Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from Ellen Van Volkenburg, Los Angeles, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1973 February 9 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
447203
Accession number
MA 4939.42
Creator
Van Volkenburg, Ellen, 1882-1978, sender.
Display Date
Los Angeles, California, 1973 February 9
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21.7 x 15.2 cm
Notes
Written on letterhead: "6533 Hayes Drive, Los Angeles, California 90048 / Telephone: 934-4740". "Ellen Van Volkenburg Browne" printed at the bottom.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Reporting that she moved from Carmel to Los Angeles on December 1st, 1971; informing that "I find L.A. a fascinating city"; expressing gladness that he is "deep in work" and that his son has a book published by Harvard University Press [David Wagenknecht's "Blake's Night: William Blake and the Idea of Pastoral"]; reporting good health "for a person of 90 years"; enclosing a "spoof" document composed for a surprise party given for her; wondering if he will be coming to Los Angeles.