Letters between Bennett Cerf and Ida Kay Compton

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St. Cloud State University Archives and Special Collections

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Letters between Bennett Cerf and Ida Kay Compton

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  • 1954, 1960 (Creation)

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Compton, Ida L.
(1917-1985)

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Lewis, Harry Sinclair
(1885-1951)

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Bennett Cerf help found and was president of Random House Publisher, which published Sinclair Lewis' later novels.

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