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In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda tells John about their recent experiences at the Evangelical Lutheran church. Linda also speaks about problems that Wesley Updike has been facing at his teaching job.

Publication Date

10-22-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

United Evangelical Lutheran church, clothing, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Reverend Snyder, Mr. Gicker, Mary Lou Lutz, Mr. Freed, Mr. Hemmig, Mr. Richards, Harvard University, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, Shillington High School

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is decorated with flowers and butterflies on the left margin.

This letter is signed [Love, Mother].

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Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 22, 1950

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