BIB_ID
447127
Accession number
MA 4939.18
Creator
Van Volkenburg, Ellen, 1882-1978, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1959 December 1
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 23.5 x 15.3 cm
Notes
Letterhead with insignia: "Hotel Laurelton / A Knott Hotel / 147 West 55th Street / New York 19, N.Y." with "Circle 7-3900" to the left.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Informing that she is no longer staying at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel, as they raised their daily rates to equal $315 monthly; describing the Hotel Laurelton positively; expressing pleasure that Wagenknecht will be in New York for the holidays and encouraging him to stay at the Wellington Hotel; appreciating his offer of help with Nellie Cornish's autobiography, "Miss Aunt Nellie", but informing that the editing "is in the hands of Mr. Leon Wilson of McGraw-Hill"; updating on the editing process and expressing an interest in discussing "the general plan", and other things more broadly, with Wagenknecht; in a postscript informing on availabilities and prices at the Wellington Hotel.
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