Van Wyck Brooks letter to Dr. Lester C. Walker, 1948 July 4

Summary

Creator:

Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963

Date:

1948 July 4

Extent:

1 folder(s) (1 letter)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Van Wyck Brooks letter to Dr. Lester C. Walker, ms426, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of one letter: dated Chilmark, Massachusetts, July 4, 1948, to Lester C. Walker, signed Van Wyck Brooks, regarding Walker's interest in the Charles Prendergast.

Biographical / historical:

Van Wyck Brooks was an American critic, biographer, and literary historian, whose "Finders and Makers" series traces American literary history in rich biographical detail from 1800 to 1915. He was born in Plainfield, N.J. in 1886. Lester C. Walker was an art historian at the University of Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Correspondence

Names:

Walker, Lester C. -- Correspondence
Prendergast, Charles, 1863-1948

Preferred citation:

Van Wyck Brooks letter to Dr. Lester C. Walker, ms426, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.