Truman Capote letters to Pearl Kazin

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{"value"=>"18347", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 18347", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1949-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1949/1956"}

date_inclusive_start

1949

date_inclusive_end

1956

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1949

unittitle

{"value"=>"Truman Capote letters to Pearl Kazin"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Truman Capote was born Truman Strekfus Persons in New Orleans on September 24, 1924. A celebrated author, Capote's major works include <span class=\"title\">Other Voices, Other Rooms</span>; <span class=\"title\">Breakfast at Tiffany's</span>; and <span class=\"title\">In Cold Blood</span>. He died on August 25, 1984. This collection contains letters written by Truman Capote to his friend and literary colleague Pearl Kazin between 1949 and 1956 while Capote was living in Taormina, Sicily, and are primarily personal in nature."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Truman Capote letters to Pearl Kazin, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Capote, Truman, 1924-1984", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Truman Capote was born Truman Strekfus Persons in New Orleans on September 24, 1924. A celebrated author, Capote's major works include <span class=\"title\">Other Voices, Other Rooms</span>; <span class=\"title\">Breakfast at Tiffany's</span>; and <span class=\"title\">In Cold Blood</span>. He died on August 25, 1984.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This collection contains letters written by Truman Capote to his friend and literary colleague Pearl Kazin between 1949 and 1956 while Capote was living in Taormina, Sicily. These letters are primarily personal in nature, and contain information on Capote's isolated life in Sicily, the handful of relationships in that limited orbit, the feeling and spirit of his domestic life, and his own sense of distance from the New York literary scene. Capote also mentions work he's doing, particularly <span class=\"title\">The Grass Harp</span> - both novel and play - as well as his responses to books he had been reading and reactions to such literary developments as the Pulitzer and Guggenheim awards, publications by friends, and reviews of his own work.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Letters are arranged chronologically.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Booksellers, Inc., 2010</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Cate Putirskis</span>, <span class=\"date\">2011</span></p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Truman Capote papers, ca. 1924-1992. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</span>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1949

date_end

1956

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