Letters of George E. Blair to Nellie Thatcher Blair, October-Novermber 1902

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Title Letters of George E. Blair to Nellie Thatcher Blair, October-Novermber 1902
Alternative Title 0120_05_14
Creator Blair, George E.
Contributor Blair, Nellie Thatcher
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1902
Temporal Coverage 1902
Date Digital 2013-04-26
Spatial Coverage New York (N.Y.); Kansas City (Kan.); Denver (Colo.)
Subject Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History; Utah--History; Blair, George E.--Correspondence; Bean, Orestes U. Corianton.
Description October-November 1902; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair. October 9, Blair has sent Nellie and the children home and the play is disbanded. Finances are discussed. Still has hopes the play will go well in New York. Trying to pay off actors and is in debt and without work. October 14 Blair is in Kansas City where he is disbanding the actors--paying them off and sending them home. Hopes to revive the play in Chicago in November. Talks of managing another play while waiting for to take hold. Decides to take out a play for a Mr. Hadley, , with a salary of $30.00 per week and expenses. Hopes to interest Mr. Hadley in Corianton. A lady in Denver mentioned to him that Corianton was the best of the season in Denver. Tells Nellie he still has hopes to get more financial aid and go with it in the future. Attends church. This is a very depressing time for Blair and he writes of his failure. Nellie's father is still very ill and this is often discussed. Attends several football games. Is saddened because he can not be home with his family on Thanksgiving, but is planning to see them again soon
Collection Number and Name MS0120 Philip T. Blair Family Papers
Type Text
Genre Correspondence
Format application/pdf
Language eng
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Scanning Technician Niko Amaya;Tim Arnold; Halima Noor; Ceder Gonzalez
File Name 0120_05_14.pdf
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ARK ark:/87278/s65142s2
Setname uum_ptbf
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65142s2
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