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In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son John Updike, Linda urges John to find comfort while experiencing being homesick at Harvard University. Linda gives John reassurance that his experience is normal, and provides support.

Publication Date

10-3-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, Harvard University, homesickness, Mr. Miller, Dr. High, allergies, money, Lamont Library, Reading, Shillington

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is decorated with two flowers on the left side of the paper.

This letter is signed [Mother].

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Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 3, 1950

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