{"id":537,"date":"2010-06-29T22:22:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T03:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=537"},"modified":"2011-10-28T08:35:53","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T13:35:53","slug":"updike-typewriter-to-be-exhibited-at-the-october-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2010\/06\/29\/updike-typewriter-to-be-exhibited-at-the-october-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Updike typewriter to be exhibited at the October conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2010\/06\/soboroff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-538\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2010\/06\/soboroff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a>The typewriter recently auctioned by Christie&#8217;s that belonged to John Updike will be displayed at the First Biennial John Updike Society Conference at Alvernia University this October 1-3, thanks to the generosity of the winning bidder.<\/p>\n<p>Californian Steve Soboroff, who collects typewriters once owned by famous authors, bid $4,375 to get the Updike Olympia &#8220;electric 65c&#8221; typewriter with metal typewriter cart in order to add to a growing collection that includes typewriters once used by Ernest Hemingway, George Bernard Shaw, Jack London, Tennessee Williams, and songwriter John Lennon. Yep, <em>that<\/em> John Lennon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2010\/06\/typewriter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-539\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2010\/06\/typewriter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a>So the Updike typewriter is in good company and seems to have found a good home . . . and an owner with a good heart. Soboroff contacted the Society and offered to loan it for the conference, and so it will be exhibited in Reading, Pa. this October for all to see.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting story about Soboroff appears in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palisadespost.com\/content\/index.cfm?Story_ID=5120\">Palisadian-Post<\/a>, which provides details not only about his collection but also about his accomplishments and standing in the community. And like Updike, he has a Harvard connection. He was honored in the past as the Harvard Business School &#8220;Business Statesman of the Year&#8221; by the Southern California chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The typewriter recently auctioned by Christie&#8217;s that belonged to John Updike will be displayed at the First Biennial John Updike Society Conference at Alvernia University this October 1-3, thanks to the generosity of the winning bidder. Californian Steve Soboroff, who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2010\/06\/29\/updike-typewriter-to-be-exhibited-at-the-october-conference\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":544,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}