Two Letters to L. Rust Hills from Aldous Huxley, June - July 1961
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 83, File 1
Scope and Contents
These letters concern Huxley’s novel Island are addressed to L. Rust Hills, who was the fiction editor at Esquire magazine from 1956 until 1963. One letter, five pages, explains how Huxley’s house had recently been destroyed by fire. The letter also contains a summary of the novel’s plot and insights into the philosophies behind it. The other letter, a one-page note on blue air-mail paper, encourages L. Rust Hills to contact Mr. Cass Canfield at Harper Brothers for a manuscript of the novel. (Description information provided by Bromer Booksellers.)
Dates
- June - July 1961
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Collection material is in English.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.20 Cubic Feet (One half-width letter-size manuscript box)
Creator
- From the Collection: Huxley, Aldous (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
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504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu