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Box 8

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Contains 41 Results:

Highsmith, Patricia : Typed letter to M. Harrison. Ticino, Switzerland., Jan. 29, 1987

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

A letter about her work; what spurred her to start writing; and her favorite books. Rudin # B-56

Dates: Jan. 29, 1987
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Hughes, Langston : Typed later to Marshall Best, editor of Viking Press. New York, NY, Sep. 7, 1946

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

Hughes writes to Viking Press discussing modern Negro poets and the need for an updated anthology that would include their poetry. Rudin # B-57

Dates: Sep. 7, 1946
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Humphries, Rolfe : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley., Sep. 5, 1959

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 24A
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Letters by noted authors, many on the subject of writing. Authors represented include: Louisa May Alcott, James Baldwin, Paul Bowles, Pearl Buck, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Samuel Clemens, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Theodore Dreiser, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, Zane Grey, Alex Haley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, Thomas Mann, Henry Miller, Margaret Mitchell, Vladimir Nabokov, Ezra Pound, Rod Serling, G.B....
Dates: Sep. 5, 1959
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

James, Henry : Autographed letter to Frederic MacMillan. Cambridge, MA., Nov. 17, 1881

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

James confesses he is homesick for London. Rudin # B-58

Dates: Nov. 17, 1881
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

James, Henry : Autographed letter to Mrs. Bigelow. 34 De Vere Gardens., Dec. 14, 1895

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

James writes of many topics including his wish to leave London, his increasing physical difficulty of writing and his great literary ambitions. Rudin # B-59

Dates: Dec. 14, 1895
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Jameson, (Margaret) Storm : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. London, England., Mar. 22, 1961

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 26A
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Letters by noted authors, many on the subject of writing. Authors represented include: Louisa May Alcott, James Baldwin, Paul Bowles, Pearl Buck, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Samuel Clemens, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Theodore Dreiser, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, Zane Grey, Alex Haley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, Thomas Mann, Henry Miller, Margaret Mitchell, Vladimir Nabokov, Ezra Pound, Rod Serling, G.B....
Dates: Mar. 22, 1961
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Jones, James : Three typed letters to Lafayette Young. Ft. Myers Beach, FL., 1951

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

Among many topics, Jones discusses writing, religion, depression and his weaknesses compared to other writers. Accompanied by a letter to Young from Lowney Handy mentioning Jones, and a typed copy of "The Atlantic's" March 1951 flattering review of "From Here to Eternity". Rudin # B-60

Dates: 1951
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Jones, James : Typed letter to Leonard Lyons. Ft. Myers Beach, FL., Apr. 30, 1952

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

Writes regarding writing a guest column in the "New York Post" about the "two most important days in a first novelist's first publication". Rudin # B-61

Dates: Apr. 30, 1952
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Jong, Erica : Typed letter to Dusty Sklar. Weston, CT., Jul. 30, 1977

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Jong addresses the theme of the constant strain between commerically successful and artistically acclaimed books. Rudin # B-61A

Dates: Jul. 30, 1977
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Kennedy, Margaret : Typed letter to Wesley Hartley. London, England., Nov. 19, 1959

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 29A
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Letters by noted authors, many on the subject of writing. Authors represented include: Louisa May Alcott, James Baldwin, Paul Bowles, Pearl Buck, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Samuel Clemens, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Theodore Dreiser, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, Zane Grey, Alex Haley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, Thomas Mann, Henry Miller, Margaret Mitchell, Vladimir Nabokov, Ezra Pound, Rod Serling, G.B....
Dates: Nov. 19, 1959
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

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