BIB_ID
448014
Accession number
MA 4850.5
Creator
De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955, sender.
Display Date
Cambridge (Mass.), 1939 February 6
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 21.5 x13.8 cm
Notes
Written on letterhead with "Bernard DeVoto / 98 Widener Library / Harvard University / Cambridge, Massachusetts" at top of page.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Noting "a good many things in the Mark Twain papers that would be suitable for such an edition as you propose" but informing that he cannot take on new projects until "at least two of the three books I am preparing for Harpers are out of the way" and that Harpers has a veto on publishing the material of they want to do so; advising Wagenknecht to "fill your vacancy with something else and write me later"; expressing fascination with the Mark Twain papers but noting the "endless" work.
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