Correspondence, 1931-1951.

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Correspondence, 1931-1951.

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Letters to Burt from editors of newspapers, magazines, and books; from fellow writers, including authors of books that Burt reviewed; and from elected representatives and other governmental officials. Recurring topics include Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Katharine and Struthers Burt had a ranch; the relationship between editor Maxwell Perkins and author Thomas Wolfe, about which Burt published an essay in 1951; and the politics of the times, including McCarthyism, World War II, and the Truman-Dewey presidential election. One poem each by Struthers Burt and his son Nathaniel is filed under each author's name. A few letters to individuals at the University of Pennsylvania are filed under the recipients' names.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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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...

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...

Burt, Maxwell Struthers, 1882-1954

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American prose writer, poet, political activist, and rancher. From the description of Correspondence, 1931-1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 86166534 [Maxwell] Struthers Burt (1882-1954), author, dude rancher, poet, was the patriarch of an American literary family. Burt married Katharine Newlin, whom he had met while studying at Oxford, in 1912. While living in Wyoming, both took up writing and both become very successful, penning s...