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Nabokov's Visit: Clippings, Letters, and Photographs from Frank Robertson Reade's Collection (1942, 1947) [PDF]

 Digital Collection
Collection number: 66EA1CDC-E373-2AA2-42BF-1C64C7381717

Summary

This is a digitized copy of the contents of a folder documenting the visit of Russian author Nabokov Vladimir to the Georgia State Womans College in 1942. It includes photographs clippings and letters about visit and about butterflies. Pages from book 'Vladimir Nabokov the American Years.' Press releases drawing of butterfly interviews with Jean Cunningham Reade and People Magazine article on Nabokov. Also relates story of Mrs. Roosevelt's visit and Cornelia Otis Skinner's visit. Source: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, Frank R. Reade Papers (UA-2-1-3), Series 5: Special Topics -- World War II, Box 28: Special Topics, N-Sp, Folder 1: Nabokov Vladimir, 1942, 1947.