Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, January 24, 1951

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda discusses the latest Harvard Lampoon and mentions seeing John's old friends in Shillington. She also describes conflicting feelings about the portrayal of American women in a recent episode of America's Town Meeting of the Air.

Publication Date

1-24-1951

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Bennett Cerf, America's Town Meeting of the Air, Harvard University, dogs, Harvard Lampoon, Punch, Mrs. Shilling, Fred Muth, Mahlon M. Frankhauser, Dr. Light, health, John Franklin Hoyer, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Plowville, Shillington, Mary Updike

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, January 24, 1951" (1951). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 55.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/55

Rights Statement

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