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Bryan, W. S. Plumer (William Swan Plumer), 1856-1925

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Correspondence: Bryan, W. S. Plumer

 File — Box 1, Folder: 029-01-062
Identifier: 029-01-062
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the Allis Collection relates to his work as a teacher, writer, and an editor. One noteworthy feature of the collection is the amount of correspondence. Allis was not only a prolific letter-writer; he was also an early adopter of the typewriter and kept carbon copies of many of the letters he sent. Interested researchers will be able, in many cases, to reconstruct the “conversation” between Allis and his correspondents. The subject matter of the correspondence ranges from the...
Dates: 1813 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1970