Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 3, 1950

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter, Linda Grace Hoyer writes to her son John Updike about life at home and her interactions with her father John Franklin Hoyer. Linda urges John to write a letter to the Shillington Lions Club, thanking them for their check. Linda also provides encouragement to John about the Harvard Lampoon magazine.

Publication Date

10-3-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, John Franklin Hoyer, Nancy Wolf, clothing, hay, The Harvard Lampoon, Harvard University, Shillington Lions Club, Mr. Kistler

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

Handwriting at bottom of the letter reads: [Cute, wasn't it?].

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 3, 1950" (1950). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 6.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/6

Rights Statement

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