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Letter to William Shawn, June 28, 1946

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Title

Letter to William Shawn, June 28, 1946

Collection

New Yorker records
SERIES 1. EDITOR
SUBSERIES 1.1: HAROLD ROSS GENERAL FILES
1941-1951
Hersey, John, "Hiroshima" (Ran 8/31/46)

Names

Hersey, John, 1914-1993 (Author)
Shawn, William (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1946-06-28

Library Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 2236

Subjects

New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
Hersey, John, 1914-1993. Hiroshima

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Content: Letter begins "Dear Bill: Do you think you could tolerate four parts on Hiroshima? I can't say of my material on the bombing that is wonderful, or at least I wouldn't want to, but it certainly is sobering, moving and new..."

Physical Description

Extent: 1 letter : 10 1/4 x 7 inches

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14448681
Archives ID: 2236
Archives EAD ID: 194144
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 25.01.042
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 06dcdf10-1b8b-013d-d88f-0242ac110005

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to William Shawn, June 28, 1946" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1946. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06dcdf10-1b8b-013d-d88f-0242ac110005

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1946). Letter to William Shawn, June 28, 1946 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06dcdf10-1b8b-013d-d88f-0242ac110005

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to William Shawn, June 28, 1946" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06dcdf10-1b8b-013d-d88f-0242ac110005

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