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[Identification of item], in the James Sandoe Correspondence with Mystery Writers, #12004, General Manuscripts, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Transfer 1968

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• Authors, American--Correspondence.
• Cross, Amanda, 1926-2003.
• Detective and mystery stories, American--Competitions.
• Detective and mystery stories, American--Women authors.
• Sandoe, James.
• Waugh, Hillary.
• Women authors, American--Correspondence.

Scattered correspondence between James Sandoe, critic and student of mystery stories, and mystery writers, including Hillary Waugh and Amanda Cross, concerning their lives, especially their writings, and the selection of prize mystery stories of 1967.