Personal and professional letters addressed to Monroe Engel.
Dates
- circa 1947-1981
Language of Materials
In English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
0.66 linear feet (1 box)
Includes professional and personal manuscript and typescript letters to Monroe Engel from various correspondents. Many of the letters have been signed by the correspondents. Some of the letters are addressed to both Monroe and his wife Brenda S. Engel, with few addressed solely to Brenda.
Biographical / Historical
Monroe Engel (1921-2014) was a novelist, critic, and a Harvard University English professor. Monroe was Lionel Trilling’s editor at the Viking Press in 1947, when The Middle of the Journey was published.Engel was the author of five novels, including Fish, Statutes of Limitations, and The Maturity of Dickens. Monroe's wife Brenda S. Engel was a teacher, a consultant on Open Education, a researcher, and an associate professor at Lesley University.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed. Arranaged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Custodial History
Gift from Brenda S. Engel, 2018.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2018M-082. Given by Brenda S. Engel in 2018 February.
- Title
- Engel, Monroe. Letters to Monroe Engel, circa 1947-1981 (MS Am 3163): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- March 07, 2018
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- EAD ID
- hou02895
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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