Meyer Schapiro Correspondence with Whittaker Chambers and James Thomas Farrell, 1923-1991.

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Meyer Schapiro Correspondence with Whittaker Chambers and James Thomas Farrell, 1923-1991.

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Autograph and typed letters from James Thomas Farrell to Schapiro, concerning Farrell's personal life, his writings, and current social and political affairs. There are also eight of Farrell's manuscripts from the 1960s. The long friendship of neighbors is seen in Farrell's personal letters about his private life and his family and in the discussions of whichever novel he was working on at the time. The main body of the correspondence is from the World War II period and shows much concern for current events in the Soviet Union as well as in the U.S. and Europe. The author also made a few forays into Irish humor, as in the use of his pseudonym, Jonathan Titelescu Fogarty. There are autograph drafts of Prof. Schapiro's replies to and notes about Farrell, and letters and post cards from Farrell's actress wife, Hortense Adler. Also, a letter from Frances Mitchell on her book, THE AWAKENING - LE REVEIL, 1950. 1995 Addition: 70 letters from Whittaker Chambers to Meyer Schapiro, along with copies of his letters and research material about Chambers.

3 linear ft. (ca. 1,250 items in 6 boxes)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7569180

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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