[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
  1. [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
  1. [Ossining, N.Y.], 1977-1982.
Author
  1. Cheever, John.

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FormatTextAccessPermit neededCall numberBerg Coll m.b. Cheever A.l.s. to Zimmer 1977Item locationSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional authors
  1. Zimmer, Max.
  2. Hamack, Curtis, 1927-2013.
Description
  1. 16 folders in 1 manuscript box.
Summary
  1. 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.
  2. Contains critiques of Zimmer’s writing; accounts of Cheever’s writing, travels, his family; opinions of other authors; sexually explicit passages, often humorous.
Subject
  1. Cheever, John > Relations with men
  2. Cheever, John > Sexual relations
  3. Gay authors > United States > 20th century > Correspondence
  4. Love letters. American
  5. Love-letters > United States > 20th century > Sources
  6. Yaddo (Artists' colony)
Call number
  1. Berg Coll m.b. Cheever A.l.s. to Zimmer 1977
Note
  1. 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)
  1. Restricted access;
Author
  1. Cheever, John.
Title
  1. [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
  1. [Ossining, N.Y.], 1977-1982.
Access
  1. Restricted access; request permission in holding division.
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Added author
  1. Zimmer, Max. Addressee
  2. Hamack, Curtis, 1927-2013. Addressee
Research call number
  1. Berg Coll m.b. Cheever A.l.s. to Zimmer 1977
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