Unidentified Correspondences
Scope and Contents
This series includes correspondence sent to Birstein including letters from fiction and non-fiction writers, poets, editors, publishers, academics and critics. Correspondents include Hannah Arendt, Dorothy Baker, Saul Bellow, Carl Bode, Marcel Breuer (sketches), Mary Ellen Chase, Joan Didion Dunne, Ralph Ellison, Germaine Greer, Erich Heller, David Ignatow, Elizabeth Janeway, Erica Jong, Bernard Malamud, Sophie Tucker, and Elie Wiesel. Also includes “fan mail” sent to Birstein throughout her career. The arrangement of this series is alphabetically, then chronologically.
Dates
- 1942-2006
Access
Collection is open for research. Staff may restrict access at its discretion on the basis of physical condition.
Extent
From the Collection: 13 Linear Feet (22 Document Boxes, 1 Print Box )
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- From the Collection: Birstein, Ann (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu