wtu00379.xml Finding-Aid for the Worth Collection (WTU00379) The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation 2003 University Libraries, Washington University in St. Louis

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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, January2003. ENG 2004: July 7 Chatham Ewing Conversion to EAD 2002 begun. Left legacy dates in unittitle. Included fixing langenconding error in eadheader, fixing eadid to conform with national and international standards, changing admininfo to descgrp, removing langmaterial attribute from archdesc, and redoing doctype declaration. Done using textpad and reglar expressons. Languages: English Descriptive Summary WTU00379 Collection Worth , Patience [Accession: 1755]

Date accessioned: March 2, 1988

Source

Gift of Mrs. Warren B. Lammert

Appraised by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books

Collection is open to research.

Patience Worth was a fictional figure who used Mrs. Pearl Curran (1883-1937) as a medium from 1913 until Mrs. Curran's death. Through Mrs. Curran, "Patience Worth" transmitted poems, plays, and novels.

These items relate to the seances at which "Patience" spoke, and include parts of the Patience Worth Record, a series of accounts and transcripts of each Patience Worth session.

10/Worth Patience Worth Record. Boulder, Colorado, 1920: October 29. 2 items (8 pp.): TS [carbon]

Two copies of 4 pp. each. Envelope with one copy.

10/Worth Patience Worth Record. 1930: January 13. 1 item (8 pp.) 10/Worth "My Beloved". 1 item (2 pp.)

Autograph poem by "Patience Worth"

10/Worth Autograph [transcription] in pencil. 1 item (5 pp.) 10/Worth Typescript poems. (untitled), "Life's Caravan", "Life and Me", "A Prayer", "The Sundial Speaks". 3 items (6 pp.) 10/Worth Autograph [transcribed poem] manuscript. 1 item (1 p.) 10/Worth Typescript poem on card. 1 item (1 p.)

Appears to be a Christmas card.

10/Worth Newspaper clippings about Patience Worth: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Magazine, 1980: Oct. 25-26, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1972: April 2.