Zona Gale Collection 1914-1937

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Zona Gale Collection, Accession 7763-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Zona Gale Collection, Accession 7763-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Declines invitation to come to New Yorkwith her mother at this time of year; promises to see him there in May.]

[Expresses gratitude for The Growth of the Soil; compares it to an advanced course in English literature; describes country spring in Wisconsin. ]

[Discusses royalties; mentions Uncle Jimmy, published in the 1921 October Ladies Home Journal. ]

[Thanks him for sending her The Mind in the Making; gives a short review of the book; mentions her illness.]

[Expresses hope that he has returned from Europe; speaks in gratitude of his idea to syndicate her articles and editorials; mentions that her next novel, Faint Perfume, will be serialized with the Century Magazine. ]

[Thanks him for flowers.]

[Refers to her ancestors.]

[Expresses thanks; hopes to see him in Madison; mentions the Glenn Franks.]

[Sends Christmas and New Year wishes and appreciation that he will put in a word about her book to a foreign publisher.]

[Mentions the Forum in Bostonand a speaking engagement in New York. ]

[Mentions Camp Franklinnear Woodruffand Minocqua, where Edward A. Fileneis considering a vacation.]

[Counsels him on his upcoming trip to Europe; urges him to see Switzerland; expresses her love for that country.]

[Mentions their ten-day stay in New Yorkand her fascination with the city.]

[Mentions enclosure of a statement of hers to Mr. de Mille; promises to send a photograph as soon as she arrives in Wisconsin. ]

[Thanks him for sending a "mascotte," and for his hospitality to her and her mother.]

[Apologizes for replying late; expresses pleasure that she will see her on Thursday.]

[invites her to spend time with her before a dinner engagement.]

[Letter of introduction for Edward A. Filene. ]

[Discusses the Glenwood Mission Inn, Riverside, California. ]

Acquisition information:
Purchase 1968 Apr 21
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:
Physical description:
20 items