Wickenden papers, 1921-1989, (bulk 1953-1979).

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Wickenden papers, 1921-1989, (bulk 1953-1979).

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Typescripts, galley proofs, correspondence, literary reviews, printed materials, theatrical photographs, one scrapbook and other materials documenting the literary career of Wickenden. The collection includes very little personal or family-related materials. Correspondence is chiefly with authors while he was an editor at Harcourt Brace & World; correspondents include Wendell Berry, Don Carpenter, John Deck, John McIntosh, Gore Vidal and Eudora Welty. Original manuscripts and galley proofs document the progress of Wickenden's novels including "Amazing Vacation," "Bright Blade," "Charmed Life," "Golden Dustman," "Heritage," "Red Carpet," "Running of the Deer," and "Turn Backward."

9 boxes (6 linear ft.)

Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College. Library

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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

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American author. From the description of Typed letter signed : Jackson, Miss., to Charles Ryskamp, Director of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875021 The short story writer and novelist Eudora Alice Welty was born on April 13, 1909, in Jackson, Miss. In 1946 she published Delta wedding, her first novel. Her novel The optimist's daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. She was a lecturer and writer-in-residence at numerous colleges....

Harcourt, Brace & World.

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Deck, John N.

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Wickenden, Leonard Daniel, 1913-1989

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Dan Wickenden was born in Tyrone, Pennsylvania on March 24, 1913 and graduated from Amherst College in 1935. His first novel, "The Running of the Deer," was published in 1937 followed by six others including "The Wayfarers," a Literary Guild selection for 1945. His last novel, "The Amazing Vacation," was published in 1956. In 1953, Wickenden joined Harcourt Brace & World (later Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) as associate editor, later becoming senior editor of Harcourt's trade publications and w...

Carpenter, Don

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Don Carpenter was an author. From the description of Don Carpenter papers, 1950-1993. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 172562844 Donald Richard Carpenter was born March 16, 1931 in Berkeley, California, the son of Eugene P. and Genevieve (Cody) Carpenter. He graduated from Portland State University in 1959 and received an M.A. from San Francisco State University in 1960. He had a career as a novelist and was the author of Hard rain falling (1965), Bl...

McIntosh, John J.

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Berry, Wendell, 1934-....

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American author and professor. From the description of Wendell Berry postcard : to Mr. Bob DeMott, 1973 July 14. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 173203844 ...

Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012

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Gore Vidal was born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal in West Point, New York, on October 3, 1925, to Eugene Luther and Nina Vidal. Vidal shortened his name during his teen years to honor his maternal grandfather, with whom he lived for several years in the late 1930s. After his parents divorced, Vidal lived with his mother and her new husband in northern Virginia and attended a series of boarding schools. After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1943, Vida...

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

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Company name changed twice during the course of this correspondence. Correspondence dating 1934-1960 is to Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.; 1961-June 1970 to Harcourt, Brace & World; and finally, July 1970-1979 to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. From the description of Correspondence, 1934-1979, from Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155880950 Company name changed twice during the course of this correspondence. Correspondence dating 19...