Papers, 1965-1974.

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Papers, 1965-1974.

Correspondence between Auchincloss and Ellsworth Mason (bibliographer at Hofstra University Library), 1965-1970, concerning literary topics and Mason's bibliographic work on Auchincloss; manuscript and typescript versions of his article on Edith Wharton, 1967; audio tape of his address on "Edith Wharton and her Letters," 1967; and several miscellaneous letters, 1974.

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Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

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Born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, in New York City, Edith Wharton was from birth a part of the wealthy New York society she depicted so vividly in her fiction. Through her father, George Frederic Jones, and her mother, Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander Jones, she could claim descent from three families whose names were synonymous with wealth and position: the Stevenses, Rhinelanders, and Schermerhorns. Educated at home with tutors and exposed at an early age to the classics in her fath...

Mason, Ellsworth

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Auchincloss, Louis

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American novelist, short-story writer, lawyer, historian and critic Louis Auchincloss (1917- ) was born in Lawrence, New York. Auchincloss attended Yale University from 1935 to 1939 and was an editor of the Yale Literary Magazine during his studies there. Auchincloss graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1941. While practicing law in New York State from 1941 to 1986, he penned many of his novels and short stories. He is best known for his novels of manners set in the world of c...

Hofstra University. Library

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In the late 1980's the Hofstra University Library became the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library. From the description of Axinn Library Staff Association. (Hofstra University). WorldCat record id: 45201470 ...