May Swenson to Arnold Kates, October 24, 1938

Item

Swenson, May. 1938. “May Swenson to Arnold Kates, October 24, 1938.”, May Swenson in the Modern Literature Collection, accessed April 18, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/swenson/item/59603

Title
May Swenson to Arnold Kates, October 24, 1938
Description
In this letter May reveals to Arnold, her sometime beau and one of the few men in her life she considered marrying, that she is moving in with Anca Vrbovska, ostensibly to save money on rent. Swenson and Vrbovska would be together for the next decade.
Date
1938: October 24
Type
Personal correspondence
Format
paper
jpeg
Creator
Swenson, May
Extent
1 leaf, recto only
Language
English
Source
May Swenson Papers, Box 84 Folder 3144
Identifier
ms111-s01_2k-b84-f3144-001
Rights
In copyright

Swenson, May. 1938. “May Swenson to Arnold Kates, October 24, 1938.”, May Swenson in the Modern Literature Collection, accessed April 18, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/swenson/item/59603