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Letter book of private correspondence

Description

This letter book contains copies of correspondence between Updike and various individuals, presumably bound separately for confidentiality purposes. Much of the correspondence relates to Updike's involvement in various plans to develop a press for Harvard University, or sell or accept loans for the Merrymount Press and includes letters to James Loeb, C.E. Norton, and Eliot Norton, and others. There is also some miscellaneous correspondence related to the estate of Updike's grandmother and property in Worcester, Massachusetts, and additional letters to recipients including Madame Fauchery (of E. Fournier & Company), Edward P. "Ned" Warren (Lewes, Sussex, England), a few letters to Jane Addams (Hull House, Chicago).

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1903 December 1-1907 January 3
Call number
mssMerrymount
Creator
Merrymount Press(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from John Bianchi, 1949.
Gift of Daniel B. Bianchi, 1958.
Associated people
Bianchi, John, (1874-)
Brent, Charles Henry, (1862-1929.)
Bullen, Henry Lewis, (1857-1938,)
Carrington, Fitz Roy, (1869-1954,)
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (1840-1922.)
Cortissoz, Royal, (1869-1948,)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, (1828-1914.)
Dwiggins, W. A. (1880-1956.)
Einstein, Lewis, (1877-1967,)
Farrand, Beatrix, (1872-1959,)
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, (1840-1924.)
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, (1869-1924.)
Goodspeed, Charles E. (1867-1950,)
Greene, Belle da Costa. (1852-1942,)
Kellen, William Vail, (1866-1948.)
Kent, Henry Watson, (1867-1943.)
Morgan, J. P. (1889-1967.)
Morison, Stanley, (1870-1957.)
Rogers, Bruce, (1883-1978.)
Ruzicka, Rudolph, (1860-1941.)
Updike, Daniel Berkeley, (1897-1986.)
Orton, Vrest, (1894-1939.)
Warde, Frederic, (1860-1928,)
Warren, Edward Perry, (1862-1937.)
Wharton, Edith, (1871-1952.)
Wheelwright, Mary C.,
Winship, George Parker,
Associated organizations
American Institute of Graphic Arts,
American Numismatic Society (1907- ),
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,
Club of Odd Volumes,
G. Schirmer, Inc.,
Harvard College Library,
Harvard University,
Hispanic Society of America,
Japan Paper Company,
John Carter Brown Library,
Oliver Ditson Company,
Oxford University Press,
Thomas Y. Crowell Company,
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