BIB_ID
443172
Accession number
MA 23788.8
Creator
Momaday, N. Scott, 1934- recipient, sender.
Display Date
Melrose Park, Illinois ; Tucson, Arizona, 1992 August 13.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund for Twentieth-Century Literature, 2022.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 29 x 22 cm
Notes
Letter written by John Stanger to N. Scott Momaday, with Momaday's reply written below Stanger's signature.
Original letter addressed to "Prof. N. Scott Momaday / U. of Arizona / Tucson, Arizona 85721"
Original letter addressed from "Melrose Park School / 1715 Lake Street / Melrose Park, Ill. 60160."
Part of a collection of letters from various individuals responding to an inquiry by an eighth-grade English teacher, John Stanger, about which books had been most influential in their lives (MA 23788). Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Original letter addressed to "Prof. N. Scott Momaday / U. of Arizona / Tucson, Arizona 85721"
Original letter addressed from "Melrose Park School / 1715 Lake Street / Melrose Park, Ill. 60160."
Part of a collection of letters from various individuals responding to an inquiry by an eighth-grade English teacher, John Stanger, about which books had been most influential in their lives (MA 23788). Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, 2022.
Summary
(In Stanger's hand) requesting what book(s) have had the greatest impact on him; (in Momaday's hand) naming Will James' Smoky the Cowhorse.
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