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Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Contact Information:University Libraries
P.O. Box 90001
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia 24062-9001
USA
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Email: specref@vt.edu
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/
Processed by: Ashley Wellens and Kira A. Dietz, Special Collections
2011 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Joseph Hergesheimer Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Joseph Hergesheimer Letter, Ms1975-004, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Joseph Hergesheimer Letter collection was acquired prior to 1975.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Joseph Hergesheimer Letter was completed in 1975. Additional information was completed in March 2011.
Biographical Information
Joseph Hergesheimer was born in Pennsylvania in 1880. During his lifetime, he published nearly 30 novels and collections of short stories, as well as several biographies. He produced his most popular works toward the end and just after World War I: The Three Black Pennies (1917) and Java Head (1919). Hergesheimer died in New Jersey in 1954.
Scope and Content note
The collection includes an autobiographical letter. The letter was written from Dower House, Hergesheimer's farmhouse in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The letter regards Hergesheimer giving details about his youth and parents, schooling, books and aims, favorite authors, early struggles, etc.