Typed letter signed : Orbetello Scalo, to Ed Hotchner [A. E. Hotchner?], 1980 Dec. 16.

Record ID: 
382251
Accession number: 
MA 6090.8
Author: 
Ivancich, Adriana.
Credit: 
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm
Notes: 

This is probably a duplicate of the letter Ivancich mailed to Hotchner; this copy was sent to Peter Buckley with a letter of the same date (MA 6090.7).
Part of a collection of letters from Adriana Ivancich to Peter Buckley, a typescript entitled Finca Vigia, a typescript of Ivancich's memoir, White Tower, and a copy of Peter Buckley's book, Ernest. Items are described in individual records; see MA 6090 for more information.

Summary: 

Addressing his complaint that she used his photograph of Hemingway and Ivancich in her book [White Tower] without crediting or compensating him; stating her belief that the photo was taken "by a friend"' pleading with him not to pursue his copyright case against her; writing, "If, as you claim in your Best Seller, you have been one of Papa's best fiends, please do not hurt another of Papa's friends."

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.