Jaffe-Lankes Family Correspondence, 1930-1942, 1980-1985 (Ms2019-014)
Dublin Core
Title
Jaffe-Lankes Family Correspondence, 1930-1942, 1980-1985 (Ms2019-014)
Subject
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941
Authors, American--20th Century
Description
This collection contains two main sets of materials: Correspondence between Louis I. Jaffe and J. J. Lankes from 1930 to 1942 and correspondence between Alice Jaffe (Louis' widow) and J. B. Lankes (J. J.'s son) from 1980 to 1985. In addition, there is a small folder of notes and letter excerpts created by J. B. Lankes in the early 1980s.
Selected portions of the collection have been digitized for use in an exhibit, primarily highlights from the original correspondence. The whole collection is available for viewing in Special Collections.
Creator
Jaffe, Alice Cohn Rice, 1905-1994
Jaffe, Louis I. (Louis Isaac), 1888-1950
Lankes, J. B. (Julius B.), 1915-2010
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960
Date
1930/1985
Language
English
Type
Letters
Identifier
Ms2019_014_JaffeLankes_
Bibliographic Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Jaffe-Lankes Family Correspondence, Ms2019-014, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Collection Items
Letter, J. B. Lankes to Alice Jaffe,October 10, 1985 (Ms2019-014)
Letter from Lankes to Jaffe about copies of Virginian-Pilot editorials, further disposition of J. J. Lankes works, and the recent death of Eleanor Anderson.
Letter, J. B. Lankes to Alice Jaffe, July 16, 1982 (Ms2019-014)
Letter from Lankes to Jaffe about at day/time for Lankes to visit, the dispostion of the Cape Henry Light painting, and an apparently undocumented Sherwood Anderson speech in the papers at UVA.
Letter, J. B. Lankes to Alice Jaffe, June 13, 1982 (Ms2019-014)
Letter from Lankes to Jaffe regarding his progress on researching his father's papers at UVA, interest in the Sherwood Anderson content, and the disposition of J. J. Lankes materials still in his son's possession.
Letter, Louis Jaffe to J. J. Lankes, December 3, 1941 (Ms2019-014)
Letter from Jaffe to Lankes about the life of an artist, a paragraph about Sherwood Anderson's upcoming memoir (published in 1942), and Jaffe's desire to gift one of Lankes' paintings to a colleague.
Letter, Louis Jaffe to J. J. Lankes, November 19, 1936 (Ms2019-014)
Letter from Jaffe to Lankes on Lankes taking a post at Wells in New York state and recent politics.
Letter, Louis Jaffe to J. J. Lankes, July 27, 1936 (Ms2019-014)
Letter from Jaffe to Lankes regarding an upcoming visit by Lankes and some future newspaper stories.
Letter, Louis Jaffe to J. J. Lankes, March 26, 1936 (Ms2019-014)
Letter from Jaffe to Lankes on how the Virginian-Pilot acquires photographs, Jaffe's health, and plans for the two getting together.
Letter, Louis Jaffe to J. J. Lankes, December 5, 1935 (Ms2019-014)
Letter from Jaffe to Lankes discussing the framing of a gifted painting and Lankes possible relocation from Virginia to New York, as well as mention of Mrs. [Mary Sinton] Leitch's report on trying to find Lankes a position at Norfolk William and…
Collection Tree
- Manuscript Collections
- Jaffe-Lankes Family Correspondence, 1930-1942, 1980-1985 (Ms2019-014)