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Adele C. Brockhoff letters, 1946-1981 0.5 linear feet

Creator: Brockhoff, Adele C.
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence including twenty letters from Helen Keller and her companion Polly Thomson, letters from Pauline Hemingway and her son Patrick M. Hemingway, from Patricia Nixon, Nancy Reagan, and from Harry Emerson Fosdick. These are all of a personal nature. There are also several books by and about Helen Keller and by Ernest Hemingway, some of which are first editions and some inscribed by the author.

Braddy, Nella. Anne Sullivan Macy: the story behind Helen Keller . Garden City: Doubleday, 1934. Inscribed to Adele C. Brockhoff abd signed by Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan and Polly Thomson

Fosdick. Harry Emerson. New York. 27 Jan 1953. To Adele C. Brockhoff. t.l.s. 1p. (with t.copy of letter from Helen Keller to Fosdick. 18 Feb 1953. and t.copy of his reply, 27 Feb 1953) Box 1

Hemingway, Ernest. For whom the bell tolls . New York: Scribner's, 1940. First edition, first printing. Inscribed to Adele C. Brockhoff and signed by the author

Hemingway. Patrick M. and Henriette Broyles Hemingway (Mrs. Patrick M.) East Africa [ca.1952) To Adele C. Brockhoff. a.l.s. (in the hand of Mrs. Hemingway) Box 1

Hemingway. Pauline Pfeitter (Mrs. Ernest) Key West, Fla., 2 June 1951 & [n.d.], To Adele C. Brockhoff, 1 a.l.s., 3 t.l.s., June 1951 Box 1

Keller, Helen. Let us have faith . New York: Doubleday, 1940. First edition. Inscribed to Adele C. Brockhoff and signed by the author. Dec 1940. With a.n. to Miss Brockhoff by Gustavus A. Pfeifter, 28, July 1942

Keller, Helen. Seattle. 27 May 1946. To Gustevus A. Pfeitter. t.l.s., 2p. Box 1

Keller, Helen. Westport. Conn. 1949 -1957. To Adela C. Brockhoff. a.1.s., 7 t.l.s., 1949 Box 1

Keller, Helen. [Westport. Conn.] Christmas 1949 -1950. To [Adela C. Brockhoff) 2 p.c.s. (2 Christmas cards, signed by Miss Keller and Polly Thompson), 1949 Box 1

-------. My religion . Garden City: Doubleday, 1927

Nixon. Patricia Ryan (Mrs Richard N.) Washington, 12 July 1972. To Adela C. Brockhoff t.l.s, 1p. (with envelope) Box 1

Reagan, Nancy (Mrs Ronald) Washington, 16 November 1981. To Adela C. Brockhoff t.l.s., 1p. Box 1

Series II: Books (Catalogued in the Rare Book Collection)

Series I: Manuscripts

-------. Teacher: Anne Sullivan Macy. A tribute by the foster-child of her mind . Introduction by Nella Braddy Henney. Garden City: Doubleday, 1955. First edition.

Thompson, Polly. n.p., n.d. To Adele C. Brockhoff. a.l.s., 1.p. (With envelope; removed from Helen Keller, My Religion, 1927), n.d. Box 1

Thompson, Polly. Westport, Conn., 1952 - 1957 & n.d. To Adele C. Brockhoff a.1.s. (written on behalf and signed for Helen Keller and herself), 1952, 1957, n.d. Box 1

-------. Winner take nothing . New York: Seribner's, 1933. Signed by the author.