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Contains 52 Results:

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1963 September 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Content

Corbett writes about fan letters and her neighbors. She mentions that she had a new novel, The Heart of the Village, published earlier that year.

Dates: 1963 September 9

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1963 October 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
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Corbett writes about a World Series game that occurred on that day and about her birthday celebrations. She mentions that she has enclosed letters from servicemen and copies of her responses to them.

Dates: 1963 October 2

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1963 November 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
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Corbett writes about some of her and Burmeister's former classmates. She writes about the recent events in her life and talks about the decline in the number of newspapers and magazines in New York.

Dates: 1963 November 9

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1964 July 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
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Corbett writes about her and Burmeister's recent events. She mentions that her newest book, Lisa Kennerley's Husband, was just published earlier that year.

Poems "De Senectute" and "Answering THOSE Questions" enclosed.

Dates: 1964 July 2

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1964 October 7

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
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Corbett writes about the publishing of her most recent book, "Anniversary." She writes about the death of her brother. She mentions that her apartment was burglarized and that her typewriter was stolen. She writes about the World Series and the presidential campaigns.

Poem "A Case History" enclosed.

Dates: 1964 October 7

Empty envelope addressed from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1964 December 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists of writings by Elizabeth Corbett. It includes both correspondence between Corbett and servicemen in Korea who advertised in newspapers requesting letters, and correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister. Many of these letters include poems by Corbett and newspaper clippings. The correspondence between Corbett and Burmeister is generally about Corbett's daily life. She often makes references to the Model School, which both Corbett and Burmeister...
Dates: 1964 December 8

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1965 April 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
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Corbett writes about Burmeister's possible publication of her written works. She says that her own book, The Continuing City, is due to be released that week. She writes about her new television set.

Dates: 1965 April 28