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Call Number:
MSS 17
Creator:
Shirley Smith, Richard
Title(s):
"The tower of boxes" (from a Persian folk tale)
Date:
1960s?
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series V: Ephemera
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 63
Provenance:
Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
A children's story about a king who attempts to reach the moon by way of a tower of boxes. Written in pen and black ink, in the hand of Shirley Smith (and with his ink stamp at the head of the first leaf).
Physical Description:
4 sheets ; 21 x 16 cm
Finding Aid Title:
Roger W. Moss Collection of Manuscript, Original Art and Printed Material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396366
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396366?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1