BIB_ID
450627
Accession number
MA 4822.48
Creator
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1935 October 12
Credit line
Purchased Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.6 x 13.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Written on printed letterhead stationery reading "Lillian Gish / City of New York".
Stamped and postmarked envelope addressed: Mr. Edward Wagenknecht, / University of Washington, / Seattle / Wash. / Department of English.
Stamped and postmarked envelope addressed: Mr. Edward Wagenknecht, / University of Washington, / Seattle / Wash. / Department of English.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Sending her condolences on the death his mother (Mary F. (Erichson) Wagenknecht) and congratulating him (presumably on the impending birth of his son, Robert, who was born in December of 1935); thanking him for sending her an autographed copy of his book, "Mark Twain", mentioning the critical praise the book has received, and stating that she will try to get him on the radio (doing an upcoming reading); adding that her mother is well but her mother's nurse is in the hospital, and that she has not yet seen a play that she would like to do this season.
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