Cassette Tape 15 Side B -- Letters to Carson
Identifier
MC298-5-1-009b
Title
Cassette Tape 15 Side B -- Letters to Carson
Date
1953-1963
Language
English
Original Format
cassette tape
Duration
00:31:22
Transcription
Margaret Sullivan reading the following:
August 13, 1963 note from Mrs. Barbara Blakemore thanking Carson for including her
July 19, 1963 letter from Leonard Byrne saying that he is delighted to hear of a new book and the opening of Ballad
24 September 1957 letter from Ben asking her to call him
November 7 card from Sherke [?] thanking Carson for her beautiful orchid
January 5, 1954 card from Jane and Bob Stanton announcing the birth of Alexander Hardy and recalling a visit to Nyack and apologizing for being so long in thanking her for it
December 29 Christmas card from Takako Shinano of Tokyo, Japan
undated card from another Japanese correspondent Mrs. Mitahashi asking for some American stamps
several Christmas cards of various dates
get well cards of various dates
Valentine cards
various empty envelopes
August 2, 1963 postcard from Oliver Evans saying "addendum to yesterday's letter" if there is any difference between your inside rooms and Capote's "Other Rooms" I fail to see it
June 14, 1963 letter from Oliver Evans thanking her for her wire and saying that he intends to arrive in Nyack in a week or less
February 26, 1963 letter from Oliver Evans saying that he is relieved she will cooperate with him in a biography of her
March 1962 letter from Oliver Evans with a copy of an article of his from the MLA journal [Sullivan reads extensively from this essay]
letter dated "Thursday" from Dr. Katherine Cohen [Carson's psychiatrist in London] describing her vacation scenery and routine, and her difficulties at entering Holland due to an expired passport
October 2 and 3 letter from Dr. Katherine Cohen in Rotterdam, saying that she is sorry her first letter went astray
February 10, 1954 letter from Mary Alberta Hinton to an unnamed person [perhaps Carson's mother, Margarite Smith?] saying that she is sorry about the misfortunes befalling her and how important it is to get back on her feet to help Carson and Rita
a "long newsy letter" dated December 28, 1953 from Bessie Hicks of Columbus, Georgia to Mrs. Lamar Smith [Carson's mother] about the death of Mattie and her help with Herman's illness, about family and friends in Columbus, also mentions the shipment of "her mirror, such a lovely thing" [probably the pier mirror that she took to Nyack when she moved in with Carson]
August 13, 1963 note from Mrs. Barbara Blakemore thanking Carson for including her
July 19, 1963 letter from Leonard Byrne saying that he is delighted to hear of a new book and the opening of Ballad
24 September 1957 letter from Ben asking her to call him
November 7 card from Sherke [?] thanking Carson for her beautiful orchid
January 5, 1954 card from Jane and Bob Stanton announcing the birth of Alexander Hardy and recalling a visit to Nyack and apologizing for being so long in thanking her for it
December 29 Christmas card from Takako Shinano of Tokyo, Japan
undated card from another Japanese correspondent Mrs. Mitahashi asking for some American stamps
several Christmas cards of various dates
get well cards of various dates
Valentine cards
various empty envelopes
August 2, 1963 postcard from Oliver Evans saying "addendum to yesterday's letter" if there is any difference between your inside rooms and Capote's "Other Rooms" I fail to see it
June 14, 1963 letter from Oliver Evans thanking her for her wire and saying that he intends to arrive in Nyack in a week or less
February 26, 1963 letter from Oliver Evans saying that he is relieved she will cooperate with him in a biography of her
March 1962 letter from Oliver Evans with a copy of an article of his from the MLA journal [Sullivan reads extensively from this essay]
letter dated "Thursday" from Dr. Katherine Cohen [Carson's psychiatrist in London] describing her vacation scenery and routine, and her difficulties at entering Holland due to an expired passport
October 2 and 3 letter from Dr. Katherine Cohen in Rotterdam, saying that she is sorry her first letter went astray
February 10, 1954 letter from Mary Alberta Hinton to an unnamed person [perhaps Carson's mother, Margarite Smith?] saying that she is sorry about the misfortunes befalling her and how important it is to get back on her feet to help Carson and Rita
a "long newsy letter" dated December 28, 1953 from Bessie Hicks of Columbus, Georgia to Mrs. Lamar Smith [Carson's mother] about the death of Mattie and her help with Herman's illness, about family and friends in Columbus, also mentions the shipment of "her mirror, such a lovely thing" [probably the pier mirror that she took to Nyack when she moved in with Carson]
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“Cassette Tape 15 Side B -- Letters to Carson,” Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections , accessed April 27, 2024, http://digitalarchives.columbusstate.edu/items/show/1923.