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At Arms with Morpheus

A short story about two young medical students.

Date: October 1903

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear

Short story about the character Jeff Peters.

Date: July 1903

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Athol Estes Porter Autograph book

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."

Date: September 25, 1885

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Book

The Best-Seller

Short story set in Pittsburgh

Date: May 1909

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

A Blackjack Bargainer

Short story about a family feud.

Date: August 1901

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Born and Raised in No'th Ca'llina

This article is the first part of Arthur W. Page's biography of O. Henry, "Little Pictures of O. Henry." It addresses O. Henry's early life and is illustrated with photographs and sketches.

Date: June 1913

Creator: Page, Arthur W. (Arthur Wilson), 1883-1960

Item Type: Article

Bulger's Friend

Short story about an old man who joins the Salvation Army.

Date: December 26, 1901

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Buried Treasure

Short story developed during O. Henry's time working as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office.

Date: July 1908

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

The Caballero's Way

Short story about a young desperado from the Texas-Mexico border.

Date: July 1907

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

The Caballero's Way

Short story about a young desperado from the Texas-Mexico border.

Date: June 1925

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Cabbages and Kings

This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s.

Date: 1904

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Book

The Cactus

Short story about a young bachelor.

Date: October 1902

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Calendar page

Front page of calendar, found in the room in which O. Henry passed away, with June (month of death) showing.

Date: June 1910

Item Type: Text

A Call Loan

Short story set in Texas.

Date: July 1903

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Calloway's Code

A newspaper staff tries to decipher a code sent by a reporter abroad.

Date: September 1906

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

[Cancelled Checks to W. S. Porter]

Cancelled checks written by Maddox Bros. & Anderson all made out to W. S. Porter. Some are endorsed on the back by Porter.

Date: 1886

Item Type: Text

A Christmas Pi-

A short story set at Christmastime.

Date: December 1909

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Compliments of the Season

A short story set during Christmastime, centered around the misadventures of several characters.

Date: December 1906

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

Contract between H.H. McClure and Sydney Porter

Contract between H.H. McClure and Sydney Porter, signed by both parties, dated 21 October 1907.

Date: October 21, 1907

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Letter

[Copies of unsigned publishing contracts]

Two unsigned copies of publishing contracts by two different publishing houses: H. H. McClure and Co., and Phillips Publishing Co.

Date: October 21, 1907

Creator: H. H. McClure and Co.

Item Type: Legal Document

The Country of Elusion

Short story about a magazine editor.

Date: December 1906

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

The Crucible

Three-stanza poem by O. Henry. "O. Henry's last poem...One of two poems found in a notebook after his death."

Date: September 1910

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

The Crucible

A poem entitled "The Crucible" by O. Henry turned into a song by Alexander McFayden.

Date: 1921

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910 & McFayden, Alexander

Item Type: Musical Score/Notation

[Description of gift from Jenny Lind Porter Scott and Lawrence E. Scott]

Description of donation of O. Henry letters and their authenticity.

Date: unknown

Creator: Scott, Jenny Lind Porter & Scott, Lawrence E.

Item Type: Letter

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