Mary E. Mercer Collection of Carson McCullers-Mary Tucker Correspondence, 1959-1976.

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Mary E. Mercer Collection of Carson McCullers-Mary Tucker Correspondence, 1959-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47942799

Chiefly letters to Dr. Mercer from Mary Tucker, Carson McCullers piano teacher and long-time close friend, mostly about McCullers, with a few copies of letters from Mercer to Tucker. Topics include McCullers' mental and physical health; Mercer's care of the young woman; McCullers' work, long illness, death, and funeral; Tucker and Mercer's love and admiration for the author; and their opinions on various McCullers biographers. Later letters contain mostly information about Tucker's family. An unsigned letter from Carson McCullers, dated 5 May 1962, is also in the collection.

132 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7586955

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Tucker, Mary Sames.

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Piano teacher, of Lexington, Va. From the description of Mary Sames Tucker papers, 1936-1967. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188757 ...

Mercer, Mary Ellen, 1946-

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Mary E. Mercer was author Carson McCullers' psychotherapist, friend, and physician; and a resident of Nyack (Rockland Co.), N.Y. From the description of Mary E. Mercer Collection of Carson McCullers-Mary Tucker Correspondence, 1959-1976. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 47942799 ...

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...