[Letter, 1942] Jan. 16 [to] Newton, my beloved friend / Carson.

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[Letter, 1942] Jan. 16 [to] Newton, my beloved friend / Carson.

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Written to Newton Arvin shortly after McCullers was released from a hospitalization. She writes to Arvin about similar interests (reading Proust), and her recent hospitalization, and sends greetings to various mutual friends of theirs at Smith College. She writes, "I wish you and I could rent a little house on the Maine coast ... -- that would be good."

[6] p. ; 27 cm.

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967

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Carson McCullers was born in Columbus, Georgia, as Lula Carson Smith on February 19, 1917, the first born of Lamar and Marguerite Waters Smith. Though she moved from the South in 1934 and only returned for visits, most of her writing was inspired by her southern heritage. Her mother felt she had given birth to a genius from the time Carson was very young and always remained her staunchest supporter and strongest ally. When nine years of age, Lula began studying piano and practiced six to eight h...

Arvin, Newton, 1900-1963

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Newton Arvin was born on August 9, 1900 in Valparaiso, Indiana. He was eduated at Harvard University (A.B., 1921) and joined the Smith College faculty in 1922. He taught at Smith until his forced retirement in 1960. He died on March 21, 1963 of pancreatic cancer. Arvin specialized in 19th century American literature and wrote biographies of Hawthorne, Longfellow, Melville and Whitman. He was often in residence at Yaddo where he formed friendships with Truman Capote, Carson McCullers and others. ...