A Guide to the Papers of Katherine Anne Porter, 1962, n.d. Porter, Katherine Anne, Papers of 6339-d

A Guide to the Papers of Katherine Anne Porter, 1962, n.d.

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Accession Number 6339-d

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

6339-d

Title

Papers of Katherine Anne Porter 1962, n.d.

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 4 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Papers of Katherine Anne Porter, Accession #6339-d, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased on 1992 January 29.

Scope and Content Information

In postcards, 1962 January 28 and September 7, to George Marion O'Donnell and S. Roysce Smith, Porter refers to preoccupation with business concerns [re publication of "Ship of fools?], a reading at Yale, and a recent hopitalization.

With the postcards are two undated photographs of Porter.

Contents List

Letters

Katherine Anne Porter, Washington, D.C., to George Marion O'Donnell, New Haven, Connecticut. 1962 Jan 28

APCS. 2 p. (front and back of postcard)

[refers to her preoccupation with her business concerns, presumably those associated with the upcoming publication of Ship of Fools and mentions her reading at Yale in February]
Katherine Anne Porter, Washington, D.C. to S. Roysce Smith, Jr., New Haven, Connecticut. 1962 Sep 7

APCS. 2 p. (front and back of postcard)

[Discusses the contrast between care in the hosptial during an injury and being on your own grappling with reality, "which by definition is anything that hurts or makes you unhappy." Porter is referring to her stay in the hospital after her fall down a flight of steps at her home when she broke six ribs.]

Photographs

Two photographs of Katherine Anne Porter, seated upon a couch, one with a bookcase in the background, the other with a small coffee table in the foreground n.d.

black & white photographs