Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, November 16, 1950

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda congratulates John on an award he received for his writing on the high school Chatterbox publication. Linda discusses the diaries kept by her father and questions whether church attendance will improve the life of her mother.

Publication Date

11-16-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Nancy Wolf, Shillington High School, Chatterbox, Pennsylvania School Press Association, Atlantic Monthly, United Evangelical Lutheran church, Christianity, Mr. Hemmig, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, John Franklin Hoyer, Katherine Ziemer Kramer, Arab, Kublai Khan, Marco Polo

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 16, 1950" (1950). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 34.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/34

Rights Statement

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