A Guide to the Papers of Louis Auchincloss, 1980-1990
A Collection in
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 9121-q
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Papers of Louis Auchincloss, Accession #9121-q, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was purchased on 1994 December 16.
Scope and Content Information
The collection contains mock-ups of book jackets for various books by Auchinloss, a photograph of the author, three postcards from Auchincloss to collector Charles Miller, a letter from Nan A. Talese to Adele Auchincloss concerning cover artwork, and a corrected holograph manuscript, "The Mavericks," probably from "Powers of Attorney."
Contents List
A discarded and probably re-written chapter from the novel Powers of Attorney by Louis Auchincloss.
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Letter from Nan A. Talese, Executive Editor, to Ms. Adele Auchincloss, New York 1982 Jul 7TL(C), 1p
Nan Talese thanks Auchincloss for sending the watercolors for possible use on the book jacket but favors using an oil painting already in a museum for the cover.
- Letter from Louis Auchincloss, New York, to Charles L. Miller, Jr., West Hartford, Connecticut [1981 Jun 16]APCS
Louis Auchincloss furnishes the publishing information for his bibliography L.A. and His Critics.
- Letter from Louis Auchincloss, New York, to Charles L. Miller, Jr., West Hartford, Connecticut [1990 Jul 3]APCS
Louis Auchincloss writes concerning Miller's visit to the house built by his grandfather who later sold it to his richer brother, Hugh
- Letter from Louis Auchincloss to Charles L. Miller, Jr., West Hartford, Connecticut n.d.APCS
Louis Auchincloss assures Charles L. Miller that he may send any books he wishes to be signed and expresses appreciation for the Vanderbilt piece.
Photograph of Louis Auchincloss, seated in a chair