Papers of John Carl Miller, regarding Thomas Wolfe [manuscript] 1945-1950.

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Papers of John Carl Miller, regarding Thomas Wolfe [manuscript] 1945-1950.

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The collection contains a copy of Wolfe's last letter, 1938 Aug. 13, Seattle, to Maxwell Evarts Perkins and a copy of a letter, 1945 Dec. 29, Fred W. Wolfe to William B. Wisdom on his mother's death. There are also 5 letters from Wisdom to Miller regarding Wisdom's knowledge of the Wolfe family, his Wolfe letters and Miller's article on the author. Letters and cards from Mabel Wolfe Wheaton answer questions on Wolfe's death and criticize Miller's article. Perkins and Edward C. Axwell write to Miller on the same subject. Newspaper clippings and a pamphlet discuss Wolfe, his mother, and the Wolfe home in Asheville, N.C. Included in the collection is a holiday magazine article, Notes from a Western journal, containing selections from Wolfe's diary of his last trip before his death.

34 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7933155

University of Virginia. Library

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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979

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Miller was born in Escatawpa, Mississippi, in 1916. He recieved a B.A. degree in English from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and later earned an M.A. (1947) and Ph.D. (1954) in English from the University of Virginia. Miller was a specialist in early American literature and an authority on Edgar Allan Poe. He taught at the University of Alabama, Louisiana State University, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, and the Virginia Military Institute before joining the faculty at Old...

Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947

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Editor at and vice-president of Charles Scribner's Sons. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1938-1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122629156 Maxwell Evarts Perkins was one of the most importnat editors in American literary history. Belinda Dobson Jelliffe, born in Asheville, N.C., became a friend of Thomas Wolfe in 1933. In 1935, Charles Scriber's Sons published her only book, a semi-autobiographical work titled Fo...

Wolfe, Julia Elizabeth, 1860-1945

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Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938

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Bernstein met Thomas Wolfe in 1925 on a voyage between Europe and New York. Wolfe and Bernstein, the wife of a prominent New York stock broker and 18 years older than Wolfe, became lovers in Oct. 1925 and remained so for the next five years. Wolfe's 1929 novel, Look Homeward Angel, was dedicated to Bernstein. From the description of [Account of a fire / Thomas Wolfe] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 492206991 Thomas Clayton Wolfe was born October 3, 1900 in Asheville, No...

Wheaton, Mabel Wolfe

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Axwell, Edward C.,

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Wisdom, William B., 1900-1977

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Wolfe was an American novelist. From the description of William B. Wisdom collection of Thomas Wolfe, 1909-1959. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80284498 From the guide to the William B. Wisdom collection of Thomas Wolfe, 1909-1959., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Wolfe, Fred W.,

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