urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00759 Joel Chandler Harris: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Finding aid created by Joan Sibley and Katherine Noble Harry Ransom Center, 2013 Finding aid encoded by Joan Sibley, 29 July 2013 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 Joel Chandler Harris Collection 1884-1932, undated 1 box, 6 oversize bound volumes (osbv) (1.50 linear feet), 1 oversize folder (osf) Includes manuscripts and letters by the American journalist, author and folklorist Joel Chandler Harris, best known for his Uncle Remus stories. English Manuscript Collection MS-1847 Access:

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Container List Works: osf 1 Bandanna ballads, Introduction, signed handwritten manuscript, 2 pages, undated. From the Hanley Collection. Nights with Uncle Remus: osbv 1 I., The moon in the mill pond, handwritten manuscript, 8 pages, undated. From the Stark Collection. osbv 2 II., Brother Rabbit takes some exercise, handwritten manuscript, 6 pages, undated. From the Stark Collection. osbv 3 III., Why Brother Bear has no tail, handwritten manuscript, 5 pages, undated. From the Stark Collection. osbv 4 IV., How Brother Rabbit frightened his neighbors, handwritten manuscript, 7 pages, undated. From the Stark Collection. osbv 5 V., Mr. Man has some meat, handwritten manuscript, 5 pages, undated. From the Stark Collection. osbv 6 VI., How Brother Rabbit got the meat, handwritten manuscript, 5 pages, undated. From the Stark Collection. Letters: 1.1 ALS to "Sir," 25 February 1884. Letterhead: Atlanta Constitution. 1.1 ALS to Green, J. C., 23 September 1885. Letterhead: Atlanta Constitution. 1.1 TLS with handwritten postscript to Lane, Julia Iverson, 28 April 1908. Letterhead: Uncle Remus's Magazine. Miscellaneous: 1.2 Emory University. Atlanta. Library. TLS to Stark, Miriam Lutcher, 23 February 1932.