Daniel Berkeley Updike
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Series
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English
Description
Many great artists have had at least intermittent doubts about their own abilities. But The Education of Henry Adams is surely one of the few masterpieces to issue directly from a raging inferiority complex. The author, to be sure, had bigger shoes to fill than most of us. Both his grandfather and great-grandfather were U.S. presidents. His father, a relative underachiever, scraped by as a member of Congress and ambassador to the Court of St. James....
Author
Pub. Date
1639
Language
English
Description
The collection consists of miscellaneous items collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike, chiefly letters and documents relating to American history, many of which specifically relate to the federal period and New England history. Included are autograph letters of many notable individuals and political and military figures.
The collection is organized alphabetically by correspondent. A card catalog index is also available in the Special Collections Reading...
Author
Pub. Date
1878
Language
English
Description
The collection consists of correspondence with Daniel Berkeley Updike, correspondence between others related to Updike's work as well as essays and manuscripts by Updike. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence between Updike and others related to his printing work and book collecting. While some of the letters are with his close peers and friends, the letters are not personal in nature.
A shelf list exists in the card catalog which...
