mss0099_0876.xml Finding aid for Frederick Jackson postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole[1959 March 16] University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2010 October 20) Finding aid encoded 2010 October 20 English Frederick Jackson postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole[1959 March 16] Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Jackson, Frederick, 1906-1971. Frederick Jackson postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole[1959 March 16] MSS 099, F876 1 item (1 p.) Frederick Jackson, brother of American novelist Charles Jackson, wrote this postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole of Glenora, New York, to convey greetings from American composer and author Paul Bowles, whom Jackson had just seen at a Tennessee Williams play in Philadelphia. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Gift of Kae Macdermid Andrew, 2010.

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MSS 099, F876, Frederick Jackson postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Box 61, F876: Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 Processing

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 Biographical Notes

Frederick Jackson (1906-1971) was a weaver of braided rugs and a dealer of antiques is Malaga, New Jersey. As the younger brother of novelist Charles Jackson, the author of The Lost Weekend, Frederick Jackson was the inspiration for the character Wick in that novel.

Ruth Baron Honsberger (Mrs. H. E.) Poole was a friend of the grandparents of American composer and author Paul Bowles. Mrs. Honsberger had a home in Glenora, New York, as did the Bowles family. Mrs. Honsberger provided the financial backing for Paul Bowles's first trip to Europe, which was at the beginning of his creative career.

Jackson, Charles. The Sunnier Side: Arcadian Tales. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1996. Biographical information about Mrs. Poole derived from Kae MacDermid Andrew, e-mail messages to Rebecca Johnson Melvin, June 1 and June 9, 2010.

 Scope and Content Note

Frederick Jackson, brother of American novelist Charles Jackson, wrote this postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole of Glenora, New York, to convey greetings from American composer and author Paul Bowles, whom Jackson had just seen at a Tennessee Williams play in Philadelphia.

Frederick Jackson and Mrs. H. E. Poole were both acquaintances of Bowles. In his postcard Jackson wrote that he ran into Bowles in Philadelphia at a performance of Tennessee Williams's play, Sweet Bird of Youth, for which Bowles had composed the music. Jackson noted that it was fun seeing Bowles and that Bowles inquired after Mrs. Poole.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Jackson, Frederick, 1906-1971--Correspondence.Poole, Ruth Baron Honsberger--Correspondence.Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Topical Terms Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence. Form/Genre Terms Postcards. 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 F876 Frederick Jackson postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole[1959 March 16]