BIB_ID
288566
Accession number
MA 6426.28
Creator
Lorentz, Pare.
Display Date
1938 June 20.
Credit line
Purchased on the John F. Fleming Fund, 2007.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Frederick Soule was at this time the Regional Information Adviser at the San Francisco office of the Farm Security Administration; John Fischer was a long time editor of Harper's magazine and, at this time, the Acting Director of the Division of Information of the Farm Security Administration.
Part of a collection of letters and telegrams primarily between John Steinbeck and Pare Lorentz.
Part of a collection of letters and telegrams primarily between John Steinbeck and Pare Lorentz.
Provenance
Sale (New York, Bonhams, 20 June 2007, lot 5233).
Summary
Concerning Ernest Albee, whom Steinbeck recommended for the publicity position in the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration (in MA 6426.27). Noting that "Jack Fischer says he sees no reason why [he] should not employ [Steinbeck's] man" as long as he is "satisfactory to Soule."
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