Title

Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, February 19, 1951

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda tells John about reactions from the community regarding his acceptance to the Harvard Lampoon. She describes the many movies she has been seeing and updates John about "the dog story."

Publication Date

2-19-1951

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Walter S. Dillon, Mrs. Albright, Mr. Weik, Mrs. Schevera, Harvard Lampoon, Shillington High School, All About Eve, Sitting Pretty, The Jackpot, quiz show, Kim, Richard Haydn, Edgar Bergen, Macbeth, Orson Welles, Thomas H. Uzzell, Bette Davis, Quinlan Pretzel Company, The Montreal Standard, Wesley Russell Updike, 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].

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, February 19, 1951" (1951). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 67.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/67

Rights Statement

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