Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 23, 1950

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda expresses concern about why John is so worried about his studies at Harvard University. Linda updates John about life at home, and once again describes how chores and the dogs are keeping her from working on her novel.

Publication Date

10-23-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Harvard University, Miss Showalter, psoriasis, United Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dear Juan, Juan Ponce de Leon, Saracen, Delmar Leighton, Christopher Lasch, dogs, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, John Franklin Hoyer, Katherine Ziemer Kramer, Shillington High School, Plowville, Nancy Wolf, health, English literature

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 23, 1950" (1950). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 23.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/23

Rights Statement

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