William Alexander Gerhardie papers, 1925-1972 [manuscript].

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William Alexander Gerhardie papers, 1925-1972 [manuscript].

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Letters 1924-1972 chiefly from Gerhardie to others. Letters in the 1920s include complaints relating to Gerhardie's finances, but also discuss his writing plans. Letters 1967-1972 are from Gerhardie to his friends Karin and Giacomo and mainly discuss Gerhardie's health and progress on planning and writing a tetralogy that he appears not to have completed.

15 items (1 folder).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Gerhardie, William Alexander, 1895-1977

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William Alexander Gerhardie (1895-1977), novelist and critic, was born in St Petersburg, Russia, on 21 November 1895, where he attended the St Annen Schule and Reformierte Schule. He moved to London, with the intention of training for a commercial career, but joined the Royal Scots Greys at the outbreak of the First World War. He was posted to the British embassy in Petrograd, 1916-1918, and in 1918 was attached to the Scots Guards. After the war, Gerhardie travelled the world before attending W...