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Seven Authors of Crawfordsville, Indiana by Russo and Sullivan has extensive bibliographies of Will and Maurice Thompson. Over the years I've used it as my basic tool for locating articles by both Will and Maurice. It is the bible for Thompson collectors.
When I began finding articles and such "not" noted in Seven Authors, I listed all the corrections, additions and deletions in a file.
I still find stuff occasionally not in Russo and Sullivan and update accordingly.
It may be of some help to other Thompson collectors so I copied it here.
Seven Authors of Crawfordsville Indiana – Russo and Sullivan 1952
Bibliography Corrections; Deletions; and Additions for Maurice Thompson.
Periodicals – Corrections
The Cosmopolitan
1895: January A Jocund Feud [Listed as 1896]
The Independent
1887: December 8 The Literary Lesson of Anarchy [Anarchy replaces Archery]
Periodicals – Deletions
Scribner’s Monthly
1874: November The Great South [Not Thompson’s]
First Editions—Ephemera - Additions
In The Haunts of the Mocking-Bird – The Elzevir Library – Setember 24, 1887 verified by Tom Czarnopys
The Threshold of the Gods – The Elzevir Library – [June 2, 1888 Literature advertisement]
Browsing and Nibbling – The Elzevir Library – October 1, 1887 verified by Tom Czarnopys
A Palace of Reeds – The Elzevir Library – October 8, 1887 verified by Tom Czarnopys
Out-Door Influences in Literature – The Elzevir Library – 1885? [June 2, 1888 Literature advertisement]
Cuckoo Notes and some Minor Song Birds – The Elzevir Library – October 8, 1887 verified by Tom Czarnopys
The Anatomy of Bird-Song – The Elzevir Library – 1885? [June 2, 1888 Literature advertisement]
Some Hyoid Hints – The Elzevir Library – October 1887 [June 2, 1888 Literature advertisement]
Periodicals – Additions
The Atlantic Monthly
1899: Feburary Stories Of The Cherokee Hills
The Century Magazine
1886; February “Open Letter” [pg 633] [on international copyright]
The (Chicago) Times
1887: November 27 Notes Of An Archer
The Clack Book
1896: September The Literary Buzz-Saw [Article, Maurice Thompson]
Forest and Stream
1879: January 9 A Memory of Indian River [Poem, Bowman, pseudonym]
January 23 A Memory of Tallulah [Poem, Bowman, pseudonym]
February 27 A Memory of Tocoa [Poem, Bowman, pseudonym]
June 5 Shooting and Fishing North Georgia [Letter to Editor, Maurice Thompson]
July 17 American Bows Vs English bows [Letter to Editor, Maurice Thompson]
How to Aim [Article, Maurice Thompson]
January 15 National Archery Association [Announcement, Maurice Thompson]
February 19 Letter [To the Officers and Members of the NAA, Maurice Thompson]
The Independent
1896: February 13 A New Edition of Poe’s Work [Article] [Maurice Thompson]
The Southern Methodist Review
? An Outing in the Terre Aux Boeufs
? A Literary Knapsack
? A King of the Brambles
? Some Shrike-Notes
The New York Ledger
1891: January 31 Andre The Ministrel
February 14 Mademoiselle Faurie’s Choice
March 7 The Hudson Place Mystery
December 5 The Seal Of A Louisiana Feud; or Sequard’s Bullet-Mark.
New-York Weekly Tribune
1871: September 6 The Legend of Potato Creek [Article] [James Maurice Thompson]
Outing
1883: November Songs of Fair Weather; Outdoor Influences in Literature
Scribner’s Monthly
1877: September More About Bow-Shooting [Article] [Maurice Thompson]
Youth’s Companion
1893 September 28 Beside The Salliquoy
1894 April 26 The Plow-Boy’s Song [poem] [Maurice Thompson
1894 June 7 Between the Sun and the Moon [poem] [Maurice Thompson]
1898 September 22 A Sparrow-Hawk’s Strategy
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Awesome Cliff!!
Thanks for sharing.
Yule
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Cliff..... :thumbsup: Sure wish I had all those that are on your listings that you have posted here and the other posting's. I will make a list to start my quest. Thanks for the list. :jumper:
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Cliff, Just wondering what your thoughts are with respect to Schumacher's book "Maurice Thompson, Archer and Author", Vantage Press, New York, 1968? Is it an accurate read in terms of Maurice and did you find anything new in terms of what he wrote/published?
Tox Collector
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We have to be thankful to Schumacher for his research of Thompson. He collected and compiled a huge amount of material on Maurice and he donated much to the Thompson Collection at Emory. He was able to interview some folks who were friends and associates of Will and Maurice. Overall I find it pretty good though he fills in some of the blanks with his opinions, as we all do, when some of the pieces are missing.
I've a copy of "Revival of Archery by Hoosiers in 1876 Soon Swept Country as a Popular Sport" by Schumacher, a 1934 article, in which he interveiwed Dumont Kennedy who was a youth who hunted with Will and Maurice. It shows Kennedy wtih a bow belonging to Maurice. I wonder where that bow is now? :) There is cool p[hoto of Will, Maurice, Talbot and a Paul Hughes that I'd seen at Emory, but not published elsewhere. It was donated to Emory by Schmacher.
Wheeler's "The Literary Career of Maurice Thompson" is better referenced and deviates some for Schmacher's material, but all in all pretty close.
In my beginnings of researching Maurice I was able to get Wheeler's "original" thesis [the book is basicly a published copy" sent to a local Library through the Library Loan program and believe it or not, they unintentioally allowed it to leave the premises in my hands. I immediately headed to the nearest copy machine before they realized their mistake and asked me to return it...but not before I was able to copy the entire manuscript. :) It's an interesting piece, hand typed with some penciled notes posted in the margins added after the effect.
Schmacher's book is hard to come by these days.
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I agree with you -- my opinion is similar to yours. I also think that Schumacher did a nice job. Somewhere in my collection is Wheeler's book, but I haven't looked at it for some time.
In the back of my mind, didn't someone write a biography on Will Thompson that wasn't very complimentary? I know I have it somewhere but can't lay my hands on it right now.
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I'm not familiar with a biography on Will...lots of stuff I still don't have.
Will was quite different from Maurice and one needs to be a little skeptical of his accounts.
Will had a lot of tragedy in his life. One of his sons' committed a terrible deed and his wife was an invalid at a young age...stuff piled up on the old boy.
I finally found out what terrible deed Will's Son did last year. Do you know what it was?
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He shot a compound :biglaugh:
I haven't a clue,,still trying to get the info from that era and this seems to the right place to pickup the history. Thanks to all....Bill
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I don't -- can you share?
I'm hazy on the biography or whatever with respect to Will -- I will try to locate it. I am not well organized like you.
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I'm taking a break from painting. I've been remodeling two rooms, converting one to a guest bedroom and the other into a work room where I will be able to do more writing, research and fly tying.
Going on two weeks now, but will finish the trim tomorrow after Church and hopefully the carget man will be here before Good Friday. Got stuff boxed and stored in my shop and everywhere inbetween. I'm pretty unorganized myself at the moment. :)
Chester, Will's 18 year old son, ambushed and killed a Judge. Will defended him in a lengthy and highly public trial, finally getting him declared mentally incompetent and committed to the mental institution at Tacoma instead of death or life.
It just about did old Will in. The trial was completed in February 1907.
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Wow -- you have a lot going on. My wife has been pushing to finish up a bedroom, and I have been dragging my feet. I much prefer to be out in the woods with my bow or doing some archery research. I am glad to hear that I am not the only disorganized collector.
That was really tragic with respect to Will Thompson's son -- a terrible nightmare! From what I understand, Will was an extemely competent attorney [a top lawyer in the State of Washington according to material that I have seen] and probably figured if anyone could properly defend his son under such difficult circumstances -- it should be him. He probably also rationalized that if another attorney handled the case and lost -- then Will could never forgive himself. A very difficult situation.
By the way Cliff, there is never enough room for all the archery collectibles. I just filled 12 large plastic containers with ephemera that I ended up putting in the attic. It never ends!
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I find it interesting that Will was able to recover sufficently from the seven week trial and all.....to win the 1908 NAA Championship.
A few "short" biographic sketches on Will is all I have; nothing of significance.