Henry T. Volkening papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1929-1940.

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Henry T. Volkening papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1929-1940.

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The collection contains material related to Henry Volkening's article "Thomas Wolfe: Penance No More," published in 1939 in the "Virginia Quarterly Review." Included is an early draft of the article, annotated typescript transcriptions of letters from Thomas Wolfe to Henry Volkening that apparently served as research materials for the article, and letters from Maxwell Perkins to Henry Volkening about the article. Also included are three photographs: one of Thomas and Fred Wolfe, dated 1 August 1937; one of Thomas Wolfe's gravestone; and one of Julia E. Wolfe and three unidentified women around W.O. Wolfe's grave, undated.

About 100 items (0.5 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7968099

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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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...

Volkening, Henry T.

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Henry T. Volkening was a literary agent and co-founder of Russell and Volkening, Inc., a literary agency of New York City, N.Y. From the description of Henry T. Volkening papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1929-1940. WorldCat record id: 676809982 ...

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...