BIB_ID
118277
Accession number
MA 2519.1-44
Creator
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Display Date
1965-1966.
Credit line
Gift of John Steinbeck, 1966.
Description
1 box (44 items) unbound ; 36.1 cm
Notes
See also MA 2581, the second series of "Dear Alicia" letters from John Steinbeck to Alicia Patterson Guggenheim, written in 1966 and 1967.
The "Dear Alicia" Letters were written for and published in "Newsday," Garden City, N.Y. from November 1965 through May 1967; Alicia Patterson Guggenheim was founder and editor until her death in 1963.
The letters are numbered 1-31, however, number 30 is not in the collection (see MA 2519.44).
The "Dear Alicia" Letters were written for and published in "Newsday," Garden City, N.Y. from November 1965 through May 1967; Alicia Patterson Guggenheim was founder and editor until her death in 1963.
The letters are numbered 1-31, however, number 30 is not in the collection (see MA 2519.44).
Provenance
Gift of John Steinbeck in 1966.
Summary
Collection consists of 30 autograph letters signed to "Dear Alicia", 11 typed letters concerning the collection from Harry F. Guggenheim, Editor and Publisher of Newsday to Steinbeck and 3 typed letters of transmittal from Harry Guggenheim's office to Elizabeth Otis, Steinbeck's literary agent.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (36.1 cm)
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