BIB_ID
450480
Accession number
MA 4824.30
Creator
Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974, sender.
Display Date
Chicago, Illinois, 1970 February 6
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 27.8 x 21.8 cm
Notes
One of a collection of 30 letters and postcards (MA 4824).
Written from "Apartment 338 / 221 Oak Park Avenue / Oak Park, Illinois"
Addressed to "233 Otis Street / West Newton, Massachusetts 02165"
Written from "Apartment 338 / 221 Oak Park Avenue / Oak Park, Illinois"
Addressed to "233 Otis Street / West Newton, Massachusetts 02165"
Provenance
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Summary
Stating that his "dear wife, Ray, died in December" (i.e. Rachel Starrett). Describing his current living conditions and the current "Sherlock Holmes piece" he is working on "in connection with a new Billy Wilder movie, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Asking what he's working on. Mentioning a company he is associated with which will protect his copyrights, reissue, some of his work, and arrange and exhibition of his work in conjunction with the Oak Park Library. Enquiring whether Wagenknecht has any materials for a memorial for Ernest Hemingway, with whom he went to high school. Describing the weather. Offering his assistance and expressing his satisfaction with their long friendship.
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