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 Mary Pickford, Hollywood, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1955 April 22 : typescript signed.

BIB_ID
458864
Accession number
MA 4823.22
Creator
Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 pages) ; 24.1 x 16.5 cm
Notes
Written on personalized letterhead stationery with blue border.
Written to: Mr. Edward Wagenknecht / 233 Otis Street / West Newton, Massachusetts.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Thanking him for his letter and informing him that "my Buddy and I have, at long Last, become rid of a tremendous burden - that of the studio." (a reference to her decision to leave United Arts's and sell her remaining shares in the studio) ; expressing her appreciation for his loyal friendship and for making arrangements with the Chicago Tribune's Magazine of Books for a cover; offering to send him a first edition of her autobiography, "Sunshine and shadow".