Finding Aid for the Katherine Anne Porter Letters to Margaret Winkler, 1946-1967 LSC.1517
Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé, 2005.
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Title: Katherine Anne Porter Letters to Margaret Winkler
Creator:
Porter, Katherine Anne
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1517
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1946-1967
Abstract: Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) worked for the
Fort Worth critic (1917) and the
Rocky Mountain news (1918), lectured, and accepted various appointments as writer-in-residence at several universities (1945- ). Her published
books include:
Flowering Judas and other stories (1935),
Pale horse, pale rider (1939), and
Ship of fools (1962). The collection consists of correspondence and cards from Katherine Anne Porter to Margaret Winkler, some printed
materials, and photographs.
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Language of Material:
English
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joan Palevsky, 1987.
[Identification of item], Katherine Anne Porter Letters to Margaret Winkler (Collection 1517). UCLA Library Special Collections,
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9927228713606533
Born as Callie Russell Porter on May 15, 1890 in Indian Creek, Texas; worked for the
Fort Worth critic in 1917 and the following year joined the staff of the
Rocky Mountain news; spent extended periods of residence in Mexico, 1920-31; went to Europe in 1931; after 1945, she lectured and accepted various
appointments as writer-in-residence at several universities; her published books include:
Flowering Judas and other stories (1935),
Pale horse, pale rider (1939), and
Ship of fools (1962); she wrote to Margaret Winkler, who worked in the Westwood Book Store in Westwood, California; died September 18,
1980 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Collection consists of correspondence and cards from Katherine Anne Porter to Margaret Winkler. Also contains some printed
materials and photographs of Porter, her home, and her friends.
Katherine Anne Porter Papers. Available at Archives & Manuscripts Department, University of Maryland, College Park.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Letters.
Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Porter, Katherine Anne -- Correspondence
Winkler, Margaret, addressee.
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