Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1942.

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Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1942.

Concerns the possibility of Werfel's giving his books and manuscripts to Harvard at some point in the future; Metcalf wrote to Werfel at the suggestion of Edith Abercrombie Snow. See related correspondence under: Houghton Library.

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