A Guide to the David Gray Letter February 24, 1961 Gray, David 11242

A Guide to the David Gray Letter February 24, 1961

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The Special Collections Department
Accession number 11242

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Collection number

11242

Title

David Gray Letter February 24, 1961

Physical Characteristics

A one page, typed letter, with envelope.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

David Gray Letter, 1969, Accession #11242, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This item was transferred from the Rare Books Division on June 21, 1996, where it had been laid in the front of Gallops by David Gray, an author from the Marion du Pont Scott Collection.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of an one-page typed letter, with envelope, February 24, 1961, signed by David Gray (1870-1968), Sarasota, Florida, to Peggy Kellem [Mrs. Robert Kellem], East Chatham, New York. Gray thanks Kellem for the gift of the book, The Longest Day about which he says, "Reading it was the experience of the winter, magnified by the fact that one of the 82nd Airborne who was behind the lines all that 'longest' night was actually in the room talking to me." He also mentions the appointment of General [James M.] Gavin as Ambassador to France. Brigadier General James Maurice Gavin led the assault of the 82nd Airborne Division during the "longest day" of World War II, June 6, 1944.