Letters to Charlton Ogburn

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Letters to Charlton Ogburn

1936-1984

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Include correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs. Halle chiefly discusses his writing, philosophy, travels, and bird watching. Topics include a trip to Guatemala, 1936-1937, including a visit to a coffee plantation, a climb up to the Agua crater, and especially an expedition to the ruins of Tikal and Uaxactum; and discussions of Ogburn's theory on the Earl of Oxford-Shakespeare controversy. Topics also include the art of writing and his writing, particularly "Men and nations," "Out of chaos," "The search for an eternal norm, "The road to Avalon," and an article "Materialism and the post war world" for which the manuscript is present; his agnosticism, philosophy of life, and speculation on the future; and bird watching, including an expedition to the Shetland Islands. Brief comments on current events and politics are scattered through the letters. Also include printed copies of fifteen articles by Halle, a family snapshot, and a photograph of a hawk and sparrow.

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