Typed letter signed : Garden City, New York, to John Steinbeck, 1965 Oct. 28.

Record ID: 
316481
Accession number: 
MA 2519.41
Author: 
Guggenheim, Harry Frank, 1890-1971.
Credit: 
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1966.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm
Notes: 

Part of a collection of letters from John Steinbeck to Alicia Patterson Guggenheim, written from New York and during his travels in Ireland, England and Israel in 1965-1966. Alicia had died in 1963, and Steinbeck wrote the letters in this series as a weekly column for Newsday. She was the editor and publisher of Newsday from 1940 until her death in 1963, and Steinbeck addressed his letters "not ... to someone who is dead, but rather to a living mind and a huge curiosity" (see MA 2519.39). Letters in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Typed on Newsday letterhead stationery.

Summary: 

Arranging for a car to pick up Steinbeck and Miss Otis the following day at eleven. Remarking that Steinbeck should submit his letters in any format he wishes, noting "you can write with pencil, ball pen, quill, typewriter, blood of your victims if you feel on murder bent, or clay tablets." Thanking him for his first letter to Alicia. Enclosing a draft Letter to Newsday Readers and a final draft press release to be used to promote the series.

Provenance: 
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1966.