Letter from Red Barber to Eleanor Gehrig

Date1955 August 16

DescriptionA letter dated August 26, 1955 from Red Barber to Eleanor Gehrig wherein he agrees to serve on a committee for the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. The letter is handwritten on Red Barber letterhead.

Object numberBL-2001-01021

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Barber, Red, 1908-1992

Subject Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941

Subject Barber, Red, 1908-1992

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Dimensions8.5 x 11 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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