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Linscott, Robert N. (Robert Newton), 1886-1964

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Conrad Aiken Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms003
Scope and Contents The Conrad Aiken Papers consist entirely of material from his long-standing correspondence with Robert Linscott, an editor with Houghton-Mifflin and later senior editor for Random House. Aiken and Linscott began their long friendship in 1917 and Linscott helped Aiken publish several of his works. Aiken's letters to Linscott document the progress of his work and often reflect Aiken's extreme frustration at his lack of popular success. In them, Aiken describes his personal situation,...

Robert Newton Linscott Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms071
Scope and Contents The Robert Newton Linscott Papers consists of correspondence to Linscott include Truman Capote, writing 1946-1963, discussing Yaddo, Leo Lerman, Richard Plant, his book [Other Voices, Other Rooms], death of Newton Arvin; Carson McCullers, writing [1940]-[1945], discussing her family, father's death, her husband, Reeves McCullers and their divorce, friend Annemarie Clarac-Schwarzenback, Truman Capote, Granville Hicks, her books, including ...