Timeline: 1970-79
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| 1970 |
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May
John and Priscilla move sto Haverhill. |
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December
Bellairs is informed he would not return to teaching at Merrimack after current school year. |
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| 1971 |
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Spring
Leaves Merrimack College |
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| 1972 |
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March 1
Letter to Robert Yaple; the closing is: "Yrs in Christ, JB, Ambassador to the Sublime Porte."
1972_jb-to-ryaple.pdf |
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| 1973 |
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June 23
The House with a Clock in Its Walls published. |
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Spring-Summer
Hand-written dedication to Al Myers's mother in The House with a Clock in its Walls: "To tshe Duchess, der Herr, and all the kitty kats. With love, John."
1973_ded-jb-myers-hcw.pdf |
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Fall
Priscilla Bellairs teaches part time at Northern Essex Community College. |
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| 1974 |
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Fall semester
Priscilla Bellairs begins teaching full time at Northern Essex Community College (retiring in 2007). |
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| 1978 |
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May
The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn published. |
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June 23, 1978
Letter to Gerald Kadish: "Bristol, you recall, is where I spent half a yr [sic] writing The Face in the Frost -- which, by the by, is coming out in November in paperback! I was sent the lurid jacket sample by a girl who works for Ace Paperbacks. The jacket has blurbs by Lin Carter and Ursula K. LeGuin, and I am tickled." |
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October 31, 1978
Letter to Fran Lantz about speaking groups.
1978_1031_lantz.pdf |
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