Vladimir Nabokov correspondence with William T.M. Forbes, 1945-1948.

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Vladimir Nabokov correspondence with William T.M. Forbes, 1945-1948.

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Five letters, four from Nabokov and one from Forbes, mainly on research on butterflies. The first is an ALS from Nabokov to Forbes, Cambridge, Mass., August 6, 1945, requesting specimens of various lepidoptera; the second is a TLS from Nabokov to Forbes, dated September 24, 1945, on the same subject. The third letter is an ALS from Nabokov dated February 12, 1948, informing Forbes that he is coming to Cornell University and would like to continue his research on lepidoptera there; the fourth is a TLC from Forbes to Nabokov, from Ithaca, N.Y., dated February 17, 1948, saying that he will be able to find working space for Nabokov. The fifth letter is an ALS from Nabokov to Forbes, dated February 26, 1948, acknowledging Forbes's letter and discussing the work Nabokov has been doing rearranging the North American collection in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. All of Nabokov's letters in this group are written on the letterhead of the Museum.

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