Call Number:

C0067

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.4 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hemingway/Lanham Correspondence, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1944-1961 (inclusive)

Creator:

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. and Lanham, C. T. (Charles Trueman), 1902-

Form:

Novelists, American -- 20th century., photographs -- 20th century., and War correspondents -- United States -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists primarily of letters that American novelist Ernest Hemingway sent to his friend General C. T. Lanham during and after World War II, with related photographs.

Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, storywriter, and journalist from Oak Park, Illinois. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

C.T. Lanham was a life soldier who retired as a general. In 1944, during World War II, his troops were among the first to break out from Normandy, enter Paris, and attack the Siegfried Line in Germany. He became friends with Hemingway and corresponded with him for the next 17 years. After the war, he was chief of troop information and education; post-retirement he was associate editor of Infantry Journal.

The collection consists of the letters of Hemingway sent to General C. T. Lanham during World War II and after, letters to General Lanham's wife, and to Maxwell Perkins, his editor at Charles Scribner's Sons. Also included are photographs of Hemingway and General Lanham.

Original materials are described at the item level while copies are described at the folder level (per year for correspondence).

These letters of Hemingway to Lanham are arranged chronologically; the other letters follow these alphabetically, and the photographs will be found at the end of the correspondence.

Original materials are arranged at the item level while copies are arranged at the folder level (per year for correspondence).