BIB_ID
450697
Accession number
MA 4822.70
Creator
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1941 October 15
Credit line
Purchased Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 26.4 x 18.5 cm
Notes
Written on printed letterhead stationery from the Ritz Tower in New York City.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Confirming that she had resigned (from her role in the America First Committee), having spoken to General (Robert E.) Wood about her situation while visiting him in Chicago; writing that they have just returned "from a 10 day motor trip through New England", that her sister Dorothy is on tour with "Life with father" and playing in Montreal, and stating that she did not feel that she could successfully play Vinnie for another year, although she has "found no play I like enough to do."; mentioning that her mother is being painted by the American artist Richard Muncell (i.e. Munsell).
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