Throughout her career, Sanguinetti received fan mail and critical responses to her novels. And as a successful writer, others often asked her to review their writing, or to take part in other literary activities, like judging writing contests or speaking publicly about her work.
Sections
Responses to her work
Reviews of others’ work
Other activities
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Responses to her work
Handwritten letter, Virgilia Peterson, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, April 1, 1962
Card with handwritten note, Tom Rountree, Tuscaloosa, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, May 27, 1963
Card with handwritten note, Mae D. McLaughlin, Ehrhardt, S.C., to Elise Sanguinetti, January 20, 1964
Handwritten letter, Pam Aall, Princeton, N.J., to Elise Sanguinetti, September 1, 1964
Card with handwritten note, D. T. Walker to Elise Sanguinetti, September 16, 1964
Typed letter, Harold M. Grutzmacher, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., to Elise Sanguinetti, September 21, 1964
Handwritten letter, Mary B. Mattison to Elise Sanguinetti, October 29, 1964
Handwritten letter, Anna Walker Robinson, Tuscumbia, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y., September 1, 1965
Handwritten letter, May F. Burroughs, Chattanooga, Tenn., to Elise Sanguinetti, February 26, 1969
Handwritten letter, Jean Becket, Lakeville, Conn., to Elise Sanguinetti, June 25, 1971
Handwritten letter, Ernest F. Manfred, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, October 15, 1971
Typed letter, Madison Jones, Auburn, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, September 15, 1982
Handwritten letter, Phinizy Spalding, Professor, History Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., to Elise Sanguinetti, March 2, 1992
Reviews of others’ work
Typed letter, Steven Kroll, Editor, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, N.Y., April 15, 1969
Typed letter, Paulette Welch, Anniston, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., June 28, 1969
Typed letter, Mike (Rev. Alvin S.) Bullen, Saint Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, Gulf Breeze, Fla., to Elise Sanguinetti, July 7, 1969
Typed letter, Diann Blakely to Elise Sanguinetti, February 8, 1970
Contains the following enclosures: (1) Valentine card and (2) Typed story, “A Tooth and a Hershey Bar,” by Diann Blakely
Typed letter, Larry (Lawrence Peel) Ashmead, Executive Editor, Harper & Row, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., November 4, 1981
Typed letter, Chuck Perry, Executive Editor, Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, Ga., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., May 3, 1985
Typed letter, Paulette Coulson, Anniston, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., May 5, 1995
Other activities
Typed letter, David S. Akens, Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., June 5, 1969
Typed letter, David S. Akens, Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., June 8, 1970
Typed letter, Beth Dyer Biron, Division of Humanities, Dalton Junior College to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., November 11, 1973
Typed letter, Joe Ross, Chair, Program Committee, Association of College English Teachers of Alabama, to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., November 28, 1979
Typed letter, Joe Ross, University of Alabama in Birmingham to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., March 6, 1980
Typed letter, Douglas Jones, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama, Society for the Fine Arts, University, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., March 31, 1982
Typed letter, Olivia Wells, Instructor, English Department, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., May 13, 1982
Typed letter, Ralph Hammond, Arab, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., October 18, 1987
Contains the following enclosure: Workshop program for Alabama Writers Conclave, August 11-13, 1987
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