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Identifier
MUM01790_b04_f07_005
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Description
Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. Hubert covers the events of the opening of Eudora's play "The Ponder Heart." In attendance for the festivities were Emmett and Mary Vaughey, Mary Lou Ashwell, Lehman Engel, Diarmuid Russell, William Maxwell, Ben Wasson, Eileen McGrath, David and Peggy Rockerfeller, David Wayne, Sarah Marshall, Harry Crumpson, Johanna Roos, Patricia Neal, and Roald Dahl. Hubert also met with Professor Lind, from Kansas, regarding Hubert's Latin translations and the possiblity of lecturing in Kansas. He also went to the opera with Leonard Lyons. Hubert continues his search for permanent housing. Dave McDowell from Random House called about a possible job and Ponder Heart might be bought for movie rights. Envelope included.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Creekmore, Hubert, 1907-1966; Authors, American -- 20th century; New York (N.Y.); Jackson (Miss.); Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001; Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982; Russell, Diarmuid, -1973; Maxwell, William, 1908-2000; Wasson, Ben; Rockefeller, David, 1915-2017; Rockefeller, Peggy; Wayne, David, 1914-1995; Marshall, Sarah, 1933-2014; Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010; Dahl, Roald; McDowell, David; Random House (Firm)
Publication Date
2-20-1956
Relational Format
archival material
Original Format
letters (correspondence)
Finding Aid
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/412/
Original Collection
Hubert Creekmore Collection
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Recommended Citation
Creekmore, Hubert and Creekmore, Mittie Horton, "Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (20 February 1956)" (1956). Hubert Creekmore Collection. 579.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/creekmore/579
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Comments
20 February 1956