BIB_ID
288840
Accession number
MA 4293.7
Creator
Morehouse, Marion, 1906-1969.
Display Date
1963 Jan. 10.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Curtiss, 1973.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 25.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs Henry T Curtiss / 1515 29th St N.W. / Washington 7 / D.C."
Part of a collection of 21 letters from E. E. Cummings to Mina Curtiss (MA 4292.1-21); 7 letters from Marion Morehouse to Mina Curtiss (MA 4293.1-7); 51 drawings and sketches (MA 4291.1-51); and 4 photographs (MA 4291.52-55). Items are cataloged individually in 83 records.
The "Sandburg affair" refers to Carl August Sandburg's 85th birthday party held at the Waldorf-Astoria on Sunday, January 6, 1963.
Part of a collection of 21 letters from E. E. Cummings to Mina Curtiss (MA 4292.1-21); 7 letters from Marion Morehouse to Mina Curtiss (MA 4293.1-7); 51 drawings and sketches (MA 4291.1-51); and 4 photographs (MA 4291.52-55). Items are cataloged individually in 83 records.
The "Sandburg affair" refers to Carl August Sandburg's 85th birthday party held at the Waldorf-Astoria on Sunday, January 6, 1963.
Summary
Describing in detail her attendance at the "Sandburg affair," noting that Steinbeck made the best speech, and describing Sandburg as an "old, old man."
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