Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 9, 1950

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son John Updike, Linda urges John to not feel discouraged while at Harvard University. She airs her views on the importance of having a college degree, while questioning the worth of college itself. She also expresses her frustration with her writing attempts, noting that she has begun to write in John's old room at home.

Publication Date

10-9-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, John Franklin Hoyer, Katherine Ziemer Kramer, Harvard University, anxiety, homesickness, money, alcohol, Latin, Dear Juan, Juan Ponce de Leon, Shillington High School, Charley McComsey, Mr. Miller, Mr. Eberly, Dr. Hunter, Royersford, Philadelphia, Plowville

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed [Mother].

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 9, 1950" (1950). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 10.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/10

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