A Guide to the Thomas Wolfe Collection Wolfe, Thomas. 6348-g

A Guide to the Thomas Wolfe Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6348-g

University of Virginia Library

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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

6348-g

Title

Thomas Wolfe Collection 1880-1957

Extent

5 items

Creator

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Thomas Wolfe Collection, Accession 6348-g, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit 1971 Sep 29

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Aline Bernstein
Fred Wolfe
Helen Trafford Moore
Mabel Wolfe Wheaton
Mary Wolfe
Maxwell Perkins
Sinclair Lewis
Thomas Wolfe
Willis A. Parker

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina
Mackworth Island
Maine
New York
North Carolina
Portland
Portland, Maine
Seattle

Item Listing

Scrapbooks

Scrapbook, composed by Helen Trafford Moore
ca. 1900-1957
Scrapbook, 73 l.

[Includes newspaper clippings, postcards, and photos regarding Asheville, North Carolina and Thomas Wolfe ; includes wallpaper from Wolfe's birthplace and postcards to Moore from Mabel Wolfe Wheaton and Fred Wolfe and Mary Wolfe . ] (Bound in red imitation leather with gilt decoration)
Scrapbook, composed by Helen Trafford Moore
ca. 1880-1955
Scrapbook, 90 l.

[Includes maps of Western North Carolina , newspaper clippings and postcards regarding Asheville, North Carolina , clippings, postcards, from Moore's travels, clippings regarding Thomas Wolfe from The New York Times and Asheville Citizen Times , clipping of a poem about Wolfe by Dr. Willis A. Parker , clippings announcing deaths of Aline Bernstein and Sinclair Lewis , letters from Maxwell Perkins , and copies of Wolfe's letters.] (Bound in brown imitation leather with gilt decoration)

Letters

Thomas Wolfe , Harvard Club , to Mabel Wolfe Wheaton
1929 Jan 5
TL (copy), 4 p.

[Sends New Year's wishes; talks about his work, plans, visit of his English publisher; discusses outrage Look Homeward, Angel has caused in Asheville ; thinks far too many copies have been sold in Asheville where maybe a dozen people would have understood and appreciated the book; suggests easier, familiar reading to some people in Asheville who read maybe 2 books a year; feels like an exile, but will continue writing.]
Helen Trafford Moore , Portland, Maine , to Thomas Wolfe
1935 May 5
TLS, 2 p.

[Praises Of Time and the River ; says she was the first person in Portland to buy the book, a first edition; talks about spring in Maine and Mackworth Island , the most perfect place she ever saw.]
Thomas Wolfe , Providence Hospital , Seattle , to Maxwell Perkins , New York
1938 Aug 12
TL (copy), 1 p.

[Sneaks letter out against doctor's orders; says he has a hunch about his approaching death; reminisces about the 4th of July, 3 years ago, when Perkins picked him up from the boat in New York and they had a drink; says he has since thought of Perkins a thousand times; wants to see him again; speculates on himself should he survive illness; says he is certainly deeper and wiser and would try to be a better