Autograph letter signed : Wellesley, to William P. Comstock, 1941 Nov. 11.

Record ID: 
240838
Accession number: 
MA 6154
Author: 
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.
Credit: 
Purchase, Drue Heinz Fund; 2004.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 28 cm.
Notes: 

With some pencil notes.
The recipient, a member of the entomology department at the American Museum of Natural History, was instrumental in launching Nabokov in his American lepidopterological career.

Summary: 

Describing a trip collecting butterflies in the Grand Canyon and New Mexico (his first of many such trips), announcing his new position teaching comparative literature at Wellesley College; with a full-page postscript, signed "V.N." and with a drawing, describing a butterfly in detail.