"Last Poem/Brooklyn," TM, 1934; ALS from Elizabeth Lemon to Maxwell Perkins, n.d.; photograph of portrait of Wolfe by Douglas Gersline, n.d. AM 84-21

Photograph, full length, inscribed on retro by Mabel Wheaton to Helen Landon, Christmas 1939. AM 89-11

Consists of correspondence documenting Wolfe's relationship with his editors at Scribner's. Letters from Thomas Wolfe to Katherine Jackson include a four-page autograph letter sent from London on March 29, 1935, and a printed Christmas card with an undated autograph note. Jackson was an editor at Scribner's Magazine, working with Maxwell Perkins, and later at Harper's Magazine, where she wrote the "Books in Brief" column from 1944 to 1969. Her work placed her in contact with many prominent writers and scholars of the day, many of whom she befriended, including Thomas Wolfe. In his March 1935 letter, Wolfe describes feeling isolated from America, a restless night in Paris, and his upcoming plans to travel to Denmark and Russia. He also requests information from Jackson about his forthcoming book, Of Time and the River. Also present is a carbon copy of a letter Jackson wrote to her parents on January 3, 1936, describing a road bump in her friendship with Wolfe after Jackson told Wolfe that it was not prudent to publish stories in magazines as opposed to books, causing a stir between Wolfe and editor Max Perkins, who later diffused the conflict.