Lot 154
Interesting Large Lot. Forty-three items, some ALSs, some TLSs and a few signatures. This lot has two main categories: Physicians/Professors and Prominent Women of the 1930s and 1940s. The President of Dartmouth, Edward Martin Hopkins; Ina Claire; Gladys Carrol, Rise Stevens (a Signed Photo); Boak Carter; Fairfield Osborn; Jane Addams; Helen Hokinson; Frances Parkinson Keyes; Frances F. Cleveland Preston; Ruth Nichols; Elizabeth Bache and Helen Astor are just a few of the notables in this bunch. There are two main addressees featured here: Dr. Ernest Groves of the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina; and Winifred Mallon, Washington DC journalist and President of the Women's National Press Club -- their respective interests are reflected in the content and writers of many of the letters. Most of the letters provide interesting reading -- the activities, intellectual decisions and networking of early- to mid- century movers and shakers from all spheres are easy to find. Conditions range from very good to fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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