Denver Lindley., 06/04/1956-07/12/1956

File — Box: 1, Folder: 36

Identifier: 64611

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The major portions of the Harry Sylvester Papers consist of correspondence and manuscripts for his published novel, “Moon Gaffney”; and an unpublished work, “A Watch in the Night.”

Notable correspondents include writers, publishers, scholars, political and religious leaders, such as Harry L. Binsse, Paul Beecher Blanshard, Harvey Breit, Dorothy Day, William A.S. Dollard, Waldo Frank, John Farrar, Brendan Gill, Matthew Hoehn, Nathan I. Hentoff, Stanley J. Kunitz, Eugene J. and Abigail McCarthy, Haniel Long, J.F. Powers, Thomas Sugrue, Mark and Irita Van Doren, Stanley Vestal (a.k.a. Walter Stanley Campbell), and Leo Louis Ward.

Dates

Creation: 06/04/1956-07/12/1956

Creator

From the Collection: Sylvester, Harry, 1908-1993 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Correspondence to Harry Sylvester from Denver Lindley: 4 TLS dated 6/4/1956, 6/4/56 (first page only) commenting on a manuscript submitted by Sylvester, 6/8/1956, 7/12/1956. Reference to a book Sylvester was apparently working on at the time.