Alexander D. Wainwright collection of Thomas Wolfe, 1924-1989.

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Alexander D. Wainwright collection of Thomas Wolfe, 1924-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80526112

Consists of Wainwright's collection of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and related material by and about Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, playwright, and storywriter.

6 linear ft. (8 archival boxes, 3 flat print boxes, 1 oversize folder, 2 custom cases)

Princeton University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8246907

Princeton University Library

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Wainwrigt, Alexander D. (Alexander Dallas), 1917-2000,

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A member of the Princeton Class of 1939, Wainwright was an avid bookman and collector. He had a lengthy career at the Princeton University Library, retiring in 1982 as assistant university librarian for collection development. He continued working part-time for the rest of his life in the Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections as curator of the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists. From the description of Alexander D. Wainwright collection of Thomas Wolfe, 1924-19...

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...