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Lyrasis Special Collections

Lyrasis Special Collections

Lyrasis Library
3390 Park Avenue
New York
NY
10024
USA
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Collection Jedediah Horcrux Congreave fly fishing correspondence and photographs, 1925-1992 Date range 1977 Repository Lyrasis Special Collections Start Over

1952-1992 Carton 1, Folder 3-17

 

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Correspondence from and to numerous friends, colleagues, and associates during the years 1952-1992. Correspondents include the French philosopher Michel Foucault, a companon of Congreave's on several fly fishing trips to the French Alps; Julia Child, with whom Congreave discussed recipes for serving trout and salmon; and B. F. Skinner, the Harvard behaviorial psychologist, who Congreave met during his final year at Harvard and whith whom Congreave maintained a correspondence, until Skinner's death in 1990, about their mutual passion for fly fishing. One letter from 1960 recounts Congreave's failed attempt to keep a journal during his fishing trips, which was thwarted when the journal fell into the Housatonic River and washed downstream. At that point Congfreave decided that making copies of his outgoing letters was the best way to document his passion for fly fishing; hence the collection typically includes both incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence.

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Jedediah Horcrux Congreave fly fishing correspondence and photographs, 1925-1992 1 Electronic file 1 Box 1 Linear Feet 1 record cartons

 
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Correspondence and photographs spanning 1925-1992 and documenting Jedediah Horcrux Congreave's interest in fly fishing. Included in the collection are letters to Congreave's father between 1925-1935; correspondence from and to diverse friends, colleagues, and associates sharing Congreave's interest in fly fishing; and photographs of many of Congreave's fishing expeditiions. More detailed descriptions of the materials are provided below.

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