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Selected Papers of Sparse Grey Hackle

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Hackle, Sparse Grey, 1892-

"Sparse Grey Hackle" was the pen name of Alfred W. Miller, an American author of books and articles about angling.

The collection consists of the typescript and proofs of Hackle's collection of short stories Fishless Days (1954), the typed manuscript of his story "Vocabulary" (1954), two letters, and his collection of 18th- and 19th-century regulatory documents relating to fishing in the Delaware, Hudson, South, Raritan, and Hackensack rivers of New Jersey.

Published under same title (New York: Anglers' Club, 1954)

AM21329

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Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Manuscripts of New Jersey Laws relating to Fishing, 1765-1828. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

3 items, autographed.

Physical Description

1 folder

Another Manuscript of New Jersey Law relating to Fishing, 1766. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Autographed.

Physical Description

1 folder

Fishless Days, Typescript, 1954 October 6. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

93 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"Fishless Days", Printed, 1954. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Vocabulary", Typescript, 1939. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

4 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

Henry W. Herbert writes about his extreme poverty, shortly before his suicide, 1857 December 11. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from Jack Kuigler to "Dear Skipper", signed, 1954 December 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest