Harold L. Tinker Collection

3,000 volumes of 19th and 20th century American prose fiction, donated by Harold L. Tinker, Class of 1921.It included numerous first editions by Sinclair Lewis, J. P. Marquand, Kenneth Roberts, Booth Tarkington, Frank Norris, Thornton Wilder, and Thomas Wolfe. Also included are early editions of Lardner, London, Melville, Mencken, Steinbeck, Dreiser, Dos Passos, and Wharton. The collection is particularly rich in works by women authors including, among others, Mary H. Catherwood, Sarah Orne Jewett, Laura E. Richards and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Card file in shelf list area in the John Hay Library; Books arranged alphabetically by author.

Format(s): Books
Library: John Hay
NOTE: This collection is housed off-site. Prior notice is needed for retrieval

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Access to the collection:

Online Catalog (BruKnow):
Individual records for most printed materials available on BruKnow
Tinker Collection
Harold L. Tinker Collection (Brown University). Duplicates not retained.

Other Online Access:
Publication: Article: In Memoriam: Harold L. Tinker

In-house Access to the Collection:
Card File
Card file available in the John Hay Library Reader Services area.