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Box 12

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Tarkington, Booth : Autographed letter to Mr. Starrett. Kennebunkport, Maine., Oct. 21, 1918

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Explains why he had been reluctant to publish his play Beaucaire in England. Rudin # B-139

Dates: Oct. 21, 1918
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Thackeray, William Makepeace : Autographed letter addressed to Dear Madame. Brompton., Jun. 2

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Advice to an aspiring writer. Rudin # B-140

Dates: Jun. 2
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Thurber, James : Typed letter to Major Melvyn Berlind. Cornwall, CT., Jan. 25, 1943

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Thurber's response to an admirer. "The only thing I have in common with James Joyce is bad eyesight". Rudin # B-141

Dates: Jan. 25, 1943
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Tuttiett, Mary G. : Autographed letter. Newport I. Wight., Apr. 22, 1889

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Discusses writing. "Style is a gift, though like other gifts it can be improved". Rudin # B-142

Dates: Apr. 22, 1889
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Updike, John : Typed note to Richard S. Fetters. Ipswich, MA.

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Responds to a letter asking, "What does success means to me". Rudin # B-143

Dates: 1841-1993.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Wallace, Irving : Typed letter to Robert Hudson., Nov. 5, 1971

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Responds to questions posed to him regarding his views on pornography and censorship. Rudin # B-144

Dates: Nov. 5, 1971
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Warren, Robert Penn : Typed letter to Mr. Wilder. Fairfield, CT., Oct. 8, 1962

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Discusses prayer in the schools and Faulkner. Rudin # B-145

Dates: Oct. 8, 1962
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

Wheatley, Dennis : Autographed letter to Mr. Earle. London, England., 1933

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Announcing the publication of his novel, "The Forbidden Territory". Rudin # B-146

Dates: 1933
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

White, E.B. : Typed letter to Mr. Wells. New York., Nov. 3, 1946

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Discusses and defines his choice of using the word "Chinaman" instead of "Chinese" at the end of World War II. Rudin # B-147

Dates: Nov. 3, 1946
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

White, E.B. : Typed letter to Wayne Chatterton. North Brooklin, ME., Sep. 27, 1971

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

A lengthy discussion of the famous New Yorker "profiles" and an unflattering "profile" of his colleague, Alexander Woollcott. Rudin # B-148

Dates: Sep. 27, 1971
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4690, Gail and Stephen Rudin literary autograph collection

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