Found 5 collections related to Letters (correspondence)

Jonathan Schell, best known for his book, The Fate of the Earth, was a writer and educator who devoted his professional life to writing in opposition to nuclear weapons and war. His papers date from 1948 to 2014, and detail his career, education, and personal life through manuscripts, research files, notebooks, journals, and correspondence. less

This collection consists of sixteen letters written by Tom Wolfe to Carol LeVarn McCabe. McCabe was a Sweet Briar student who later worked in publicity and as a writer. Thirteen of the letters were written between 1952 and 1954, while Wolfe was attending graduate school at Yale. The letters discuss Wolfe's social life and ambitions, his writing and his efforts to be published, and his relationship with McCabe. Three letters date to 1969. The collection includes McCabe's notes from 2015 on the context of each letter. less

George Plimpton was a journalist, author, and editor who is best known as the founding editor-in-chief of the Paris Review, and for his participatory sports writing. Plimpton's papers date from 1902 to 2008, and document his literary career, forays into film and television, public appearances, and his personal history. The collection contains manuscripts, notes, and research from most of Plimpton's published works, as well as correspondence, photographs, and biographical files from throughout his life. less

Eleanor Gould Packard was an editor who worked at the New Yorker from 1945 to 1999, first as a copy editor and later as the magazine's Grammarian, a title created for her. Packard's papers contain correspondence, hand-edited galley proofs, articles, photographs, and other material related to her career. Correspondence is with authors, journalists, and editors, including New Yorker writers and staff; the collection also contains many letters from fans. The best-represented correspondents include Janet Flanner, Andrew Porter, and Priscilla Taylor. Drafts of some of Packard's outgoing letters are present. Packard's handwritten line edits and copyedits appear on documents throughout the collection, on proofs as well as published pieces. The collection includes a photocopy of The Elements of Style with Packard's edits, and word lists and style-related memoranda from the New Yorker. less