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Earl Thompson letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P945

Overview

Earl Thompson was a critically acclaimed author born in Wichita, Kansas in 1931. This collection includes five of his personal letters written during his time in France to Harvey Ginsberg, his editor. The letters concern his novels, travels, and family life. In addition, there is one letter written by his children concerning his death in 1978.

Dates

  • Creation: 1972 - 1978

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Biography of Earl Thompson

Earl Thompson was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1931. He grew up during the Great Depression in a working-class neighborhood. After his brief service in WWII at a very young age, he went to the University of Kansas to study journalism in the early 1950s. He also studied at the University of Missouri and Columbia University.

Thompson published three critically acclaimed books: A Garden of Sand (1970), Tattoo (1974), and Caldo Largo (1976). A fourth, The Devil to Pay (1982) was published posthumously.

Thompson spent time in Europe later in his career. He died in Sausalito, California in 1978.

Extent

3 folders

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS P945

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, Glenn Horowitz, 2012.

Separated Materials

Thompson, Earl. A Garden of Sand. London: W. H. Allen, 1971. Located at Spencer Research Library at RH C11826.

Source

Title
Guide to the Earl Thompson Collection
Subtitle
Earl Thompson letters
Author
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Date
2017-2-1
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2320819138
Preferred citation
Earl Thompson Collection, RH MS P945, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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