| Title: |
Reminiscences of John Hall Wheelock
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A192
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family history and childhood; Harvard College; work on literary publications; career as editor for Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926-57: clients and staff; career as poet: influences, publications, evaluations of his own and others' work; anecdotes concerning Zoe Akins, Van Wyck Brooks, Vachel Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, Maxwell Perkins, Edwin Arlington Robinson, the Charles Scribner family, Edward Sheldon, Sara Teasdale, Oscar Williams, Thomas Wolfe, and many others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 478 leaves, Tape: 7 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1967 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1886
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| Speaker occupation: |
Author; Poet
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| Age at speaking: |
81
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| Document date: |
1967
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| Interviewer: |
Hawkins, Robbin
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American literature--20th century; Authors; Book industries and trade; Editing; Editors; Oral history; Poetry; Poets
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Charles Scribner's Sons; Literature--History and criticism; Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017843-13286
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