Van Wyck Brooks letter to Dr. Lester C. Walker

Van Wyck Brooks letter to Dr. Lester C. Walker

Descriptive Summary

Title: Van Wyck Brooks letter to Dr. Lester C. Walker
Creator: Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963
Inclusive Dates: 1948 July 4
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 folder(s) (1 letter)
Collection Number: ms426
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

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.

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.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2016.


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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Letter, 1948 July 4

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