which we were privileged to enjoy - Rose, Mother and I…” As the account of the trip to view the eclipse is unsigned, we can’t say for sure but as the author states “Rose, Mother and I” one could logically assume that the author is a sibling of T. Rose Curtis
Curtis Wilkie Letter and Map
No full textA nine-page letter from journalist and author Curtis Wilkie, written to his parents, containing a first-hand account of the integration of the University of Mississippi. Wilkie was a student at the university at the time. Included is a hand-drawn map showing the places on campus where various events occurred during the riots
Program for the Curtis Picture Musicale
No full textPrinted on title page: Edward S. Curtis. Author of "The North American Indian". Music composed by Henry F. Gilbert.
The program for Edward Curtis's "musicale" or "picture-opera" featuring a foreward by Curtis, dissolving slide shows, motion pictures and music. The music was composed by Henry Gilbert and based on the wax cylinder recordings Curtis had made of Native American music with his photographic subjects. This program which toured the country during the winter of 1911-1912 included such productions as "Dream of the Ancient Red Man", and "Evening in Hopi Land".
Also in PH Coll 484.AD
[Letter] 1859 December 12, Roxberg / George William Curtis.
No full textCurtis thanks the sender for the little book, stating that it makes him wish and hope that the fraternity of good thinking will not be dissolved. An author and an orator who spent two years at the utopian Brook Farm community, Curtis published novels like _Trumps_ [1861] as well as delivering addresses on William Cullen Bryant, Robert Burns, Washington Irving, and James Russell Lowell. He befriended Emerson, edited _Putnam\u27s Monthly_ , actively wrote about New York and national politics in periodicals like _Harper\u27s Magazine_ , and wrote travel narratives
Curtis Cokes, boxer
No full textPhotograph shows Curtis Cokes, welterweight champion, in boxing clothes and pose
Hogs, Reserve Champion, 1961
No full textThis fat hog, exhibited by Curtis Anderson of Cedar City, wom the Reserve Champion honors. Buyer was the Parowan Mercantile who paid Curtis $0.50 per pound for the animal. Manager Bryce Adams of the Parowan Mercantile is at left
Curtis Carter, aspiring rodeo rider
No full textSome day, Curtis Carter, 3 1/2, figures he\u27ll be big enough to ride in rodeos, and Thursday afternoon he tells Harry Tompkins of Dublin, 1952 bareback bronc riding champion of the Rodeo Cowboys Association, all about it in Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum. Curtis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde K. Carter, 5700 White Settlement Road.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1950s/23866/thumbnail.jp
Hogs, Grand Champion
No full textGrand Champion fat hog, 186 pounds. Exhibited by 11-year old Curtis Anderson of Cedar City, first year 4-H member. Purchased by Southern Utah Poultry of Cedar City for 651.00
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