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Series I C: Notebooks and Miscellany.

Scope and Contents note

Series IC contains several of Benners's notebooks, many of which were later annotated and reused by Ralph Adimari. Other ephemera (photos, scrapbooks, etc.) relating to Benners is also included.

Legal Agreement [Frank Leslie Publishing House], 1902

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Manuscript: Benners biography, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

MS for a biographical sketch of Benners by E. Burke Collins.

Cancelled checks, 1894-1916

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Cancelled checks, signed by Benners, issued by the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit and Insurance Company.

Garvice, Charles, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Notes, photos, and ads relating to British dime-novel author and friend of Benners, Charles Garvice.

Notebook, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 5A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

List of serials and prices.

Notebook, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 5B (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

List of titles, miscellaneous notes.

Notebook, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Small memo book with Adimari's written label on first page: "Titles and Names up to 1929."

Notebook, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Benners's notebook with extensive notes by Adimari. Contents include: list of titles by publisher (Adimari); list of authors; one-page biography of Laura Jean Libby by Benners.

Emma Tell birthday album, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

An album of handwritten poems dedicated to Emma Tell.

Personal scrapbook, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Benners's personal scrapbook of clippings.

Book of stories, 1896-1916

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

A bound volume of stories culled from various serials. Includes pieces from The Strand Magazineand Detective Story Magazine.

Notebook, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

A book of bibliographical notes by Benners, later annotated and reused by Adimari.

Notebook, n.d.

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Benners's notebook labeled "Expense Account", later used extensively by Adimari.

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