Guide to the Harvey Breit Correspondence, 1940-1965

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Harvey Breit Correspondence, Span Dates: 1940-1965, Bulk Dates: 1945-1955
Call number/identifier: Manuscript Series I
Origination: Harvey Breit, 1909-1968. Harvey Breit, 1909-1968, corresponded with various authors during his career as a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review from 1940-1965. This collection contains more than two hundred pages of correspondence from fifty-six of them.
Extent: 1 box, 0.4 linear feet

Note:

Correspondence to Harvey Breit consists of approximately 225 pages from fifty-six authors.

Languages: All the letters in this collection are written in English.
Repository: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections

Abstract: Harvey Breit, poet, playwright, and interviewer, was a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review from 1940-1965. This collection consists of more than 225 pages of correspondence sent to Breit during this period by more than fifty authors and public figures.