Call Number:

F0967

Repository:

University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Extent:

21 item (32 pages)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

MSS 0099, F0967, Snow, C.P., C.P. Snow letters to Arthur Mizener, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

Date:

1956-1961 (inclusive)

Creator:

Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980

Form:

Letters (correspondence) and Press releases

Abstract:

Consists of seventeen letters written by British novelist C.P. Snow to American author Arthur Mizener between 1956 and 1961, as well as three letters written by Snow's wife, British author Pamela Johnson Hansford to Rosemary Mizener, and a press release.

Series of nine autograph letters signed and eight typed letters signed on various printed letterheads, with nearly all of the original mailing envelopes. The letters are from C.P. Snow to his friend, Arthur Mizener, at Cornell University, arranging to meet, discussing the publication of his works in America, mentioning his wife, her health and her reading habits, and talking about his American tour, his lectures and making relevant preparations. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from Snow's wife, novelist, poet, dramatist and critic, Pamela Hansford Johnson, to Mizener's wife Rosemary, sending news of her children's lives and travels in America, thanking her "for making [their] stay in Ithaca so enjoyable," anticipating seeing her and Arthur in England, and writing concerning her latest work. Finally, a typed, one-page publisher's announcement on printed decorated letterhead reading "News of Scribner Books and Authors," dated November 6, 1957, providing biographical and critical information about Snow and announcing both the release of his novel,