Patrick White to Elizabeth Forbes., 06/03/1973-06/03/1973

File — Box: 1, Folder: 65

Identifier: 57707

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

06/03/1973-06/03/1973

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 with postmarked envelope from Patrick White to Elizabeth Forbes re book orders. Reference is made to the following title(s): "The Village in the City" by Nicholas Taylor; "The Concept of the Avant-Garde: Explorations in Modernism" by John Weightman; "Autobiographies: Reveries Over Childhood and Youth" and "Memoirs" by William Butler Yeats. Also refers to his own work: "...I'm working on some shorter things which (Jonathan) Cape (publisher) wants by the autumn. There will be three new shorter novels as well as some stories already published."

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

WHITE, PATRICK - CORRES. TO FORBES, ELIZABETH 1973 (06/03): Autographed Letter

FORBES, ELIZABETH - CORRES. FROM WHITE, PATRICK 1973 (06/03): Autographed Letter