print email comment close Forging a Collection: The Frank W. Tober Collection on Literary Forgery URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/forgery/ Description: This online exhibit features information about noted literary hoaxes, such as 18th century figures James Macpherson (Ossian poems) and Thomas Chatterton (Rowley forgeries), the 19th century Fortsas hoax, and Frederic Prokosch and the butterfly books in the 20th century. Includes images. Material is drawn from the collection of Frank W. Tober, a "research scientist ... [who] was also fascinated by the technical processes used to detect forgeries." From Special Collections, University of Delaware Library. Publisher: Special Collections, University of Delaware Library Library of Congress Subject Headings: Literary forgeries and mystifications LII Database Information: Record 20346 created by Maria Brandt on 01/10/2006 Last modification on 01/10/2006 Published: 01/12/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20346