Diamond Composition Book: Kennedy Toole Speech

Diamond Paper Company

1949-1956

A Diamond Composition notebook containing newspaper clippings of song lyrics, puns, articles, quotes, and jokes glued to each page. Sections of the notebook include Thelma Toole's handwritten copies of poems and lyrics. The first page of the notebook has writing by J.K. Toole that reads: “Lakeview School of Speech and Dramatic Art, Kennedy Toole, 1128 Webster St., Up 6292, Started, Nov.1949, Kenny Toole.”

Authors
Clippings
Ephemera
Literature
Newspapers
Poetry
Writing

Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969
Toole, Thelma

New Orlenas (La.)

Tulane University Digital Library

eng

740.015.008

29 pages

text

John Kennedy Toole Papers, Manuscripts Collection 740, Box 15, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University

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