Mayfield PN149.9.P4 A34 1950, 1927 January 5 - 1946 April 22
Content Description
Manuscript items, including letters,notes, photographs, and printed ephemera, found interleaved in books from the personal library of John S. Mayfield.
Dates
- 1927 January 5 - 1946 April 22
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 1.7 Linear Feet (4 Hollinger Document Cases)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Three typed letters and one envelope to various recipients signed from Maxwell E. Perkins (1884-1947), American editor who discovered Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Thomas Wolfe. This folder also includes the envelope in which the letters were sent to Mayfield. Items removed from Editor to Author: The Letters of Maxwell E. Perkins by John Hall Wheelock.
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu