Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, January 17, 1951

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda details her progress with the Juan Ponce de Leon novel. Linda asks John if he can conduct research on some of the historical aspects of the novel.

Publication Date

1-17-1951

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Dear Juan, Juan Ponce de Leon, Benjamin Franklin, radio, Mr. Langmuir, Reading Public Library, Olmedo, Henry IV of Castile, Alfonso Prince of Asturias, Pedro Nunez de Guzman, University of Salamanca, Spain, San Servas, Hervas, Medina-Sidonia, John Franklin Hoyer, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed [Mother].

This letter contains notations, perhaps in the hand of John Updike, at the top and on the reverse of the letter.

The handwritten portion at the top of the letter reads: [Mr. (Illegible) - Map Room]

The handwritten portion on the reverse of the letter reads: [R.B. Merriman / rise of Spanish Empire / vol II - 1918 / bibliography on Spanish history / (illegible)]

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, January 17, 1951" (1951). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 52.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/52

Rights Statement

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