To the various epithets used to describe Gore Vidal—“elegant,” “acerbic,” “provocative,” “witty”—should be added “generous.” Harvard was the receipient of a magnificent gift from Mr. Vidal, his papers, in 2002. Vidal first began to consider Harvard as a home for his papers while working with the late Lincoln scholar David Donald, Charles Warren Professor of…
Day: August 7, 2012
