Jack Hoffenberg papers

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Jack Hoffenberg papers

1944-1977

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1496

Jack Hoffenberg (1906-1977) was an advertising executive in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, who became a novelist after relocating to California in the 1950s. In the 1930s, he served in the U. S. Marine Corps in Haiti. In 1937, he joined a Washington, D.C., advertising agency but returned to military service during World War II, serving in the U. S. Army. After relocating to California, he published ten novels, including A Thunder at Dawn and Sow Not in Anger. The collection consists of manuscripts, galley proofs, notes, and background materials for novels; correspondence; clippings; publicity; lecture announcements; art work; awards; and photographs. Significant correspondents represented include editors at Avon Books and E.P. Dutton and Co.; Marie Wilderson; Clyde Robert Bulla; Heber Ladner; Paul Monash; Leon Uris; Gwen Bristow; and Adolph A. Kroch.

12.50 linear feet (12.50 linear feet housed in 26 hollinger boxes and 4 items)

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Uris, Leon, 1924-2003

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Hoffenberg, Jack

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Novelist. From the description of Papers. 1944-1977. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23828313 A popular novelist of the 1960s and 1970s, Jack Hoffenberg was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 8, 1906. He was the youngest son among Barney and Faye (Fannie Buch) Hoffenberg's five sons and four daughters. He attended Baltimore City College, the University of Maryland, and the Maryland Institute College of Art. His studies were concentr...