BIB_ID
447200
Accession number
MA 4939.40
Creator
Van Volkenburg, Ellen, 1882-1978, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1969 January 1
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.3 x 16.4 cm
Notes
Written on letterhead: "Laurelton-Wellington Hotel / Seventh Avenue at Fifty-fifth Street New York N.Y. 10019 / Telephone: Circle 7-3900". "Ellen Van Volkenburg Browne" printed at the bottom.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Sending New Years greetings; reminiscing on her childhood as a result of reading his book, "As Far as Yesterday: Memories and Reflections"; musing on the nature of children; discussing how both react to their younger selves as adults; thanking him for his book and exhorting him to never stop writing; commenting on the death of "Dorothy Elmhirst of Dartington Hall" and her profound influence on Van Volkenburg and people as far as "the 'confines' of China"; reporting that a friend from California was with her through much of the Christmas period; hoping Richard Nixon will govern with "wisdom and justice".
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