Papers of John Wheelwright, 1924-1944.

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Papers of John Wheelwright, 1924-1944.

The collection contains correspondence of Edmund R. Brown of Bruce Humphries, Inc., concerning a book cover endorsement for Wheelwright's "Rock and Shell," requests for the book, an advance subscriber list and blank order form for "Mirrors of Venus," a photograph of Wheelwright and a print of a sketch of him by Albert Sterner. With these are some additional correspondence of Brown with Boston literary critic Isaac Goldberg regarding Latin American poetry; with author Henry Beston regarding Marc LeClerc's "Le Passion de Notre Frère le Poilu" and its English translation "Honorably Discharged" by John Heard with introduction by André Marize; and with Joseph B. Ely regarding suggested changes in an unidentified manuscript together with two photographs of Ely. There is also a photograph of Wheelwright and a printed copy of a sketch of him.

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