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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Cormac McCarthy Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3762
Abstract

The collection consists of letter correspondence between Cormac McCarthy and fellow writer John Fergus Ryan between the years of 1975 to 1986. The writers discussed their daily life, successes, and disappointments.

Dates: 1976-1985

James Baldwin and Russell Edson Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-4029
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence between writers James Baldwin and Russell Edson, dated from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s. It includes seven letters, a postcard, a poem fragment, and three large portrait photographs of Baldwin, possibly taken by Edson.

Dates: 1948-1954, undated

James Long Cormac McCarthy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-4028
Overview

This collection contains correspondence from Cormac McCarthy written to his friend James "Jim" Long in Knoxville, TN. Also includes a photograph of the two, and an inscribed first edition of McCarthy's novel Suttree.

Dates: 1965-2012

Jesse Hill Ford Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2374
Abstract

This 1976 letter from Jesse Hill Ford to Saint Harold Seligman, Esq., includes information about his and his wife's time in the Caribbean, their schedule, and Mary Jane and Edward, the lawyer, Kohrs.

Dates: 1976 June 18

Robert W. Daniel Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0354
Abstract

This collection includes 11 handwritten and typed letters from 1937-1953. The earliest letters, from the 1930s, are addressed to Henry J. W. Milley and are in relation to his work on English author Wilkie Collins. The remaining letters are addressed to Robert W. Daniel about his work. Notable correspondents to Daniel include American authors Eudora Welty, Allen Tate, and John Crowe Ransom.

Dates: 1937-1953

Ted Malone and Harold Bell Wright Letters to Christina Scott

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0528
Abstract

This collection contains three letters, one type-written and two handwritten, addressed to Christina Scott. The letters are responses to fan mail that Scott sent to Ted Malone, a radio broadcaster, and Harold Wright, an author.

Dates: 1939 April 26-1943 February 14

Thomas S. Stribling Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1438
Abstract

Author Thomas Stribling wrote this letter to Mr. M. H. Kowan of Columbus, Ohio in response to Kowan's request for answers to five questions, seemingly related to writing.

Dates: 1938 January 21