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The preacher's practice : short story

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Call Number:
F0313
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
2 item (27 pages)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0099, F0313, St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine, The preacher's practice : short story, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
undated (inclusive)
Creator:
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971
Form:
Short stories and Obituaries
Abstract:
"The Preacher's Practice" is an undated short story by Irish playwright St. John Ervine.

Irish playwright, drama critic, and author St. John Greer Ervine (1883-1971) is best known for his plays, some of which were staged at the Abbey Theatre. He also managed the Abbey Theatre for a brief period.

"St. John Greer Ervine 1883-1971." Literature Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed March 16, 2007)."St. John Ervine is dead at 87."New York Times, January 25, 1971, http://proquest.umi.com (accessed February 22, 2007).

This small collection contains a short story, "The Preacher's Practice," and a newspaper obituary clipping of St. John Greer Ervine. There is an autograph addition on the cover sheet along with a stamp from the literary agent Paul R. Reynolds. The first page of the text bears a cross-through of Ervine's name and address. The obituary clipping has an autograph of the date January 22, 1971. His date of death is actually January 24, 1971.

Box 17, F0313: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Purchase, 1990.

Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, February 2007. Further encoded by George Apodaca, September 2015.

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2007 February 22
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine short story "The Preacher's Practice", undated.
Box 17 Folder F0313
Physical Description

Carbon typescript (26 pp.) with an autograph addition and one clipping (1 p.).

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