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First edition, signed “For Charles AND Doris once More!! Perry” and signed “Charles H. Foster”

Consists of material written by, about, and for Charles H. Foster.  Included are copies of lectures given by Foster, book reviews written by and about him, and correspondence with colleagues and friends.  This collection contains copies of correspondence written by Foster to Robert Frost and also letters received by Foster from MacKinlay Kantor, Paul Engle, Perry Miller, Curt Harnack, and Joseph F. Wall.  Additionally, this collection includes unpublished manuscripts (one incomplete) by Foster.  Also included are two signed Perry Miller books that were given to Foster from Miller.

(At one point in 1957, Wall and Foster had planned to collaborate on abook on the Abolitionist movement. The 1957 letters were written while Wall was on leave researching Andrew Carnegie and NY Senator Lehman, two projects that ultimately precluded the Abolitionist project.) Letter dated March 21, 1957 Letter dated February 19, 1957 Letter dated May 1, 1957 Letter dated June 12, 1957 Letter dated July 15, 1957 with attached transcript of an item Wall found in the Carnegie papers in the Library of Congress Letter dated August 15, 1957 Letter dated September 3, 1957? Letter dated October 27, 1957 Letter dated December 8, 1957 Letter dated March 4, 1961 with a March 9 response from Foster Wall’s Andrew Carnegie’s Hogmanay, 1970 with Christmas greeting from Joe and Bea Letter dated July 10, 1980

(Note: Novelist Harnack was also a former student of Foster at Grinnell College.) Letter dated February 13, (1956? Year is based on reference to Foster going to Minnesota to teach summer school) Letter dated July 26, 1957 Letter dated October 7, 1957 Letter dated November 24, 1957 Letter dated January 6, 1958 Letter dated January 12, 1958

August 28, 1957 September 15, 1957 September 26, 1957 October 5, 1957 November 17, 1957 January 28, 1958 June 7, 1962 July 25, 1963 August 6, 1963

First edition, signed “For Charles-Who understands, Perry Miller, Grinnell Oct 26, 1957” and also signed “Charles H. Foster 1950”