Title

Undated Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter, Linda Grace Hoyer updates her son, John Updike, about life at home - including the family dogs, the weather, and people who have asked about him. Linda informs John that both a blanket and a subscription to The New Yorker magazine will be delivered to him at Harvard University.

Publication Date

9-25-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

blanket, dogs, allergies, Stop The Music game show, Harvard University, Harvard Crimson, Morgantown, Wesley Russell Updike, Katherine Ziemer Kramer, John Franklin Hoyer, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, New Yorker magazine, Mr. Beard, Mr. McElroy, Mr. Gellnet, Charles Haage, Mr. Gilbert, Philadelphia, Reading

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

Given the content described in this letter, it is believed to have been written on September 25, 1950.

This letter is signed [Pop and Mom].

The postscript states: [P.S. I've asked to have the New Yorker sent to you. So, you may expect it about November first.]

Written in the left margin: [Mr. Gilbert sold me the socks. I shipped them at noon to-day.]

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Undated Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike" (1950). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 12.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/12

Rights Statement

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