Edward C. Aswell papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1947-1958.

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Edward C. Aswell papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1947-1958.

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The collection documents Edward C. Aswell's responsibilities as administrator of the estate of Thomas Wolfe. Most of the correspondence consists of letters to and from members of the Wolfe family, especially Wolfe's brother Fred Wolfe and sister Mabel Wolfe Wheaton. The correspondence relates mostly to estate matters, but there are also some personal family letters. There are also letters requesting permission to publish Wolfe materials, requesting access to the Wolfe manuscripts at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, requesting tickets to the New York performance of "Look Homeward, Angel," and about the publication of Aswell's article in the Saturday Review of Literature (6 October 1951) entitled "Thomas Wolfe Did Not Kill Maxwell Perkins." Also included are two copies of that article and one typed carbon copy of "An Introduction to Thomas Wolfe," written by Aswell for the abridged edition of "Look Homeward, Angel" that was published by Signet Books of the New American Library.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7968129

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Wolfe family.

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Wolfe, Frederick, 1936-

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Frederick William Wolfe was born in Asheville, N.C., in 1894, the seventh child and fourth son of Julia Elizabeth Westall and William Oliver Wolfe. He was educated in Asheville schools and worked as a salesman in Dayton, Ohio, before serving in the Navy during World War I. After his naval service, he attended the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, graduating in 1922. Fred Wolfe worked in Atlanta for Fairbanks, Morse and Company for about seven years, and then held several sales jobs in ...

Aswell, Edward C. (Edward Campbell), 1900-1958

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Edward C. Aswell was born in Nashville, Tenn., in 1900. After graduating from Harvard University in 1926, he joined the staff of the "Forum," and, in 1930, became assistant editor of "The Atlantic Monthly." In 1935, Aswell moved to Harper & Brothers as an assistant editor of general books, later becoming editor-in-chief. While assistant editor, Aswell persuaded Thomas Wolfe to sign with Harper & Brothers. Before Wolfe left on his trip through the western United States during which he acq...

Wheaton, Mabel Wolfe

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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...