William Maxwell., 01/22/1981-07/14/1993

File — Box: 1, Folder: 14

Identifier: 97722

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Dates

01/22/1981-07/14/1993

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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

1 Typed Letter Signed (2 photocopies), dated 1/22/1981, from William Maxwell to Robert Lax, complimenting Lax's "Circus of the Sun" and reminiscing about his childhood. Also includes 1 Typed Letter Signed (2 photocopies), dated 3/5/1981, from William Maxwell to Robert Lax, complimenting Lax's "Circus of the Sun". Also includes 1 Typed Letter, dated 2/1/1989, from Robert Lax to William Maxwell, regarding Maxwell's "Five Tales", Lax's illness from lyme disease, and a review from The New Yorker sent by James Laughlin. Also includes 1 Typed Letter Signed (photocopy), dated 7/14/1993, from William Maxwell to Robert Lax, regarding the poet Paul Roche and his translations of "Oedipus" and "Bacchae". References Christopher Plummer and Orson Welles. On back of letter is a photograph of B. (unidentified).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

MAXWELL, WILLIAM - CORRESP. TO LAX, ROBERT (1981): Typed Letter Signed

LAX, ROBERT - CORRESP. FROM MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1981): Typed Letter Signed

"CIRCUS OF THE SUN" - REF. BY MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1981): Typed Letter Signed

MAXWELL, WILLIAM - CORRESP. TO LAX, ROBERT (1981): Typed Letter Signed

LAX, ROBERT - CORRESP. FROM MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1981): Typed Letter Signed

"CIRCUS OF THE SUN" - REF. BY MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1981): Typed Letter Signed

LAX, ROBERT - CORRESP. TO MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1989): Other Types

MAXWELL, WILLIAM - CORRESP. FROM LAX, ROBERT (1989): Other Types

"FIVE TALES" - REF. BY LAX, ROBERT (1989): Other Types

"NEW YORKER" - REF. BY LAX, ROBERT (1989): Other Types

LAUGHLIN, JAMES - REF. BY LAX, ROBERT (1989): Other Types

MAXWELL, WILLIAM - CORRESP. TO LAX, ROBERT (1993): Typed Letter Signed

LAX, ROBERT - CORRESP. FROM MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1993): Typed Letter Signed

ROCHE, PAUL - REF. BY MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1993): Typed Letter Signed

"OEDIPUS" - REF. BY MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1993): Typed Letter Signed

"BACCHAE" - REF. BY MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1993): Typed Letter Signed

PLUMMER, CHRISTOPHER - REF. BY MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1993): Typed Letter Signed

WELLES, ORSON - REF. BY MAXWELL, WILLIAM (1993): Typed Letter Signed