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Ms. Hodson displayed some of the Huntington Library’s collection of Harriet Beecher Stowe manuscripts. She also talked about Stowe’s life and her role in the abolition movement.

Ms. Hodson talked about a collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s correspondence with the editor of Metropolitan Magazine.

Ms. Hodson talked about the collection of H.L. Mencken manuscripts held at the Huntington Library in California and his commentary on American society.

Ms. Hodson talked about the works of Langston Hughes, some of the manuscripts housed at the Huntington Library, and how the manuscripts show the progression of his poem “Uncle Tom.”

Ms. Hodson talked about several manuscripts relating to Nathaniel Hawthorne housed at the Huntington Library.

The curator talked about the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau and showed manuscripts of some of their writings and letters. The Huntington Library houses a collection of …

Ms. Hodson displayed a letter written by Upton Sinclair to his friend Jack London, one of the manuscripts in the Huntington Library Literary Manuscripts collection.

Ms. Hodson displayed some of the Huntington Library’s collection of Edith Wharton manuscripts.

Ms. Hodson talked about the collection of Willa Cather’s letters and the restrictions placed on the material by Cather’s will.

Sue Hodson showed and talked about some of the library’s collection of Mark Twain manuscripts.