Jaffe-Lankes Family Correspondence, 1930-1942, 1980-1985 (Ms2019-014)

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 Tree

Ms2019_014_JaffeLankes_B1F5_LankestoJaffe_1985_1010a.jpg

Letter from Lankes to Jaffe about copies of Virginian-Pilot editorials, further disposition of J. J. Lankes works, and the recent death of Eleanor…
Ms2019_014_JaffeLankes_B1F5_LankestoJaffe_1982_0716a.jpg

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…
Ms2019_014_JaffeLankes_B1F5_LankestoJaffe_1982_0613a.jpg

Letter from Lankes to Jaffe regarding his progress on researching his father's papers at UVA, interest in the Sherwood Anderson content, and the…
Ms2019_014_JaffeLankes_B1F1_JaffetoLankes_1941_1203a.jpg

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…
Ms2019_014_JaffeLankes_B1F1_JaffetoLankes_1936_1119a.jpg

Letter from Jaffe to Lankes on Lankes taking a post at Wells in New York state and recent politics.
Ms2019_014_JaffeLankes_B1F1_JaffetoLankes_1936_0727a.jpg

Letter from Jaffe to Lankes regarding an upcoming visit by Lankes and some future newspaper stories.
Ms2019_014_JaffeLankes_B1F1_JaffetoLankes_1936_0326a.jpg

Letter from Jaffe to Lankes on how the Virginian-Pilot acquires photographs, Jaffe's health, and plans for the two getting together.
Ms2019_014_JaffeLankes_B1F1_JaffetoLankes_1935_1209a.jpg

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…

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