John Wheelwright letter to Mr. Sanders, circa 1930s.

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John Wheelwright letter to Mr. Sanders, circa 1930s.

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Wheelwright writes to Mr Sanders, a signed typewritten letter, undated but probably late 1930s, sending his circular at the suggestion of Miss Amy Bonner, noting his recent poetry reading at the University of Buffalo and a forthcoming lecture at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City in January. The letter is pencil annotated "deceased," suggesting it may have been written around the time of his death.

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Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940

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John Wheelwright was a New England poet. Born in Boston to an old and aristocratic family, he studied architecture at Harvard University and later the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but never finished a degree. After expulsion from Harvard, he became a member of the lost generation, and embraced socialism. He published three books of verse, each complex and cautiously admired by his peers, each owing much to his Boston Brahmin heritage. He was struck and killed by a drunk driver before h...