FPK to Peter Keyes, April 30, 1933
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Title
FPK to Peter Keyes, April 30, 1933
Description
Handwritten nine page letter from FPK to her son Peter detailing the difficulty of middle son John to "establish himself in a career" during the depression; the likely bankruptcy of her publisher, Liveright Inc., and the concerns over her manuscript for Senator Marlowe's Daughter; discusses offers of other publishing houses, but maintains loyalty to Julian Messner with whom she worked directly at Liveright, "Mr. J.M. has been so good to me that I feel I can not desert him as long as I feel as there is a chance that he may go on publishing books,” Keyes writes.
Creator
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Source
From the collection of Frances Parkinson Keyes Papers, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library.
Date
1933-04-30
Contributor
Kassandra LaPrade Seuthe
About the Original Item
- Date Added
- April 29, 2014
- Collection
- Frances Parkinson Keyes Collection
- Citation
- Frances Parkinson Keyes, “FPK to Peter Keyes, April 30, 1933,” Omeka@CTL, accessed December 7, 2024, http://libraryexhibits.uvm.edu/omeka/items/show/1940.
- Associated Files