Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Reel-to-Reel Tape 01 Side A -- Carson McCullers dictating 2 letters

Identifier

MC298-5-1-001a

Title

Reel-to-Reel Tape 01 Side A -- Carson McCullers dictating 2 letters

Description

Carson McCullers dictating a letter to Elizabeth Schwartz [Carson's German translator who lived in Switzerland] and a second letter to Dr. Mary Mercer.

Date

December 1963

Creator

Carson McCullers

Original Format

Reel to Reel Tape

Duration

00:01:32

Transcription

Carson McCullers dictating a letter to Elizabeth Schwartz [Carson's German translator who lived in Switzerland]. This is only a few seconds long when the recording stops. After a pause there is a dictated letter to Mary Mercer saying that she (Carson) is practicing the use of the Dictaphone machine that Mercer had given to her. She says that she had just dictated a letter to Elizabeth Schwartz, who had given Carson "that lovely photograph of Annemarie" (Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942), Swiss photographer, writer and poet, and friend of Carson). She also mentions that "Robbie" (Robert Lantz, Carson McCullers' literary agent), had told Carson that the German edition had sold out and they were preparing another one.

Files

MC298-5-1-001a_a_streaming.mp3
MC298-5-1-001a_AssetFront.JPG
MC298-5-1-001a_AssetBack.JPG

Citation

Carson McCullers, “Reel-to-Reel Tape 01 Side A -- Carson McCullers dictating 2 letters,” Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections , accessed March 29, 2024, http://digitalarchives.columbusstate.edu/items/show/1908.