A Guide to the Papers of John Hall Wheelock, 1968 Wheelock, Hall, John Papers of 8997

A Guide to the Papers of John Hall Wheelock, 1968

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Clifton Waller Barrett Collection
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Accession Number 8997

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

8997

Title

Papers of John Hall Wheelock 1968 Jan 21

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Papers of John Hall Wheelock, Accession #8997, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased and deposited on 1968 September 26 & 1971 January 11.

Scope and Content Information

John Hall Wheelock to Melvin Rosenthal, w/env., encl. 2p. AmsS poem, "The Gardener" [manuscript]

Apologizes for overlooking the earlier communication of Rosenthal, a member of the Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee; discusses his age and caring for his wife after a recent fall in which she fractured her thighbone; mentions reading in the Poets for Peace program; refuses to let his name be used to sponsor activities for peace in Viet Nam; shows goodwill by including the first draft of his poem, "The Gardener," first published in The New Yorker , to be sold at a literary auction; explains that it was the title poem of his book, The Gardener and other Poems , which won the Bollingen Prize; explains that the signature and an autograph note were affixed to the manuscript for an exhibition of his work when he was elected to the Academy of Arts and Letters; and tells prices he received from the sale of other manuscripts. 2 p.