Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, November 8, 1950

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda asks John for advice about whether his grandmother should convert to the Lutheran church. Linda praises John for his academic achievements in literature and suggests he is on the right track to become a writer.

Publication Date

11-8-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

clothing, Harvard University, grades, English literature, Dr. Fishbein, Harper's Magazine, Jose Ferrer, Johnny Olson, United Evangelical Lutheran church, Episcopalians, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, Katherine Ziemer Kramer, John Franklin Hoyer

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, November 8, 1950" (1950). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 31.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/31

Rights Statement

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