Typed letter signed by Robert B. Young : Dearborn, Mich., to Marianne Moore, 1955 Nov. 4.

Record ID: 
303101
Accession number: 
MA 1909.4
Author: 
Wallace, David.
Credit: 
Gift of Mr. Pleydell-Bouverie, Miss Marianne Moore and Mr. David Wallace, 1958.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.6 cm + envelope
Notes: 

Written on Ford Motor Company, Special Products Division stationery and signed by Robert B. Young.
Letter was composed by Mr. Wallace but transmitted over the signature of his associate, Mr. Robert B. Young.--Cf. Letters from and to the Ford Motor company.
Envleope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Miss Marianne Moore / 260 Cumberland Street / Brooklyn 5, New York."
Part of a collection of correspondence between Marianne Moore and the Ford Motor Company concerning the naming of the Edsel. Letters have been described individually in 16 records (MA 1909.1-16); see collection-level record for more information.

Summary: 

Thanking her for agreeing to help "in our naming problem" (for the car later named Edsel) and suggesting they agree on a fee or honorarium schedule before she pursues the matter further.

Provenance: 
Gift of Mr. Pleydell-Bouverie, Miss Marianne Moore and Mr. David Wallace in 1958.