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Ernest Hemingway Letters to Charles T. Lanham
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Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, storywriter, and journalist from Oak Park, Illinois. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
Lanham, C. T. (Charles Trueman), 1902-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).
Gift of Major General C.T. Lanham.
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Folder inventory prepared by Fadzilah Yahaya GS in 2011.
During 2022, restrictions on original materials were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Manuscripts Division
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- 2011
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