mss0099_0871.xml Finding aid for Paul Bowles letter to Ruth Baron Honsberger Poole1929 April 3 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2010 June 25) Finding aid encoded 2010 June 25 English Paul Bowles letter to Ruth Baron Honsberger Poole1929 April 3 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
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 Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999. Paul Bowles letter to Ruth Baron Honsberger Poole1929 April 3 MSS 099, F871 1 item (3 p.) with envelope While sailing on the S. S. Ryndam, Paul Bowles wrote this "thank you" letter to Mrs. Ruth Baron Honsberger Poole, who provided financial support for this, his first trip to Europe. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Gift of Kae Macdermid Andrew, 2010.

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MSS 099, F871, Paul Bowles letter to Ruth Baron Honsberger Poole, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Box 61, F871: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes Processing

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 Paul Bowles

The American composer and author Paul Frederic Bowles was born in New York City on December 30, 1910. In 1938, Paul Bowles married the aspiring writer Jane Auer. Inspired by his wife's success and her dedication to writing, Bowles began his own career as an author, eventually surpassing his already successful reputation as a composer. After the 1940s, he produced numerous works of fiction, essays, travel writing, poems, autobiographical pieces, and other works.

Ruth Baron Honsberger Poole

Ruth Baron Honsberger Poole was a friend of Paul Bowles's grandparents. Mrs. Honsberger had a home in Glenmora, as did the Bowles. Mrs. Honsberger provided the financial backing for Paul Bowles's first trip to Europe. In the letter Bowles's thanks her for providing this opportunity.

Miller, Jeffrey. Paul Bowles: A Descriptive Bibliography. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Black Sparrow Press, 1986.Sawyer-Laucanno, Christopher. An Invisible Spectator: A Biography of Paul Bowles. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989.Derived from Kae MacDermid Andrew, e-mail messages to Rebecca Johnson Melvin, June 1 and June 9, 2010.

 Scope and Content Note

While sailing on the S. S. Ryndam, Paul Bowles wrote this thank you letter to Mrs. Ruth Baron Honsberger Poole who provided financial support for this his first trip to Europe.

Written on April 3, 1929, while abroad the passenger ship S. S. Ryndam, Bowles's letter thanked Mrs. Honsberger for her help. He also complimented the "topnotch" accommodations in third tourist passenger, including the food and service. He reported that the ship was almost deserted and in third class only one other passenger spoke English, namely a specialist in potato growing from Iowa. Later in his letter, Bowles expressed an interest in knowing the reaction of his mother to news of his departure.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999--Correspondence. Poole, Ruth Baron Honsberger--Correspondence. Corporate Names Ryndam (Steamship) Topical Terms Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence. Passenger ships--History--20th century. Form/Genre Terms Correspondence. Personal Contributors Poole, Ruth Baron Honsberger, correspondent. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

MSS 163, Paul Bowles papers

 Detailed Contents List 61 F871 Autograph letter signed, with envelope1929 April 3