Browse Items (22 items total) Tags: Kentucky authors Refine search Source Select...EKU Photo CollectionJohn Wilson Townsend PapersTownsend, John Wilson Papers Date Select...ca 191219771938193019291928-193419281922-19321922-192919151914-191819131912-19311912-19181912-1915 Format Select...photographcorrespondencenews clippingphotographpoemscript Language Select...eng Type Select...imagetext Text Select...1st Letter- Maysville, Kentucky Jan. 14-1929- Mr. John N. Townsend; Dear Sir; I came across a letter from you a day or so ago, that should have been answered some time ago. I am mailing you under separate cause one of my little plays. You can obtain some of my plays from the following firms. Eldridge Entertainment House, Franklin, Ohio. Willis N. Bugbee Pub. House, Syracuse N. Y. Arthur H. Strouse Pub. House, Lakeside, Ohio. I sell my plays out-right, so you will have to pay 25(cents) or 35(cents) for the little paper booklets. You ask for a history of my life. I was born in Mt. Olivet Robertson Co, KY. June 8, 1872. I was raised in Fleming County. My mother died when I was eight years old and I went to live with my maternal grandparents. Col. and Mrs. Wm. Erving/Ewing who lived near Elizaville, Fleming Co. I attended school at Elizaville and Flemingsburg and graduated from Bellewood Seminary Anchorage, KY. in 1891. I taught school for ten years then married in 1904, Charles E. Martin of Winchester, KY. We came to Maysville, to live when we were married. I am now a widow, and have two sons, Edwin who will be graduated from the Annapolis Naval Academy next June, and Willis who has a position in Washington City. I sold my first play in April 1925. I happened to write a little play for a club to which I belonged; because I was on the committee to select a play and could find none suitable. My friends insisted that I try and sell it, which I did, and have been selling little amatuer plays ever since. If there is anything else you would like to know I shall be glad to tell you. Sincerely Mrs. Lena P. Martin 1232 East 2nd St. Maysville, KY. P.S. Have concluded to mail play in same envelope “Judiel & the Mountains by same firm is my best play. 2nd Letter- Maysville, Kentucky March 27-1929 Dear Mr. Townsend Enclosed is a small picture of myself. It is not a recent picture but all that I have. I am not very good looking so do not like to have my picture taken. I hope this one will do and that I have gotten it to you in time for your book. Cordially yours, Lena P. Martin 1232 East 2nd St. Maysville, KY. Tags Remove filter...Kentucky authors Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Mabel Kunkel awards event 0001-005-07291 1977 Mabel Kunkel awards event 0001-005-07292 1977 Mabel Kunkel awards event 0001-005-07293 1977 Mabel Kunkel awards event 0001-005-07294 1977 Mabel Kunkel awards event 0001-005-07295 1977 Barondess/Lincoln Award for Mabel Kunkel 0001-005-07296 1977 Two men holding the Barondess/Lincoln Award for Mabel Kunkel 0001-005-07297 1977 photo_library Margaret Steele Anderson 2005a001-b01-f05-04 1912-1918 photo_library Harriette Louisa Arnow 2005a001-b01-f06-06 1938 J.P. Board 2005a001-b01-f09-22 1928 Anne T. Collins 2005a001-b03-f08-01 1928-1934 W.J. Lampton 2005a001-b08-f10-05 ca 1912 photo_library A.E. Martin 2005a001-b09-f07-06 1913 photo_library George Madden Martin 2005a001-b09-f07-07 1914-1918 photo_library Lena Prather Martin 2005a001-b09-f07-08 1929 photo_library Maude Martin 2005a001-b09-f07-09 1915 photo_library Anna Blanche McGill 2005a001-b09-f08-32 1922-1929 Chas. Murphy 2005a001-b10-f06-02 1930 Paul R. Shipman 2005a001-b12-f10 1912-1915 Robert N. Simpson 2005a001-b12-f11-08 1913 George McCalla Spears 2005a001-b13-f05-01 1912-1931 Elizabeth Madox Roberts 2005a001-b12-f02-05 1922-1932 Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Output Formats atom, csv, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
