Patrick White to Elizabeth Forbes., 01/07/1968-01/07/1968

File — Box: 1, Folder: 17

Identifier: 57659

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Patrick White/Elizabeth Forbes Collection consists of 67 signed autograph and typed letters from the author Patrick White to Elizabeth Forbes, a representative at G. Heywood Hill, Ltd., bookdealer in London. The correspondence relates to book orders made by White to the bookdealer.

Dates

01/07/1968-01/07/1968

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains ALS from Patrick White to Elizabeth Forbes re book order(s). Reference made to the following title(s): "Roumeli; Travels in Northern Greece" by Patrick Leigh Fermor (1966); "Flaubert: the Making of the Master" by Enid Starkie (1967); and "Language and Silence: Essays on Language Literature, and the Inhuman" by George Steiner (1967). Includes additional purchase requests for recorded music of Charles Ives.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

WHITE, PATRICK - CORRES. TO FORBES, ELIZABETH 1968 (01/07): Autographed Letter

FORBES, ELIZABETH - CORRES. FROM WHITE, PATRICK 1968 (01/07): Autographed Letter