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plans to see \n                   Colorado , \n                   Wyoming , or \n                   Yellowstone ; talks about some\n                  business he has with Ruder regarding Modern First\n                  Editions.]","[Writes on postcard of a grizzly bear at \n                   Yosemite : \"Who's afraid?\n                  Regards, T. W.\"]","[Identifies herself as \n                   Thomas Wolfe 's agent from 1933\n                  to his death; says she is under contract with Wolfe's\n                  estate and \n                   Scribner's to collect and edit\n                  his letters; gives several sources to prove her\n                  statements, including \n                   John Hall Wheelock , editor, \n                   Charles Scribner's Sons ; asks\n                  permission to copy any letters Wolfe wrote her for\n                  possible inclusion in a book; mentions 10 letters\n                  from Moore to Wolfe; explains legal matters; asks for\n                  information about Moore, to be used in the\n                  acknowledgment.]","[Four copies, one inscribed by \n                   Mabel Wolfe Wheaton . ]","[Inscribed to \n                   Helen Trafford Moore from \n                   Mabel Wolfe Wheaton . ]","[Features sketches from \n                   Of Time and the River ; 16 p., 13 p.,\n                  17p., 14 p., 13 p., 13 p., and 14 p.]","[Identifying characters from \n                   Look Homeward, Angel . ]","[Picturing \n                   Thomas Wolfe in front of his\n                  mother's house [Old \n                   Kentucky Home] in \n                   Asheville, North Carolina . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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says \n                   Maxwell Perkins would be\n                  interested because of his own son's progressing\n                  deafness; asks her discreetness about this fact\n                  should she ever meet Perkins.]","[Addresses envelope to Miss \n                   Helen Trafford Brown ;\n                  acknowledges her comments about his work; hopes to\n                  see her sister and friend, \n                   Rose Hildebrand Brown , both from\n                   Asheville , when they visit \n                   New York ; says that the\n                  manuscript of [ \n                   Of Time and the River ] is with \n                   Maxwell Perkins , who is\n                  shortening it, adding to it, editing, and rewriting\n                  it.]","[Thanks her for cartoon clipping picturing him,\n                  which proves his celebrity; reports on progress; says\n                  his stories will appear in \n                   Scribner's Magazine and \n                   American Mercury , that he has\n                  received a contract and advance from \n                   England and royalties from \n                   Germany , that \n                   The Modern Library has secured \n                   Look Homeward, Angel for its Giant's\n                  edition, and that he signed agreement for\n                  dramatization of \n                   Look Homeward, Angel ; 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says that he is\n                  happy about the success of his book and wants the\n                  next one to be better, if only to prove that he\n                  deserves all the good things she and others have said\n                  about him.]","[\"Please give Mr. \n                   Murdock Dooher , the bearer, the\n                  three manuscript items which are included with the\n                  typed manuscript in your keeping.\"]","[Refers to Linscott's letter to him which was\n                  written while Wolfe was in \n                   Boston ; says he could not find\n                  him in the phone book and there was no use trying the\n                  offices of \n                   Houghton Mifflin late on a\n                  Saturday afternoon; needs someone to talk to;\n                  describes his break with \n                   Scribner's ; mentions affection\n                  for \n                   Maxwell Perkins ; hints that he\n                  is in the market for another publisher; 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mentions Cocke's\n                  intelligence and adaptability; thanks him for the\n                  good time he had in \n                   Oxford ; hopes Cocke will write\n                  him in \n                   Paris ; hopes the \n                   Oxford sun will eventually get\n                  out.]","[Says he will return to \n                   London the following day;\n                  comments on the great, vulgar Flemish paintings in\n                  the local museum.]","[Lives temporarily in a flat in \n                   Pall Mall ; uses a doctor's\n                  telephone outside of office hours, which are 2-5 p.\n                  m.; says that Herbert's letter was forwarded from \n                   Paris ; states that he is hard at\n                  work and does not go out, but would like to meet with\n                  Herbert; refers to Jean.]","[Appreciates letter in praise of [ \n                   Look Homeward, Angel ]; says he\n                  received the letter after a delay as he has stopped\n                  teaching at [ \n                   New York University ].]","[Responds to note; describes hotel gardens,\n                  mountains, casino; says he needs solitude, but hates\n                  it; states he has begun a book which he feels will be\n                  fine if he can write it the way he has it inside him;\n                  mentions business with Scribner's and an English\n                  publisher.]","[Thanks her for a letter and poem; says it is only\n                  the second time anyone has written a poem for him and\n                  he will always treasure it.] (on Harvard Club\n                  stationary)","[Discusses her work with the deaf; mentions \n                   Maxwell Perkins ' interest in her\n                  work; suggests she put her ideas on paper; recalls\n                  her story about a deaf boy; feels it would make a\n                  wonderful piece; suggests sending it to \n                   Alfred Dashiell of \n                   Scribner's Magazine . ]","[Promises to speak about her story about deaf\n                  people with \n                   Alfred Dashiell , which is all he\n                  can do in the way of helping to get it published;\n                  thinks the piece would be suitable for the series\n                  \"Life in the United States\" which has been featured\n                  in \n                   Scribner's Magazine ; says \n                   Maxwell Perkins would be\n                  interested because of his own son's progressing\n                  deafness; asks her discreetness about this fact\n                  should she ever meet Perkins.]","[Addresses envelope to Miss \n                   Helen Trafford Brown ;\n                  acknowledges her comments about his work; hopes to\n                  see her sister and friend, \n                   Rose Hildebrand Brown , both from\n                   Asheville , when they visit \n                   New York ; says that the\n                  manuscript of [ \n                   Of Time and the River ] is with \n                   Maxwell Perkins , who is\n                  shortening it, adding to it, editing, and rewriting\n                  it.]","[Thanks her for cartoon clipping picturing him,\n                  which proves his celebrity; reports on progress; says\n                  his stories will appear in \n                   Scribner's Magazine and \n                   American Mercury , that he has\n                  received a contract and advance from \n                   England and royalties from \n                   Germany , that \n                   The Modern Library has secured \n                   Look Homeward, Angel for its Giant's\n                  edition, and that he signed agreement for\n                  dramatization of \n                   Look Homeward, Angel ; complains\n                  about workload; urges her to read piece in \n                   American Mercury ; plans trip to \n                   Vermont with \n                   Robert Raynolds . ]","[Complains about \n                   New York 's summer weather; is\n                  trying to finish [ \n                   Of Time and the River ] after 4 years\n                  hard work; works with \n                   Maxwell Perkins every night;\n                  remarks that he could not wait to get to the city and\n                  now dreams of a simple life in a tree-shaded cabin\n                  with a good strong girl to do the chores; wonders why\n                  one is productive one day yet accomplishes nothing on\n                  another; comments on her visit to his mother and\n                  sister and her compliments on his last story; hopes\n                  to vacation in October.]","[Says he was absent for 4 months; acknowledges her\n                  letters and her belief in his work; says that he is\n                  happy about the success of his book and wants the\n                  next one to be better, if only to prove that he\n                  deserves all the good things she and others have said\n                  about him.]","[\"Please give Mr. \n                   Murdock Dooher , the bearer, the\n                  three manuscript items which are included with the\n                  typed manuscript in your keeping.\"]","[Refers to Linscott's letter to him which was\n                  written while Wolfe was in \n                   Boston ; says he could not find\n                  him in the phone book and there was no use trying the\n                  offices of \n                   Houghton Mifflin late on a\n                  Saturday afternoon; needs someone to talk to;\n                  describes his break with \n                   Scribner's ; mentions affection\n                  for \n                   Maxwell Perkins ; hints that he\n                  is in the market for another publisher; says he can\n                  be reached through his agent, \n                   Elizabeth Nowell . ]","[Points out how hard it was to make \"the\n                  decision\"; regrets disappointing [ \n                   Maxwell Perkins ] whom he admires\n                  so much; appreciates Linscott's interest in his work;\n                  feels he has gained a friend, if not a\n                  publisher.]","[Regards a hearing in Wolfe's suit against \n                   [Murdock] Dooher ; discusses\n                  Ruder's willingness to testify and Ruder's records\n                  regarding purchases, which have been examined by \n                   Ralph Lum , Wolfe's lawyer; says \n                   Belinda Jelliffe and \n                   Maxwell Perkins are available to\n                  testify.]","[Turns down a proposal concerning contribution to \n                   Living Philosophies , to be published\n                  by \n                   Simon and Schuster ; says his\n                  workload is too heavy.]","[Says he does not have much news, he is hard work\n                  on [ \n                   The Web and the Rock ], but plans a\n                  vacation after visiting \n                   Purdue University on May 19;\n                  gives her \n                   Elizabeth Nowell 's address, as\n                  she knows his whereabouts; says he is happy to have a\n                  friend who believes in his work.]","[Reminisces about their \"night club orgy\" in \n                   Harlem ; longs to go back with\n                  him to do the rhumba at La Conga; says he is hard at\n                  work with the book and will \"deliver a talk\" at \n                   Purdue ; feels he is not doing\n                  well on such occasions, but that $300 will motivate\n                  him to do his best; says he is delivering carloads of\n                  manuscripts for storage at \n                   Harper's until his return from\n                  the West; plans to see \n                   Colorado , \n                   Wyoming , or \n                   Yellowstone ; talks about some\n                  business he has with Ruder regarding Modern First\n                  Editions.]","[Writes on postcard of a grizzly bear at \n                   Yosemite : \"Who's afraid?\n                  Regards, T. W.\"]","[Identifies herself as \n                   Thomas Wolfe 's agent from 1933\n                  to his death; says she is under contract with Wolfe's\n                  estate and \n                   Scribner's to collect and edit\n                  his letters; gives several sources to prove her\n                  statements, including \n                   John Hall Wheelock , editor, \n                   Charles Scribner's Sons ; asks\n                  permission to copy any letters Wolfe wrote her for\n                  possible inclusion in a book; mentions 10 letters\n                  from Moore to Wolfe; explains legal matters; asks for\n                  information about Moore, to be used in the\n                  acknowledgment.]","[Four copies, one inscribed by \n                   Mabel Wolfe Wheaton . ]","[Inscribed to \n                   Helen Trafford Moore from \n                   Mabel Wolfe Wheaton . ]","[Features sketches from \n                   Of Time and the River ; 16 p., 13 p.,\n                  17p., 14 p., 13 p., 13 p., and 14 p.]","[Identifying characters from \n                   Look Homeward, Angel . ]","[Picturing \n                   Thomas Wolfe in front of his\n                  mother's house [Old \n                   Kentucky Home] in \n                   Asheville, North Carolina . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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says his\n                  workload is too heavy.]","[Says he does not have much news, he is hard work\n                  on [ \n                   The Web and the Rock ], but plans a\n                  vacation after visiting \n                   Purdue University on May 19;\n                  gives her \n                   Elizabeth Nowell 's address, as\n                  she knows his whereabouts; says he is happy to have a\n                  friend who believes in his work.]","[Reminisces about their \"night club orgy\" in \n                   Harlem ; longs to go back with\n                  him to do the rhumba at La Conga; says he is hard at\n                  work with the book and will \"deliver a talk\" at \n                   Purdue ; feels he is not doing\n                  well on such occasions, but that $300 will motivate\n                  him to do his best; says he is delivering carloads of\n                  manuscripts for storage at \n                   Harper's until his return from\n                  the West; 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longs for light,\n                  sounds, food, pretty legs, and faces without\n                  hostility of \n                   Paris ; comments on Cocke's life\n                  in \n                   Oxford ; mentions Cocke's\n                  intelligence and adaptability; thanks him for the\n                  good time he had in \n                   Oxford ; hopes Cocke will write\n                  him in \n                   Paris ; hopes the \n                   Oxford sun will eventually get\n                  out.]","[Says he will return to \n                   London the following day;\n                  comments on the great, vulgar Flemish paintings in\n                  the local museum.]","[Lives temporarily in a flat in \n                   Pall Mall ; uses a doctor's\n                  telephone outside of office hours, which are 2-5 p.\n                  m.; says that Herbert's letter was forwarded from \n                   Paris ; states that he is hard at\n                  work and does not go out, but would like to meet with\n                  Herbert; refers to Jean.]","[Appreciates letter in praise of [ \n                   Look Homeward, Angel ]; says he\n                  received the letter after a delay as he has stopped\n                  teaching at [ \n                   New York University ].]","[Responds to note; describes hotel gardens,\n                  mountains, casino; says he needs solitude, but hates\n                  it; states he has begun a book which he feels will be\n                  fine if he can write it the way he has it inside him;\n                  mentions business with Scribner's and an English\n                  publisher.]","[Thanks her for a letter and poem; says it is only\n                  the second time anyone has written a poem for him and\n                  he will always treasure it.] (on Harvard Club\n                  stationary)","[Discusses her work with the deaf; mentions \n                   Maxwell Perkins ' interest in her\n                  work; suggests she put her ideas on paper; recalls\n                  her story about a deaf boy; feels it would make a\n                  wonderful piece; suggests sending it to \n                   Alfred Dashiell of \n                   Scribner's Magazine . ]","[Promises to speak about her story about deaf\n                  people with \n                   Alfred Dashiell , which is all he\n                  can do in the way of helping to get it published;\n                  thinks the piece would be suitable for the series\n                  \"Life in the United States\" which has been featured\n                  in \n                   Scribner's Magazine ; says \n                   Maxwell Perkins would be\n                  interested because of his own son's progressing\n                  deafness; asks her discreetness about this fact\n                  should she ever meet Perkins.]","[Addresses envelope to Miss \n                   Helen Trafford Brown ;\n                  acknowledges her comments about his work; hopes to\n                  see her sister and friend, \n                   Rose Hildebrand Brown , both from\n                   Asheville , when they visit \n                   New York ; says that the\n                  manuscript of [ \n                   Of Time and the River ] is with \n                   Maxwell Perkins , who is\n                  shortening it, adding to it, editing, and rewriting\n                  it.]","[Thanks her for cartoon clipping picturing him,\n                  which proves his celebrity; reports on progress; says\n                  his stories will appear in \n                   Scribner's Magazine and \n                   American Mercury , that he has\n                  received a contract and advance from \n                   England and royalties from \n                   Germany , that \n                   The Modern Library has secured \n                   Look Homeward, Angel for its Giant's\n                  edition, and that he signed agreement for\n                  dramatization of \n                   Look Homeward, Angel ; complains\n                  about workload; urges her to read piece in \n                   American Mercury ; plans trip to \n                   Vermont with \n                   Robert Raynolds . ]","[Complains about \n                   New York 's summer weather; is\n                  trying to finish [ \n                   Of Time and the River ] after 4 years\n                  hard work; works with \n                   Maxwell Perkins every night;\n                  remarks that he could not wait to get to the city and\n                  now dreams of a simple life in a tree-shaded cabin\n                  with a good strong girl to do the chores; wonders why\n                  one is productive one day yet accomplishes nothing on\n                  another; comments on her visit to his mother and\n                  sister and her compliments on his last story; hopes\n                  to vacation in October.]","[Says he was absent for 4 months; acknowledges her\n                  letters and her belief in his work; says that he is\n                  happy about the success of his book and wants the\n                  next one to be better, if only to prove that he\n                  deserves all the good things she and others have said\n                  about him.]","[\"Please give Mr. \n                   Murdock Dooher , the bearer, the\n                  three manuscript items which are included with the\n                  typed manuscript in your keeping.\"]","[Refers to Linscott's letter to him which was\n                  written while Wolfe was in \n                   Boston ; says he could not find\n                  him in the phone book and there was no use trying the\n                  offices of \n                   Houghton Mifflin late on a\n                  Saturday afternoon; needs someone to talk to;\n                  describes his break with \n                   Scribner's ; mentions affection\n                  for \n                   Maxwell Perkins ; hints that he\n                  is in the market for another publisher; says he can\n                  be reached through his agent, \n                   Elizabeth Nowell . ]","[Points out how hard it was to make \"the\n                  decision\"; regrets disappointing [ \n                   Maxwell Perkins ] whom he admires\n                  so much; appreciates Linscott's interest in his work;\n                  feels he has gained a friend, if not a\n                  publisher.]","[Regards a hearing in Wolfe's suit against \n                   [Murdock] Dooher ; discusses\n                  Ruder's willingness to testify and Ruder's records\n                  regarding purchases, which have been examined by \n                   Ralph Lum , Wolfe's lawyer; says \n                   Belinda Jelliffe and \n                   Maxwell Perkins are available to\n                  testify.]","[Turns down a proposal concerning contribution to \n                   Living Philosophies , to be published\n                  by \n                   Simon and Schuster ; says his\n                  workload is too heavy.]","[Says he does not have much news, he is hard work\n                  on [ \n                   The Web and the Rock ], but plans a\n                  vacation after visiting \n                   Purdue University on May 19;\n                  gives her \n                   Elizabeth Nowell 's address, as\n                  she knows his whereabouts; says he is happy to have a\n                  friend who believes in his work.]","[Reminisces about their \"night club orgy\" in \n                   Harlem ; longs to go back with\n                  him to do the rhumba at La Conga; says he is hard at\n                  work with the book and will \"deliver a talk\" at \n                   Purdue ; feels he is not doing\n                  well on such occasions, but that $300 will motivate\n                  him to do his best; says he is delivering carloads of\n                  manuscripts for storage at \n                   Harper's until his return from\n                  the West; plans to see \n                   Colorado , \n                   Wyoming , or \n                   Yellowstone ; talks about some\n                  business he has with Ruder regarding Modern First\n                  Editions.]","[Writes on postcard of a grizzly bear at \n                   Yosemite : \"Who's afraid?\n                  Regards, T. W.\"]","[Identifies herself as \n                   Thomas Wolfe 's agent from 1933\n                  to his death; says she is under contract with Wolfe's\n                  estate and \n                   Scribner's to collect and edit\n                  his letters; gives several sources to prove her\n                  statements, including \n                   John Hall Wheelock , editor, \n                   Charles Scribner's Sons ; asks\n                  permission to copy any letters Wolfe wrote her for\n                  possible inclusion in a book; mentions 10 letters\n                  from Moore to Wolfe; explains legal matters; asks for\n                  information about Moore, to be used in the\n                  acknowledgment.]","[Four copies, one inscribed by \n                   Mabel Wolfe Wheaton . ]","[Inscribed to \n                   Helen Trafford Moore from \n                   Mabel Wolfe Wheaton . ]","[Features sketches from \n                   Of Time and the River ; 16 p., 13 p.,\n                  17p., 14 p., 13 p., 13 p., and 14 p.]","[Identifying characters from \n                   Look Homeward, Angel . ]","[Picturing \n                   Thomas Wolfe in front of his\n                  mother's house [Old \n                   Kentucky Home] in \n                   Asheville, North Carolina . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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uses a doctor's\n                  telephone outside of office hours, which are 2-5 p.\n                  m.; says that Herbert's letter was forwarded from \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e; states that he is hard at\n                  work and does not go out, but would like to meet with\n                  Herbert; refers to Jean.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Appreciates letter in praise of [ \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLook Homeward, Angel\u003c/bibref\u003e]; says he\n                  received the letter after a delay as he has stopped\n                  teaching at [ \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eNew York University\u003c/corpname\u003e].]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to note; describes hotel gardens,\n                  mountains, casino; says he needs solitude, but hates\n                  it; states he has begun a book which he feels will be\n                  fine if he can write it the way he has it inside him;\n                  mentions business with Scribner's and an English\n                  publisher.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks her for a letter and poem; 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reports on progress; says\n                  his stories will appear in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eScribner's Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAmerican Mercury\u003c/bibref\u003e, that he has\n                  received a contract and advance from \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eand royalties from \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Modern Library\u003c/bibref\u003ehas secured \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLook Homeward, Angel\u003c/bibref\u003efor its Giant's\n                  edition, and that he signed agreement for\n                  dramatization of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLook Homeward, Angel\u003c/bibref\u003e; complains\n                  about workload; urges her to read piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAmerican Mercury\u003c/bibref\u003e; 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