The Claude Family Lewis Papers are mostly materials related to Claude Lewis and his family: first wife (and mother of his children) Mary, second wife Helen, and his surviving children - Freeman, Virginia, and Isabel. These materials here include letters and other papers from his younger brother, Harry Sinclair Lewis, who, as an author, rose to worldwide fame.
Included here are letters that Sinclair Lewis wrote to his brother Claude, father Edwin, and Claude's children Freeman, Virginia, and Isabel. Sinclair discussed his recent travels and what he did during those travels, especially those to his father. Sinclair did inquire about Claude's family, often asking his older brother to travel with him. He also asked about the well-being of Freeman, Virginia, and Isabel - he offered advice about schooling (especially regarding Freeman), as well as career choices. In addition, Sinclair wrote about his work, including books Mantrap, Dodsworth on Broadway as a play, Jayhawker, and It Can't Happen Here.
The finding aid for the Claude Lewis Family Papers can be found here.
Visit the University Archives for more information.
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [June 10, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1019/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [June 10, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [June 10, 1926]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [June 6, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1018/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [June 6, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [June 6, 1926]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [April 24, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1017/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [April 24, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [April 24, 1926]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [April 14, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1016/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [April 14, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [April 14, 1926]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [March 28, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1064/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [March 28, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [March 28, 1926]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [March 23, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1063/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [March 23, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [March 23, 1926]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [March 22, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1015/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [March 22, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [March 22, 1926]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [January 28, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1014/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [January 28, 1926] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [January 28, 1926]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [November 30, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1013/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [November 30, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [November 30, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Freeman Lewis [November 30, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1066/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Freeman Lewis [November 30, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Freeman Lewis [November 30, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Freeman Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [October 30, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1012/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [October 30, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [October 30, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [October 24, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1011/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [October 24, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [October 24, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Freeman Lewis [October 19, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1065/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Freeman Lewis [October 19, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Freeman Lewis [October 19, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Freeman Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [August 26, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1010/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [August 26, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [August 26, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 30, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1009/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 30, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 30, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 23, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1008/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 23, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 23, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 22, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1007/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 22, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 22, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [July 22, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1062/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [July 22, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [July 22, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 11, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1006/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 11, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [July 11, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [May 15, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1061/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [May 15, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [May 15, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [May 6, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1005/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [May 6, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [May 6, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [April 8, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1060/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [April 8, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [April 8, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [March 3, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1059/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [March 3, 1925] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis [March 3, 1925]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Edwin Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [December 26, 1924] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1004/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [December 26, 1924] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [December 26, 1924]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
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![Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [December 17, 1924] by Sinclair Lewis](https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/clewis-letters/1003/thumbnail.jpg "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [December 17, 1924] by Sinclair Lewis")
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis [December 17, 1924]
Sinclair Lewis
Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Claude Lewis
