A Guide to the Letters from Anne O'Hare McCormick to Robert Underwood Johnson, 1929 April 18 & May 2 Johnson, Underwood, Robert, McCormick, O'Hare, Anne, Letters, to 7806-b

A Guide to the Letters from Anne O'Hare McCormick to Robert Underwood Johnson, 1929 April 18 & May 2

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Accession number

7806-b

Title

Letters from Anne O'Hare McCormick to Robert Underwood Johnson, 1929 April 18 & May 2

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 2 items.

Language

English

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Preferred Citation

Letters from Anne O'Hare McCormick to Robert Underwood Johnson, Accession #7806-b, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was transferred on 1987 March 5.

Scope and Content Information

In a letter, 1929 April 18, Anne O'Hare McCormick, Washington D.C., writes to Robert Underwood Johnson acknowledging his invitations and sending her husband's regrets. In a letter, 1929 May 2, McCormick writes to Johnson expressing her gratitude for being invited to the 25th Anniversary dinner of the Academy of Arts & Letters and stating her opinions on Herbert Hoover.

Contents List

Anne O'Hare McCormick, The Mayflower, Washington, D.C., to Robert Underwood Johnson, 1929 April 18

4p. on 1 1. ALS.

Acknowledging his gift of invitations for the anniversary dinner for the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a library meeting, and a concert, and sending her husband's regrets.

Anne O'Hare McCormick, The Mayflower, Washington, D.C., to "Dr. Shepherd of the Immortals" [Robert Underwood Johnson], New York, New York, 1929 May 2

3 p. on 1 l. w/ env. ALS

Expresses her gratitude for being allowed to dine "in the Elysian fields" and her hopes that there will be a fiftieth anniversary. She also mentions being at the Senate and "listening to the incredible frivolity and sonorous unrealities of these servers of the People" and guessing that Herbert Hoover has the power to go far.