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C. T. Lanham Papers on Ernest Hemingway
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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, for the most part, of Xerox copies of correspondence between General Lanham and Ernest Hemingway, a chronology by Lanham of the years (1944-1945) when Hemingway was attached to his unit in Europe during World War II as a war correspondent, and correspondence between Lanham, Mary Hemingway, and others about Hemingway. Also included in the collection are correspondence between Carlos Baker and Lanham and a draft of Chapter 9 of Baker's biography Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (1969) containing Lanham's notes.
Publication by Carlos Baker: Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969)
Gift of General C.T. Lanham and Mrs. C.T. Lanham.
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- 2002
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Collection Inventory
Consists of the correspondence of Charles T. Lanham, including William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway (many of which are photocopies), as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Consists of the papers of Carlos Baker, including general correspondence, Hemingway's War Diary, and papers related to his biography of Ernest Hemingway.
This series is arranged into three subseries: General Correspondence, Hemingway's War Diary, and Biography of Hemingway.
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Consists of the general correspondence of Carlos Baker, arranged chronologically.
Arranged chronologically.
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Consists of Hemingway's war diary.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of typescripts of portions of Carlos Baker's biography of Hemingway.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of the Lanham/Hemingway WWII chronology compiled by Lanham, photographs, printed matter, and sound recordings.
This series is arranged four subseries: Lanham/Hemingway Chronology, Photographs, Printed Matter, and Audio Recordings: Hemingway, A Portrait in Sound.
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Consists of the Lanham/Hemingway WWII chronology compiled by Lanham, largely dealing with the period when hemingway was attached to Lanham's unit as a correspondent.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of photographs of Madrid, Spain during 1945 (which do not appear to contain Hemingway) as well as photographs of General Lanham in his later life (Washington, D.C., 1975). Also includes photographs of Hemingway memorabilia, books, and photographs. Contains a photograph of a birthday party for Ernest Hemingway in 1959, a photograph of Ernest and Mary Hemingway in Cuba (1945), several other photographs of Hemingway that appear to be taken in Cuba, several photographs of Hemingway and Lanham together in WWII, and one inscribed photograph of Hemingway, Lanham, and Buck (inscribed with "To Buck from his best friend, always, and whenever. Ernest Hemingway").
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of newspaper clippings and periodicals.
Arranged by genre of material.
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Consists of a sound recording, Hemingway, A Portrait in Sound.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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