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O. Henry Project
[Effie Roach Hofer Autograph Album]
Date: August 2, 1885
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: Autograph album belonging to Effie Roach Hofer. It includes page a 10-line verse poem entitled "Poetry," with drawing of fiddle and pointing finger and hand, signed "W.S. Porter/Secretary Jolly Brothers."
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139323/
Athol Estes Porter Autograph book
Date: September 25, 1885
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: Autograph album belonging to Athol Estes, includes 10-line two stanza poem. First letters of first five lines acrostically spell Athol (first letters of lines) and Estes (last letters of lines). Signed "W.S.P."
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[Cancelled Checks to W. S. Porter]
Date: 1886
Creator: unknown
Description: Cancelled checks written by Maddox Bros. & Anderson all made out to W. S. Porter. Some are endorsed on the back by Porter.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139283/
[Letter from O. Henry to Belle Palm]
Date: September 23, 1886
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: Letter detailing programme for a musical event to be held on October 1, 1886, in which Belle Palm is on the program and O. Henry is the Musical Director.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139270/
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking
Date: December 1899
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: Short story about a "professional tramp" in New Orleans.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139331/
Georgia's Ruling
Date: June 30, 1900
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: Short story about the General Land Office in Austin, Texas. Story was published while O. Henry was in prison in Columbus, Ohio.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139371/
Money Maze
Date: May 1901
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: A short story set in Central America. This story is said to have served as the literary foundation of "Cabbages and Kings."
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139385/
A Blackjack Bargainer
Date: August 1901
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: Short story about a family feud.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139363/
Rouge et Noire
Date: December 1901
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: A short story about the banana trade in Central America based on O. Henry's experiences in Honduras in the late 1890s. This is perhaps the first instance of O. Henry's use of the term "banana republic."
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139393/
Bulger's Friend
Date: December 26, 1901
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Description: Short story about an old man who joins the Salvation Army.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139373/