Typed letters signed (13) : Darien, Conn., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1954-1970.

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Typed letters signed (13) : Darien, Conn., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1954-1970.

Praising his Longfellow : a full-length portrait (1955), asking permission to quote him in her Three Saints and a Sinner (1956), thanking him for his review of the book, discussing the nervous tension that comes with writing, referring to her review of Wagenknecht's book on Roosevelt, recounting a meeting with Pearson where she saw some Nathaniel Hawthorne letters and was offended by Pearson's collecting instinct, advising Wagenknecht on various Hawthorne collections (including the journals in the Morgan Library), praising his Nathaniel Hawthorne: Man and Writer (1961) and his John Greenleaf Whittier: a portrait in paradox (1967), and mentioning various research projects she is working on.

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Pierpont Morgan Library. Wagenknecht Collection.

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Wagenknecht, Edward, 1900-2004

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Professor of English; author; book reviewer. Born Mar. 28, 1900, in Chicago. Graduated from University of Chicago, 1923, M.A. 1924. Ph. D., University of Washington (Seattle), 1932. Teaching: University of Chicago, 1923-1925 (assistant); University of Washington, Seattle, 1925-1943 (associate, assistant professor, associate professor); Illinois Institute of Technology, 1943-1947 (associate professor); Boston University, 1947-1965 (professor). Literary editor of Seattle Post-Intellig...

Pearson.

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Tharp, Louise Hall, 1898-1992

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American scholar. From the description of Typed letters signed (13) : Darien, Conn., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1954-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868240 ...

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809?-1871

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