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Letter from Alexander Key to Lou Whitfield Miller, April 10, 1939
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Alexander Key provides Lou Whitfield Miller an autobiographical summary as well as a list of stories and illustrations that relate to Florida. He asks Miller if she sees Christine Scarborough to send his regards to her.
Letter from Lucy Ford to Lou Whitfield Miller, May 25, 1939
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Lucy Ford writes to Lou Whitfield Miller about Miller's "Guide to Fiction" and doubts that this "unimportant note" about herself will be included in the finished work. Ford has been stuck in the "perpetual summer" of Florida and has not...
Letter from Susan Williams Benson to Lou Whitfield Miller, April 19, 1939
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Susana Williams Benson writes to Lou Whitfield Miller, providing an autobiographical summary as well as a list of her stories, some of which taking place in Florida. Benson discusses Florida hurricanes and the story of Gasparilla.
Edith Hope writes to Lou Whitfield Miller shocked to find that her letter from last August had not been answered. Hope attributes this lack of response to their prolonged illness. She hopes her biographical information can still be...
Letter from Elvira Garner to Lou Whitfield Miller, October 27, 1939
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Elvira Garner recalls her early life living on a farm in Tennessee. She recalls a puppy that inspired her story "Ezekiel." Garner got married and settled down in Florida, and is flattered to be in Lou Whitfield Miller's "Guide."
Letter from Rex Beach to Lou Whitfield Miller, October 26, 1939
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Rex Beach lists stories that he has used Florida as the setting for. Rex Beach lived in Florida as a child and went to school in Tampa and at Rollins College, and now has a home in Sebring.
The author of this letter is flattered to help Lou Whitfield Miller in her research as long as it is not for commercial use. The author provides autobiographical information and says that they plan to remain on the Florida coast. The...
Letter from Bernie Borchardt to Lou Whitfield MIller, October 21, 1939
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Bernie Borchardt has done writing for Florida's Suniland magazine, and describes other stories he has written. He has chosen Florida for many of his settings because he has lived there most of his life.
Letter from Theodore Pratt to Lou Whitfield Miller, February 23, 1939
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Theodore Pratt lists stories he has written under both his name and his pseudonym Timothy Brace of which take place in Florida. He refers to reviewing Lou Whitfield Miller's list of stories and his inability to do so. Includes an...
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