Letters to Margaret Hope Bacon towards the writing of the HJC biography 1/2, 1982-1987

Margaret Hope Bacon’s biography of HJC, Let This Life Speak, was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 1987. Collected here are letters in response to Bacon’s queries on facets of HJC’s life as well as letters from readers and the publisher of Bacon’s biography, including comments prior to publication. Many of the letters are from family or colleagues. Some of the letter writers include members of the staffs of institutions where HJC taught or contributed or was well-known.