[Letter drafted by Agnes Meyer concerning Thomas Mann's Thamar the story of which was based on the friendship of Mann and Meyer] – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of [Letter drafted by Agnes Meyer concerning Thomas Mann's Thamar the story of which was based on the friendship of Mann and Meyer]. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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[Letter drafted by Agnes Meyer concerning Thomas Mann's Thamar the story of which was based on the friendship of Mann and Meyer]
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A typed-and-drafted letter by Agnes Meyer, the Washington writer and friend of Thomas Mann, stands out here because it ties her own correspondence to Mann's work. According to the caption, Mann's story *Thamar* drew on his friendship with Meyer, so the letter offers a rare view of the author's creative life from the side of one of his closest American confidantes. Mann, who lived in exile in the United States during the 1940s, often wrote to Meyer about his books and his circumstances, and her papers at the Library of Congress preserve that exchange. The record gives no date for the card, so the letter's exact timing and content remain open to confirmation.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Agnes Meyer Papers. Ref. copy may be in The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, Fall 1979, p. 396. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: MSS Div.; Literature--Mann; BI; Shelf. Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955; Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth (Ernst), 1887- . |
| Original scan | 1,082 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152097 |
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