Leters of Joseph Hergesheimer [manuscript] 1920-53.

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Leters of Joseph Hergesheimer [manuscript] 1920-53.

Most of the letters are to Mary Scott Blake regarding his books, thoughts, illnesses & current activities, including trips to Keswick, Va. for visits to James and Marjorie Twohey of Talley-ho. Letters of a more businesslike nature with some comments on his work and feelings are addressed to Mr. Dorrance, Curtis Brown, Charles Crittenton Baldwin, Henry Salpeter, and E.F. Halter. Letter, 1954 May 21, Stone Harbor, N.J. Dorothy Hemphill Hergesheimer to Mrs. Blake thanking her for a sympathy note [2 p. holograph signed 10 cm.]--Obituaries of Hergesheimer [2 items printed]--Photograph, 1953, of Hergesheimer at the Twohey's home [1 item photograph (b&w) 9 x 9 cm.].

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SNAC Resource ID: 7927346

University of Virginia. Library

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Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954

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Born February 15, 1880 in Philadelphia, Joseph Hergesheimer was the son of Joseph and Helen MacKellar Hergesheimer. He grew up in a stable, middle-class, suburban family. His father, a cartographer, worked for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. After studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Hergesheimer traveled to Europe on money inherited from his grandfather, studying and painting in Florence and Venice. By 1907, when he returned to the United States and married Dorothy He...

Baldwin, Charles C. (Charles Crittenton), 1888-1963

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Halter, E. F.,

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Twohey, Marjorie.

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Salpeter, Henry,

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Brown, Curtis, 1956-

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Hergesheimer, Dorothy Hemphill,

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Blake, Mary Scott,

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Twohey, James.

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Dorrance, Mr.

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