Record ID:
288566
Accession number:
MA 6426.28
Credit:
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.
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."
Provenance:
Sale (New York, Bonhams, 20 June 2007, lot 5233).
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