Letters to Cortlandt Schoonover [manuscript], 1938 January 11 to December 10.

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Letters to Cortlandt Schoonover [manuscript], 1938 January 11 to December 10.

Jeffers answers Schoonover's request to buy smaller publications for his collection, mentioning several, noting that most were done without their knowledge, and sending and commenting on available ones, particularly "An Artist." In addition she sends a postcard of a view near their County Donegal farmhouse. Another note is on a postcard of Mission San Carlos Borromeo. Frederic Prokosch, Lincoln Steffens and the Grabhorn Press are briefly mentioned. A cancelled check from Schoonover to Jeffers is included.

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Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989

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Grabhorn Press

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