Sister Carrie "A Strangely Strong Novel in a Queer Milieu"
Curated by Nancy M. Shawcross Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania

Photograph of Walter Hines Page

Junior partner at Doubleday, Page & Co., Page served as the editor of Atlantic Monthly and later became the United States ambassor to Great Britain from 1913 to 1918.

Walter Hines Page for Doubleday, Page & Co.
Autograph letter signed to Theodore Dreiser
9 June 1900

Before Frank Doubleday ever had a chance to read Sister Carrie, his junior partner had written Dreiser that the company was "very pleased with your novel."

Walter Hines Page for Doubleday, Page & Co.
Typed letter signed to Theodore Dreiser
19 July 1900

This three-page letter, originally sent to Dreiser in New York but forwarded to Missouri, attempts to convince Dreiser to release the firm from its verbal commitment to publish Sister Carrie.