Correspondence with Van Wyck Brooks, 1903-1932.

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Correspondence with Van Wyck Brooks, 1903-1932.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191204729

Contains 157 autograph letters between Van Wyck and his wife, Eleanor. Letters fall primarily into four periods (though there are also periodic letters that fall between or after these periods): 1) during 1903, when Eleanor was at Wellesley College and Van Wyck still a student in Plainfield, 2) during 1907-1909, when Eleanor was in France and Italy and Van Wyck in England, 3) during 1909-1911, when Eleanor was in California and Van Wyck in New York City and 4) 1926-1930, when Van Wyck was institutionalized for depression in various sanitariums.

159 items (511 leaves)

University of Pennsylvania Library

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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Brooks, Eleanor Stimson

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Eleanor Brooks was the mother of Charles Van Wyck Brooks, wife of Van Wyck Brooks. From the description of Correspondence with Charles Van Wyck Brooks, 1926-1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191732230 Eleanor Stimson had been a childhood friend to Van Wyck Brooks in Plainfield, New Jersey, where both grew up. In 1902 Eleanor left Plainfield to attend Wellesley College, from which she graduated in 1906. After her graduation she departed for Europ...