[Collection of 104 typed letters, signed ; 29 typed notes, signed ; 1 autograph note, signed ; 3 postcards, to Max Zimmer, January 1977-1982, wioth carbon typescript of letter to Curtis Hamack].
- Title
- [Collection of 104 typed letters, signed ; 29 typed notes, signed ; 1 autograph note, signed ; 3 postcards, to Max Zimmer, January 1977-1982, wioth carbon typescript of letter to Curtis Hamack].
- Published by
- [Ossining, N.Y.], 1977-1982.
- Author
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Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320. | FormatText | AccessPermit needed | Call numberBerg Coll m.b. Cheever A.l.s. to Zimmer 1977 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 16 folders in 1 manuscript box.
- Summary
- Dates of most letters lack year; order of letters arranged by Max Zimmer, who stated that first letter was written in Jan. 1977; the 3 postcards housed At conclusion of series, as per Zimmer’s arrangement.
- Contains critiques of Zimmer’s writing; accounts of Cheever’s writing, travels, his family; opinions of other authors; sexually explicit passages, often humorous.
- Subject
- Call number
- Berg Coll m.b. Cheever A.l.s. to Zimmer 1977
- Note
- On the Cheever-Zimmer relationship, see Blake Bailey’s Cheever: A Life (N.Y.: Knopf, 2009), in which Zimmer, under the alias “Rip,” is quoted at length.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Author
- Cheever, John.
- Title
- [Collection of 104 typed letters, signed ; 29 typed notes, signed ; 1 autograph note, signed ; 3 postcards, to Max Zimmer, January 1977-1982, wioth carbon typescript of letter to Curtis Hamack].
- Imprint
- [Ossining, N.Y.], 1977-1982.
- Access
- Restricted access; request permission in holding division.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Zimmer, Max. Addressee
- Hamack, Curtis, 1927-2013. Addressee
- Research call number
- Berg Coll m.b. Cheever A.l.s. to Zimmer 1977